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Media, Law & Policy

Sportscaster Dave O’Brien ’86 Treasures Chance to Live His Dream

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By John Boccacino

Dave O’Brien ’86 often fell asleep listening to radio broadcasts of his beloved Boston Red Sox, typical behavior for a sports-loving boy growing up in Massachusetts. Devoted baseball fans, O’Brien and his father, Robert, spent many afternoons watching the Red…

STEM

The Origins of Healing

Thursday, January 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

The early days of stem cell research were mired in controversy. The fact that the first isolated human stem cells were derived from human embryos in various stages of development introduced serious moral implications that cast a shadow over the…

Business & Economy

Xiaofan Luo G’10 Heralding Next Step in 3D Printing’s Evolution

Thursday, December 22, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

It is almost magical the first time you see something take shape in a 3D printer. An object appears virtually from thin air. The problem is, when the novelty wears off, all you’re typically left with are tchotchkes. Maybe a…

Campus & Community

Pan Am 103 Memorial Service to Be Held Dec. 21

Wednesday, December 14, 2016, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The chaplains of Hendricks Chapel will conduct a remembrance service on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 2:03 p.m. in the chapel’s Noble Room to honor the 270 people who died aboard Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on the same…

Christian Science Monitor

Robert Thompson quoted by Christian Science Monitor Regarding Resurgence of Live Musicals on TV

Thursday, December 8, 2016, By Keith Kobland

“These are real classics,” he says of the shows chosen so far. “‘[The] Sound of Music,’ ‘The Wiz,’ ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘Grease’ – these are not exactly experimental musicals. These are big mainstream hits that already have been pre-sold by their position in the culture.” said Thompson.

Campus & Community

English Department Establishes Memorial Fellowship

Monday, December 5, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Joseph Hughes liked big words—so much so that his brother often consulted a dictionary while talking to him. “Joe was a bright man with a promising future,” he told the Daily Orange shortly after Hughes’ untimely death at age 32….

Arts & Culture

VPA Senior Experiences ‘Real-Life’ Design Through Fellowship

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, By Liam Sullivan

Karina Campos ’17 was “absolutely shocked” to be named a Be Original Americas Fellow for the summer of 2016. When she found out that she was chosen from countless applicants to be one of just two design students from across…

Arts & Culture

Writers to Discuss Mentoring at Thursday Event

Monday, November 14, 2016, By News Staff

The Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Composition’s Nonfiction Reading Series, the English Department and the creative writing program will co-sponsor a reading with former M.F.A. students Annie Liontas and Jeff Parker, editors of the book “A Manner of Being: Writers…

Arts & Culture

‘Dominican Music Week’ Features Pair of Events

Friday, November 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

“Dominican Music Week” returns to campus with a pair of events organized, in part, by the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH) in the College of Arts and Sciences. AMH will present a performance by Pa’lo Monte, a New…

STEM

Heart of a Lion

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Rob Enslin

When Marilyn Kerr arrived at Syracuse in 1970, science was a male-dominated profession. The idea of a woman donning a white lab coat and waxing rhapsodic about biology or chemistry seemed, in those days, about as likely as someone synthesizing…