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Arts & Culture

Laura Marsolek ’13, G’17 Is University’s First Luce Scholar

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

An alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences and former participant in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, Marsolek is one of 18 Luce Scholars chosen from a pool of 162 candidates nominated by 73 colleges and universities across the United States.

Campus & Community

Invest Syracuse Update: Graham Fitness Center Opens Today on Mount Olympus

Monday, March 19, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Living on Mount Olympus just got a whole lot more active. That’s because—thanks to a partnership between the divisions of Business, Finance and Administrative Services and Enrollment and the Student Experience—the Graham Fitness Center opened today on Mount Olympus. Auxiliary…

CBS News

After Cambridge Analytica Revelations, Facebook Needs to Be Held Accountable

Monday, March 19, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Facebook’s leadership needs to explain its use of data to lawmakers in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Jennifer Grygiel, a social media expert and assistant professor of communications at New Syracuse University, told CBS News on Sunday. Cambridge…

STEM

Research Team Develops 3D Tissue Model of Developing Human Heart

Friday, March 16, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

The heart is the first organ to develop in the womb and the first cause of concern for many parents. For expectant mothers, the excitement of pregnancy is sometimes offset by anxiety over medication they require. Parents and doctors often…

Arts & Culture

Celebrating the New Year: CSSA Hosts Spring Festival

Friday, March 16, 2018, By Shannon Andre

On Feb. 16, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) welcomed hundreds of students, faculty, staff and community members to the 2018 Spring Festival Gala. This annual event, organized by the CSSA, celebrates the Lunar New Year. This year begins…

STEM

Future Remains Bright for Solar Energy Industry – Tarriffs Setback Only Temporary

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

According to the quarterly solar market report released March 15 by GTM Research, U.S. solar energy installation growth is expected to slow in the coming years, due in part to new tariffs on panel imports and new federal tax laws….

Health & Society

Disability Studies Trailblazer Susan Schweik in Residence March 19-30

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center will host a visit by renowned disability studies scholar Susan Schweik. Known for her innovative work at the intersection of disability studies, literature, feminist theory and civil rights history, Schweik is the 2018 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor…

Media, Law & Policy

March 18 in Russia is more a coronation than an election

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Brian Taylor, professor and chair of the political science department at the Maxwell School, is available for comment about the upcoming Russian elections that will likely earn Vladimir Putin his second consecutive and fourth overall term as president. Taylor is…

Media, Law & Policy

Life in the Fast Lane

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Last fall, Bob Sorokanich ’08 tweeted Tesla celebrity CEO Elon Musk, asking to test-drive his company’s new Model 3. Sorokanich, who is Road & Track’s deputy online editor, may have been half-joking, but ten minutes later, Sorokanich got a call from one…

STEM

Acuna and Team Create Tool to Detect Academic Fraud in Research Papers

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By J.D. Ross

For academic journal editors and research integrity officers at post-secondary institutions, detecting the re-use of images and illustrations in academic papers can be a time-consuming, if not impossible, task. While resources for detecting similarities and plagiarism in text submissions have…