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Business & Economy

RvD iPrize Offers $40,000 to Pitch Competition Winners

Friday, February 16, 2018, By J.D. Ross

Entrepreneurial students at Syracuse University will have the opportunity to test their pitch skills for prize money in a competition supported by the Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Applications for…

Inc

Where to Find Entrepreneurship?

Thursday, February 15, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Excerpts from a recently published essay by iSchool Professor Carl Schramm were cited in the Inc article “Looking For Entrepreneurship In All The Wrong Places.” Schramm, who also recently published a new book Burn the Business Plan, says that entrepreneurship can…

Arts & Culture

School of Education’s Inaugural Keith Distinguished Speaker Series to Feature Pinkney Family

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, By Jennifer Russo

A new School of Education lecture series devoted to early childhood literacy debuts this week with the most prominent family in the field of children’s literature and illustration.

Campus & Community

How the Kissing Bench Made Believers Out of One Couple

Tuesday, February 13, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Liz Peck ’14 and Brian Balduzzi ’12 had been dating for two years when Balduzzi’s mom suggested the couple make a stop at the “Kissing Bench” on campus. It was right after Balduzzi’s Commencement ceremony, and Balduzzi’s mom, Joanne, told…

Health & Society

2018 Falk Student Research Celebration Takes Place March 27-30

Tuesday, February 13, 2018, By News Staff

To highlight its students’ research work, Falk College will host the 2018 Falk Student Research Celebration March 27-30. The event will highlight Falk students’ research collaborations and their dedication to advancing research knowledge. Posters will be on display beginning March 27…

Business & Economy

Jeremy Ring ’92 to Speak for National Entrepreneurship Week

Tuesday, February 13, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week@SU with Jeremy Ring ’92, one of Yahoo!’s early team members who helped grow it to a $120 billion valuation in six years, and then went on to a distinguished career in public service. He will speak…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Ralf Schneider Wins Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge Award

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Erica Blust

Ralf Schneider, assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, won “Best Use of Autodesk Fusion 360” for his project Bench32 in the Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge VI…

STEM

Chemist Designs Diabetic Treatment Minus Harmful Side Effects

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has figured out how to control glucose levels in the bloodstream without the usual side effects of nausea, vomiting or malaise. Robert Doyle, the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith…

STEM

Celebrated Chemist Geraldine Richmond to Deliver Prins Lecture Feb. 13

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Amy Manley

Geraldine Richmond, the Presidential Chair in Science and professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, will deliver the Willem Prins Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 4 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center, 801…

Veterans

Syracuse University Cybersecurity Program Named No. 1 By Military Times

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

The University’s cybersecurity programs challenge students to develop solutions for today’s issues and future threats. They address an acute need in the military, government and industry sectors for specialists in cybersecurity.