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Campus & Community

Student Association Purchases Tickets for Students to Attend Sunday’s MLK Celebration

Thursday, January 25, 2018, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University’s Student Association (SA) has purchased additional tickets to Sunday’s Martin Luther King Celebration at the Dome, and plans to begin distribution today (Thursday) at the Schine Student Center. SA leadership had already purchased tickets for students, which were…

Media, Law & Policy

‘StoryCorps’ to Feature SU Alumna Dr. Sharon Brangman ’77

Thursday, January 25, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Physician Dr. Sharon Brangman ’77 and her daughter Dr. Jenna Lester will be the subject of a “StoryCorps” interview, to be broadcast on NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Friday, Jan. 26 at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. EST. This interview is…

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…

Health & Society

VPA Design Professor Builds Eco-Smart Tiny Home ‘Off the Grid’ in Maine

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Erica Blust

When communications design Assistant Professor Rebecca Kelly and her husband, Kevin, bought a coastal property outside the small fishing town of Lubec, Maine, 10 years ago, they always dreamed of building a home for their family. Last summer, their design for…

Arts & Culture

Two Syracuse Alumni Garner Oscar Nominations for Screenwriting

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By News Staff

Aaron Sorkin ’83 H’12 received his third Oscar nomination for “Molly’s Game,” while Michael H. Weber ’00 was recognized as co-writer of “The Disaster Artist.”

Arts & Culture

Innovation Orange: Associate Professor Sydney Hutchinson

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Keith Kobland

Sydney Hutchinson, associate professor of music history and cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences, conducts research in ethnomusicology, where music and culture intersect. Her passion lies in bringing this to her students both in class and through public programming, where…

STEM

Professor Carlos Castañeda Investigates Function of Protein-Containing Droplets in Cells

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

Carlos Castañeda, assistant professor of biology and chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the principal investigator on a pair of research projects studying the function of cellular proteins called ubiquilins and their ability to form protein-containing droplets…

STEM

Pinpointing a Perpetrator

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Amy Manley

Students in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute are the first in the world to utilize the DEPArray NxT, created by Italian company Menarini Silicon Biosystems, in a forensic setting. Originally developed to aid in cancer research, students and faculty at…

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…