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Business & Economy

George Dawson ’08, Techstars Fund Controller, Speaks at Syracuse University Libraries

Wednesday, October 16, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

The Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad) will host George Dawson ’08, Techstars Fund Controller, for a “Fireside Chat” on Friday, November 1 at 4 p.m. at Bird Library. The event is free and open to…

STEM

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Awarded Fulbright Assignment in Colombia

Tuesday, October 15, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Jorge Luis Romeu has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award to teach three weeks of faculty development workshops at Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (UFPS), Colombia. The Fulbright Program is devoted to increasing mutual understanding…

Arts & Culture

Music for People Workshop Being Held Oct. 26

Tuesday, October 15, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Musicians of all ages and abilities are invited to attend a daylong Music for People (MfP) workshop at Onondaga Community College (OCC). Titled “A Day of Improvisation,” the workshop is Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in…

Media, Law & Policy

Veteran TV Reporters Solis, Perez to Discuss the State of News in University Lectures Event

Monday, October 14, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

Noted New York City broadcast journalist Marcus Solis ’91 will engage in an on-stage conversation with Simon Perez, associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel as a guest of the…

STEM

Physics Department Earns Honors; Embodies Syracuse University’s Research Prowess

Friday, October 11, 2019, By Renée K. Gadoua

Two Syracuse University physicists have been named fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), the latest professional recognition highlighting the increasing visibility of the department’s faculty and research. Lisa Manning, professor of physics and founding director of the BioInspired Institute, and Christian Santangelo,…

Arts & Culture

Wordgathering, a Digital Open Access Journal of Work from Disabled Writers, Transitions to Publication at Syracuse University

Friday, October 11, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University’s Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) and Syracuse University Libraries will be assuming publication in December 2019 of the digital open access journal and website, Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature. Diane R. Wiener, research professor and associate…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Architecture’s M.S. Program Ranked Among the Best in the World

Friday, October 11, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

Syracuse Architecture’s master of science (M.S.) in architecture program has been selected as the No. 22 best postgraduate architecture program in the world (No. 7 in the U.S.) by Best Architecture Masters (BAM). The Spain-based independent research platform selected 30…

STEM

Hush, Little Baby: Mother Right Whales ‘Whisper’ to Calves

Thursday, October 10, 2019, By Diana Napolitano

On June 20, a whale researchers had named Punctuation was found dead in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, a busy international shipping channel. Punctuation—so named for her comma-shaped scars—was a North Atlantic right whale, a species severely threatened by human…

Health & Society

Advancing Scholarly Inquiry into Connections Between Religion, Spirituality and Social Change

Thursday, October 10, 2019, By Michele Barrett

Approximately one-third of millennials and post-millennials—young adults born 1981 and later—profess to have no connection to religion, according to the Pew Research Center. Yet evidence points to their strengthened humanitarian values and prominent spirituality. The degree to which religion is…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Presents the Classic American Courtroom Drama ‘Twelve Angry Men’

Thursday, October 10, 2019, By Joanna Penalva

Courtroom drama at its best fills the stage as the American classic “Twelve Angry Men” continues the 2019/2020 Syracuse Stage season. The show runs through Oct. 27. Set in 1957 in the jury room of a New York City courthouse,…