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Bloomberg News

William Banks Discusses Jeh Johnson Congressional Testimony

Wednesday, June 21, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

William Banks, Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor at the College of Law and Director of INSCT, was interviewed by Bloomberg Law story Johnson Discusses Russian Hacking in House Hearing

Arts & Culture

LLL Professors Rack up National, University Awards

Tuesday, June 20, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Professors in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL), based in the College of Arts and Sciences, have received awards for excellence in teaching, research and service. Myrna García-Calderón, associate professor of Spanish and director of the Latino-Latin American…

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…

Campus & Community

Don’t Fall For a Student Employment Scam

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

If you receive unsolicited email inviting you to apply for a job that seems too good to be true, it probably is. Information Technology Services (ITS) urges you to be vigilant.  Numerous Syracuse University students have recently reported such scams…

Veterans

Military Veterans to Attend Academic Boot Camp at Syracuse University

Tuesday, June 13, 2017, By News Staff

For some military veterans, the first day of school at a new college or university is as challenging as a deployment to a foreign country. Immersion in a new culture and reintroduction to a demanding academic environment can make the…

Media, Law & Policy

William Banks on What to Expect During the James Comey Testimony

Thursday, June 8, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

William Banks, Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor in the College of Law and founding director of the Institute of National Security and Counterterrorism, offers insight on the upcoming testimony of former FBI Director James Comey: “Comey is unlikely to make any…

STEM

Physics Student Named Kavli Graduate Fellow

Monday, June 5, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A student in the College of Arts and Sciences is the winner of a graduate fellowship to the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Suraj Shankar, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics,…

Campus & Community

Vera House Recognizes Barry L. Wells with 2017 Sister Mary Vera Award

Friday, June 2, 2017, By Shannon Andre

Recognizing his long-standing advocacy and commitment to the work of Vera House, Barry L. Wells, special assistant to Chancellor Kent Syverud, will be presented the 2017 Sister Mary Vera Award at Vera House’s annual summer luncheon. The Sister Mary Vera…

Health & Society

Professor Charles Driscoll on Impact of U.S. Pulling Out of Paris Accord

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Keith Kobland

The decision by the Trump administration to pull out of the Paris climate accord is being met with disappointment by one of Syracuse University’s leading authorities on climate change. University Professor of Environmental Systems and Distinguished Professor Charles Driscoll believes…

STEM

Syracuse Alumnus Instrumental in LIGO’s Third Detection of Gravitational Waves

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Alex Nitz G’15, who earned a Ph.D. in physics, helped detect the signal on Jan. 4, 2017, using a software package he began developing at Syracuse.