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Health & Society

‘The Subject is Sports’ Open to All

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By News Staff

Free massive open online course begins Oct. 14, explores historical, business perspectives of sport Sport is a business that entertains and inspires, bridging generations, time zones and cultures. In 2012, the sport industry in the United States alone was valued…

STEM

Biologists Confirm Role of Sperm Competition in Formation of New Species

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By Rob Enslin

‘Current Biology’ article marks culmination of six years of research Biologists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have confirmed that reproductive isolation, a critical step in the formation of new species, can arise from diversifying sperm competition. Their…

Campus & Community

SU Professor on CNY Filmmakers Panel

Tuesday, September 24, 2013, By News Staff

The Syracuse International Film Festival, along with Eric Mower + Associates and the Onondaga County Film Commission, will hold a seminar on the advantages of filmmaking in Onondaga County and the Central New York region. This seminar is free and…

Campus & Community

United Way 2013 Campaign Launches on Campus Oct. 8

Monday, September 23, 2013, By News Staff

Celebrating more than three decades of support for the United Way of Central New York, Syracuse University will launch its 2013 United Way campaign Oct. 8. Pledge cards will be distributed to all employees. Ushering in a new season of…

Business & Economy

Whitman’s Entrepreneurship Program Ranked among Best by Princeton Review

Friday, September 20, 2013, By News Staff

Program also featured in Entrepreneur magazine The Martin J. Whitman School of Management‘s Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises is one of the best in the nation, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company has named the school…

STEM

SU, Partners to Study Black Holes and Neutron Stars

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Professor Duncan Brown receives NSF grant to help establish astrophysics network Physicists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have received a major federal grant to create the tools needed to understand the collisions of black holes and neutron…

Health & Society

‘Are Psychopaths Morally Responsible?’ Is Topic of Anbar Lecture

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By News Staff

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Duke University ethicist, will deliver the sixth annual Anbar Family Lecture at Syracuse University and Temple Adath Yeshurun. His SU lecture, titled “Are Psychopaths Morally Responsible?” is Monday, Sept. 30, at 4 p.m. in the Killian Room (Room 500) at the Hall of Languages. The previous day,…

Media, Law & Policy

William F. Kelleher Jr. Dies

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By News Staff

William Kelleher, associate professor of anthropology at the Maxwell School since 2005, passed away on Sept. 18 in Syracuse. A cultural anthropologist, Kelleher was an affiliate of the European Union Center in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, and much…

Nienke Dosa Named as Professor at Upstate/Golisano, Senior Fellow at BBI

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, By News Staff

Nienke Dosa has been named as the inaugural Upstate Foundation Professor of Child Health Policy at Upstate Medical University/Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital and a senior fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University. The announcement was made by…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Tinker Tour’ Will Visit SU’s Newhouse School Sept. 25

Tuesday, September 17, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Free speech advocate Mary Beth Tinker, who made headlines as the teenage girl who precipitated a landmark 1969 Supreme Court case, will visit the Newhouse School on Wednesday, Sept. 25, as part of her nationwide “Tinker Tour.” A guest of…