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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.

Business Insider

Can a member of congress serve if they are convicted of a crime? William Banks weighs in.

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

William Banks, Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor at the College of Law and Director of INSCT, was quoted in a Business Insider story “We asked legal experts if Greg Gianforte can serve in Congress if he’s convicted of assault in…

Campus & Community

‘Arabic for Beginners’ to Be Offered Free for 10 Weeks

Tuesday, May 30, 2017, By News Staff

A free, non-credit course, “Arabic for Beginners” will begin in early June as part of a research study on the teaching and learning of second languages. The research program is headed by Amanda Brown, associate professor in the Department of Languages,…

Health & Society

Monmonier Explores Advances in Mapping under U.S. Patent System

Friday, May 26, 2017, By News Staff

Mark Monmonier’s newest book, “Patents and Cartographic Inventions: A New Perspective for Map History,” examines how developments in the U.S. patent system in the 19th and early 20th centuries have shaped innovations of map use. Monmonier reveals that devices and…

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

Benefits Advisory Council Explores Plan Design and Benefits Offerings

Thursday, May 25, 2017, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Since its first meeting in October 2016, the Syracuse University Benefits Advisory Council has discussed a range of health care topics—from campus vaccine schedules to health care trends—and focused on an understanding of the University’s overall benefits plan. As an…

STEM

University of Naples Confers Honorary Degree on Syracuse Mathematician

Wednesday, May 24, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is the recipient of an honorary degree from the Federico II University of Naples. Tadeusz Iwaniec, the John Raymond French Professor of Mathematics, received the “Doctor Honoris Causa in Mathematical Engineering”…

Campus & Community

Students Selected for Summer Research and Mentorship Opportunity

Tuesday, May 23, 2017, By Carol Boll

Twenty Syracuse University students from across the disciplines have each won a $2,000 stipend to conduct research and other creative projects this summer under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The competitive research opportunity was made possible through a partnership…

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…