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Veterans

Institute for Veterans and Military Families Receives Significant Programmatic and Research Grant Dollars

Wednesday, June 12, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

During the spring 2019 semester, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) was awarded $100,000 from The Leon Levine Foundation (TLLF) and $250,000 from longtime supporter Prudential Financial Inc. The funding from The Leon Levine Foundation will support IVMF’s…

Campus & Community

Register for Summer 2019 Technology Accessibility Training Webinars

Tuesday, June 11, 2019, By News Staff

Information Technology Services (ITS) is launching its first-ever Summer Technology Accessibility Webinar series that will build faculty and staff awareness of, sensitivity to and proficiency in ensuring the accessibility of information communications and technologies. The webinars will help participants understand…

Health & Society

University Trustee Christine Larsen Funds Local Immigrant, Refugee Study

Friday, June 7, 2019, By Dana Cooke

Beginning this summer, the Maxwell School’s Community Geography Program will conduct a comprehensive assessment of community needs and assets among immigrants and refugees in the Syracuse area. That study is being funded by a gift of more than $110,000 from…

Veterans

IVMF Hosts Record-Setting Program, Honors Trailblazing Women

Thursday, June 6, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

This past weekend, a record 230 women veterans and military spouses descended on Atlanta to take part in Syracuse University’s Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program. Developed by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), the…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Architecture, Whitman Collaborate on Summer Event Series in NYC

Tuesday, June 4, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

As part of the newly formed joint experiential learning initiative between the Whitman School of Management and the School of Architecture, the two schools have organized a summer event series at the University’s Fisher Center in New York City, centered…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Named a US Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence

Tuesday, June 4, 2019, By News Staff

The U.S. Intelligence Community has designated Syracuse University as one of eight national Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence (IC CAE), with a funding award of $1.5 million over five years. Established in 2005 by Congress, the IC CAE program…

Campus & Community

Arts and Sciences Appoints New Director of Graduate, Undergraduate Recruitment

Monday, June 3, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), announced that she has promoted Christopher Noble Anderson G’15 to director of graduate and undergraduate recruitment. Previously associate director of undergraduate recruitment, he succeeds Denny Nicholson, who is the…

Arts & Culture

Faculty and Staff Artwork Selected for Fall On My Own Time Exhibition at Everson Museum

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, By News Staff

A panel of judges from CNY Arts has selected artwork by nine faculty and staff members for inclusion in the communitywide On My Own Time exhibition this fall at the Everson Museum of Art in downtown Syracuse. On My Own…

Jamie Winders

Professor of Geography and Director of the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Media, Law & Policy

Unless Designers and Users Intervene, Expect More Missteps in an AI World

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, By Keith Kobland

A recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) paints a troubling future for artificial intelligence in terms of promoting dominant gender norms. UNESCO’s report maintains digital assistants like Alexa and Siri create a model of…

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