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Media, Law & Policy

Special Investigation into Fake News Is “Unprecedented” Says Newhouse School Associate Dean

Tuesday, July 11, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Joel Kaplan, associate dean for professional graduate studies and professor and acting director of online master’s in communications at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, reacts to news that the special prosecutor team will be investigating the Russian-connected social media trolls…

STEM

Invent@SU Students Design, Prototype, Pitch New Products in Invention Accelerator Competition

Wednesday, July 5, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

For Niall Shannon ’20 and Mina Diamantis ’19, Invent@SU was hands-on engineering at its best. They saw a problem in how many traditional wheelchairs can tip over and believed they could come up with a solution. “This is what I always…

Campus & Community

Students Inducted into Prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society

Wednesday, June 21, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Forty-one students in the College of Arts and Sciences were inducted into the Syracuse University chapter of the premier honor society Phi Beta Kappa May 12. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest honorary society for students in the liberal arts,…

Health & Society

Alumnus Plans to ‘Race Across America’

Friday, June 16, 2017, By John Boccacino

More than 3,000 miles—and every type of possible terrain—separate picturesque Oceanside, California, from Annapolis, Maryland. Over the course of seven to eight days, Syracuse University alumnus Ryan Jean ’09 and three teammates will race across those 3,000 miles on bicycles…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse to Host International ‘World English’ Conference June 30-July 2

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, By Rob Enslin

More than 200 presenters from six continents will converge at Syracuse University for the 22nd annual conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), June 30-July 2. Titled “Local and Global Contexts of World Englishes,” the conference will present…

Arts & Culture

Hollywood Reporter Ranks Drama Department Among Top Five for Undergraduate Study

Friday, May 26, 2017, By Erica Blust

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) has ranked the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama among the top five schools for undergraduate study in its May 24 issue.  The department was ranked no. 4, jumping four spots from its…

Campus & Community

New Members Inducted into Phi Beta Delta Honor Society

Monday, May 22, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University inducted 56 new members and two honorary members into the Alpha Sigma chapter of the Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society during the spring semester. The induction ceremony took place in Hendricks Chapel, during which the new members…

Bloomberg News

Professor Banks discusses the new developments in the Justice Department investigation into Russian interference

Thursday, May 18, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

William Banks, Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor at the College of Law and Director of INSCT, was interviewed by Bloomberg News for the story “Robert Mueller garners bipartisan support in new role.”

Arts & Culture

Light Work Announces Recipients of 43rd Annual Light Work Grants in Photography

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By News Staff

Light Work has announced the 43rd annual Light Work Grants in Photography. The 2017 recipients are Mary Helena Clark, Joe Librandi-Cowan and Stephanie Mercedes. The Light Work Grants in Photography program is a part of Light Work’s ongoing effort to…

Campus & Community

‘Salute to Service’ Celebrates Milestone Anniversaries of 147 Faculty and Staff

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University honored employees who celebrated milestone anniversaries in 2016 at the annual “Salute to Service” celebration on Tuesday, May 16, during a luncheon in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. Faculty and staff honored—147 overall—marked anniversaries of 25 years…