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Abolition and the Origins of Sharecropping
Guest speaker is Melanie Dupuis from the Pace University Department of Environmental Studies and Science will speak on Friday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. This free lecture, to be held in Eggers Hall, Room 018, is a joint event with…
The Supreme Court’s “Unprecedented Judicial Activism”
University Professor David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law, offers an opinion on the Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday that put a hold on the Obama’s administration’s Clean Power Plan. “The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling granting a stay of the…
$19 Billion for Cybersecurity: Syracuse University Professor Weighs In
On the heels of the White House announcing a Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP), Syracuse University cybersecurity expert Vir V. Phoha, Professor at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, says that increased funding attention to cybersecurity is a step in the right…
Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction
LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes
Students, Faculty, Staff Invited to Participate in Climate Assessment Survey
The Syracuse University Climate Assessment Survey is now under way and continues through March 11. All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to take the survey in its convenient online format or in a paper-and-pencil version available at the information…
Baptist Campus Ministry Team Finds Hope, Joy in Work with Earthquake Survivors
In the terraced landscape of Nepal, a team from the Baptist Campus Ministry worked alongside residents disassembling crumbled homes and marking plots of homes that will be rebuilt following last year’s crippling earthquake.
Feminist Scholar Awarded Guest Professorship in Germany
A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has returned from a prestigious appointment at Goethe University (GU) in Frankfurt, Germany. Chandra Talpade Mohanty—Distinguished Professor and chair of women’s & gender studies (WGS), as well as Dean’s Professor of…
ARC Students’ Award-Winning Design to Model Future Green Development in China
Three architecture M.S. students in Assistant Professor Fei Wang’s fall 2015 “Low-Carbon City” studio have won second-place—and a $30,000 prize—in the international competition sponsored by the Shenzhen Institute of Building Research (IBR) for design of Shenzhen, China’s Future Low-Carbon Building…
Liberal Arts Prepares Paul Karlitz ’93 for Career and Life Success
For Paul Karlitz ’93, a political science degree based in the liberal arts was just what he needed to succeed academically and in many life aspects afterwards. “Liberal arts was great for me because it wasn’t too narrowly focused or…
SU Achieves American Heart Association Gold as a Fit-Friendly Worksite
For the first time, Syracuse University has been recognized by the American Heart Association with its Gold Achievement award for the University’s efforts to support employee heart health and be a Fit-Friendly Worksite. “This is recognition that the University is…