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Business & Economy

Whitman’s Business Programs Move Up in U.S. News and Bloomberg Businessweek Rankings

Thursday, September 22, 2022, By Dawn McWilliams

Martin J. Whitman School of Management received external validation of its upwards trajectory among business schools in the form of double-digit leaps in the rankings for both their undergraduate and full-time MBA programs. U.S. News & World Report ranked Whitman’s undergraduate…

Arts & Culture

Engaged Humanities Network Awards Grants to Faculty and Students for Collaborations With Syracuse Community

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

When Brice Nordquist founded the Engaged Humanities Network (EHN) in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) in 2020, one the main ideas guiding its mission was to build and foster relationships between members of Syracuse University and the surrounding…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Provides Updates on Campus Since May at University Senate

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, By News Staff

I’d like to begin by recognizing the loss of three members of our community over the last two months. Dr. Cerri Banks, vice president in the Division of Student Experience, was a three-time alumna of the School of Education. She…

Media Tip Sheets

Reviving Religion

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, By Vanessa Marquette

Many reports, including this one from the Pew Research Center, say Christians could make up less than half of the U.S. population in the near future. The Rev. Brian Konkol, Ph.D., serves as Dean of Hendricks Chapel and Professor of…

Media Tip Sheets

Will China and Japan Ever Fully Reopen?

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, By Vanessa Marquette

The people of China are once again outraged over the country’s zero-Covid policy. A quarantine bus crashed the other night, killing 27 people and leaving others in the hospital. As President Biden says “the pandemic is over” and other countries have relaxed…

Media Tip Sheets

PITCH: Expert on DNA evidence available for comment on Anand Syed case

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

This week Anand Syed, the subject of the Serial podcast that cast doubt on his guilt in a murder case, walked out of prison after prosecutors recommended that his conviction be vacated. A judge overturned his murder conviction in the…

Campus & Community

Men’s Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim Talks Basketball, Leadership and Citizenship at Maxwell Event

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, By Jessica Youngman

In December 2012, the Syracuse University men’s basketball team narrowly defeated the University of Detroit in front of almost 18,000 cheering fans in the Dome. It was the 900th win for head coach Jim Boeheim—but he didn’t feel celebratory. Just…

Campus & Community

Expert on Increasing Student Academic Performance Presenting Lunch and Learn Sessions

Tuesday, September 20, 2022, By Diane Stirling

An expert in improving student learning by teaching students metacognitive learning strategies will present two virtual workshops at Syracuse University this fall. Saundra Yancy McGuire will offer her expertise on Sept. 23 and Oct. 28 in conjunction with the Focus…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years

Tuesday, September 20, 2022, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF) celebrates 20 years of programming with outstanding films about human rights and social justice from around the world. SUHRFF takes place Sept. 22-24, and is part of Syracuse Symposium 2022-23: REPAIR. It…

STEM

NSF, Department of Energy Grants Enable Physicists to Continue Cutting-Edge Research in Neutrino Discovery

Sunday, September 18, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

You may not know it, but every second 100 billion extremely tiny, invisible subatomic particles called neutrinos pass through every square centimeter of your hand. Physicist Mitch Soderberg says the reason you didn’t notice is because they rarely interact with…