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Social Media Experts Available for Commentary on Russian Hacking

Sunday, October 29, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

On Nov. 1, representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to testify publically before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House intelligence committee’s Russia Investigative Task Force. These hearings will question how Russian-backed accounts used these social…

Business Insider

Three 2018 Senate Seats Targeted by Female Candidates

Sunday, October 22, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

With 2018 just months away, election season is nearly upon us again. For Business Insider, Maxwell Assistant Professor of Political Science Danielle Thomsen discussed three key Senate seats that are being targeted by female candidates come voting time. In the…

LocalSYR

Toys-R-Us Holiday Sale Starts to Stave off Bankruptcy

Friday, October 20, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Recovering after filing for bankruptcy in September, Toys-R-Us stores around the country are already prepping for holiday sales season, which will begin a month before Black Friday. Whitman Professor of Retail Practice Amanda Nicholson spoke with CNY Central about this…

The Wall Street Journal

Professor Duncan Brown on Clash of Neutron Stars

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, talks to The Wall Street Journal about the creation of heavy metals such as gold and platinum forged in the collision between two neutron stars which . “Gold is forged in the nuclear…

Vox

Physics Professors Brown and Saulson Make Breakthrough in Neutron Star Discovery

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

College of Arts and Sciences faculty members, Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics,  commented on the recent neutron star collision that is helping researchers discover the origins of precious…

USA Today

Neutron Star Collision Leads to Breakthrough Discovery

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

A cosmic crash that took place over 130 million light years away is answering current questions for researchers, according to College of Arts and Sciences Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics Professor Duncan Brown. “This is getting everything you wish for,” he…

Business Insider

Professor Duncan Brown on Finding a Collision of Two Neutron Stars

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

After a discovering a collision of neutron stars, scientists can now explain how heavy elements like gold and platinum are created. In Business Insider, Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics explained how this new discovery helped fuel new thinking. “Some…

STEM

Questions for Stefan Ballmer on Discovery of Collision of Neutron Stars and the Origins of Gold

Monday, October 16, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Stefan Ballmer, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of the Syracuse physicists on the LIGO team that has made groundbreaking discoveries on gravitational waves and, now, the collision of two massive neutron stars…

Campus & Community

Expert Commentary on Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Monday, October 9, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

As cities around the country debate whether the second Monday of October should be Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day, Syracuse University Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion Phil Arnold offers expert commentary on the issue. “We know…

Huffington Post

Pike Offers Advice to the Next Secretary of State

Friday, October 6, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

With the future of the Secretary of State position hanging in the balance, Newhouse Assistant Professor of Public Relations Steven Pike wrote an opinion article for The Huffington Post, relaying advice in “A Memo to the Next Secretary of State.” “Make…