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STEM

Engineering & Computer Science Student Named Miss Upstate New York; Promotes STEM to Young Women

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Emily Mahana ’18 had never entered a major pageant, but the senior civil and environmental engineering major from Cicero, New York, had always enjoyed watching them on television. “It’s my senior year, why not do something crazy?” thought Mahana. She reached…

Arts & Culture

Hip-Hop Professor, Rapper A.D. Carson to Visit Syracuse Feb. 5 for Black History Month

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The University observes Black History Month with a visit by A.D. Carson, a hip-hop scholar who created a popular rap album to defend his Ph.D. dissertation at Clemson University. Carson, assistant professor of hip-hop and the global South at the University of…

Business & Economy

Looking for Innovators for ACC InVenture Prize: Apply by Feb. 9

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is on a talent search for top student innovators who are inventing the future. Teams from Syracuse University are now being recruited for the InVenture Prize, a televised “Shark Tank”-style competition open to student startups at…

STEM

Rivera G’16 Named to 2018 ALA Emerging Leaders Class

Monday, January 22, 2018, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) alumnus Juan Rivera G’16 has been named to the American Library Association’s (ALA) Emerging Leaders class for 2018. The ALA program is a leadership development offering that enables newer library workers to participate in problem-solving…

Business & Economy

Whitman School of Management’s Entrepreneurship Program Named ‘National Model Entrepreneurship Program’

Monday, January 22, 2018, By Kerri D. Howell

The Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) program at the Whitman School of Management was recently named the National Model Program by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at its annual conference in Los Angeles, California, Jan….

Arts & Culture

Transmedia Colloquium Series Presents Light Work Artist-in-Residence Jess T. Dugan

Thursday, January 18, 2018, By Cjala Surratt

The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Transmedia Colloquium Series will present a special artist talk and Q&A with current Light Work Artist-in-Residence Jess T. Dugan Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 2:15 p.m. in the Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building. Dugan…

Arts & Culture

Latoya Ruby Frazier G’07 Presents Solo Exhibition at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in New York City

Thursday, January 18, 2018, By News Staff

On Sunday, Jan. 14, Gavin Brown’s enterprise (GBE) opened a debut solo exhibition by artist and photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier, her largest exhibition in New York to date. Frazier is a 2007 graduate of the master of fine arts degree program in art photography…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Climate Comments’ Website Translates Complex Climate Change Policy into Plain Language

Wednesday, January 17, 2018, By Martin Walls

“Climate Comments,” a website designed to make accessible complex environmental regulations and proposals and to inspire individuals to participate in public policy decisions about climate change that affect their lives, has been published by Emily Brown, assistant teaching professor in…

Arts & Culture

2018 Transmedia Photography Annual

Tuesday, January 16, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

Light Work is featuring the “2018 Transmedia Photography Annual” exhibition, featuring photographs by seniors from the art photography program in the Department of Transmedia within the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The exhibition will be on view in the Hallway Gallery at Light Work…

STEM

University Grants Available to Faculty and Students for Research, Projects Addressing Sustainability

Friday, January 12, 2018, By News Staff

Faculty and students can apply for funding from the Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program for research, projects or course development that engage the campus in addressing climate change and sustainable systems. Applicants—either individuals or teams—may request research…