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Arts & Culture

YouTube Sensations Damon and Jo to Visit Campus April 11

Thursday, April 5, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

In 2015, best friends Damon Dominique from Indiana and Joanna Franco from Brazil started a series of travel videos for young people who want to travel but may have a limited budget, or who lack familiarity with a particular destination….

MarketWatch

Spotify Sets Standard With Non-IPO

Tuesday, April 3, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

The music streaming service Spotify recently completed a direct listing task, which allows them to create shared liquidity. This move could be copied by other tech companies, as it allows startups who do not need cash to find a market…

Campus & Community

New Initiative Makes Downloading Safety Resources Easier

Friday, March 23, 2018, By Samarth Sharma

The Divisions of Campus Safety and Emergency Services and Enrollment and the Student Experience are piloting a new initiative to make storing all relevant campus safety information on student cell phones easier. Starting this month, students can use KeynectUp’s service…

Business & Economy

Book Talk, Signing with Carl Schramm, University Professor and Author of ‘Burn the Business Plan’ on April 4

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Syracuse University Libraries, the Blackstone LaunchPad and the School of Information Studies are hosting an author’s talk and book signing with Carl Schramm, author of “Burn the Business Plan,” University Professor and former president of the Ewing Marion Kauffman…

Media, Law & Policy

Without Legal Norms to Keep Up with Technology, Self-Driving Vehicles Are Accidents Waiting to Happen

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Today, the National Transportation Safety Board will continue its investigation into a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber vehicle that hit and killed an Arizona woman in Tempe, Arizona over the weekend. A test driver from Uber was behind the…

Business & Economy

SparkCharge Raises Capital and Joins Techstars

Monday, March 12, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

SparkCharge has officially “launched” from the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University to acceleration stage with Techstars in Boston. The startup has achieved a significant milestone, growing from a college student’s idea to an award-winning company that has won several awards…

STEM

Interdisciplinary Student Team Develops ‘Farm to Flame’ Plan for Energy Grids Powered by Farm Waste

Wednesday, February 28, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

When Will McKnight’s grandfather and uncle devised a process for converting farm waste to power, their goal was a simple one. “They wanted to replace wood pellets that produce smoke and toxins—that’s where the idea came from,” says McKnight ’18….

Economic Times Retail

How Amazon is Influencing Indian Economics

Sunday, February 25, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Devashish Mitra, an economics professor at the Maxwell School, was interviewed by Economic Times Retail about the startup market within India, and how large companies like Amazon and Alibaba are influencing them. Mitra also talked about other systems for India…

Media, Law & Policy

Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia to Deliver Keynote Address at Newhouse School’s Toner Prize Celebration March 26

Friday, February 23, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, will be the keynote speaker at the award ceremony for the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting March 26 in Washington, D.C. The Toner Prize,…

Westwood Radio

Carl Schramm Interviewed About New Book

Wednesday, February 21, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Carl Schramm, a University Professor at the iSchool, recently joined Westwood Radio’s Jim Bohannon Show to discuss his new book “Burn the Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do.” They discussed the book and entrepreneurs in general, with Schramm explaining…