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Meet the Race Symposium Panelists
On Thursday, Sept. 1, Syracuse University will host the inaugural Fall 2016 Symposium on Race and Our Communities: Race, Justice, Violence and Police in 21st Century America. The symposium will provide an opportunity for candid conversation about racial inequality, community…
Karen Doherty Named Fellow of American Speech-Language Hearing Association
Karen Doherty, professor and chair of the Communications Sciences and Disorders Department in the College of Arts and Sciences, faculty affiliate with the Aging Studies Institute and member of the neuroscience faculty, has received national recognition for her research, teaching…
Alumni in Rio Sharing the Stories of the Olympics
The nine current and former athletes and coaches from Syracuse University competing at the Rio Olympics are not the only members of the Orange family who have made their way to Brazil for the games. Along with familiar fellow alumni…
The motives and mechanism for putting Gawker out of business is “something to worry about”
Roy S. Gutterman, Director of the Newhouse School Tully Center for Free Speech and Associate Professor of Newspaper and Online Journalism, offers insight on the events that led to Gawker Media being put up for auction. Gutterman, an alumni of both Newhouse…
Earth Sciences Chair Pursues Sideline as Guitarist
Donald Siegel, professor in the Department of Earth Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is by any measure a successful scientist. He is the Jessie Page Heroy Professor and a Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence. He is chair…
Tesla Seeks to Become More than a Car Company
This week, electric car company Tesla confirmed its intention to merge with SolarCity, a solar energy firm. Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla and co-founder and chairman of SolarCity. Gary Witt, professor of finance practice, offers some insights into Tesla’s…
IVMF Launches SCServes-Lowcountry Network to Assist Nation’s Vets
A VIP ribbon cutting and keynote address from U.S. Department of Labor Deputy Secretary Christopher Lu were held Tuesday, Aug. 2, to mark the launch of SCServes-Lowcountry network, connecting South Carolina human service providers to more effectively manage service requests…
James Karman G’76 Devotes Career to Studying One of America’s Great Poets
James Karman G’76 found his passion as an undergraduate at Augustana College, and it has never left him. It is a passion for the poet Robinson Jeffers, not so well known today but hugely famous in the 1920s, ’30s, and…
Physicist Awarded Grant to Assess Authenticity of Gravitational-Wave Signals
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to continue the search for gravitational waves using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, is…
Cold Case Justice Initiative Lauds Passage of Emmett Till Reauthorization Act by U.S. Senate
With bipartisan, unanimous consent in the U.S. Senate on July 17, passage of the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 is one step closer to becoming law. The Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College…