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School of Information Studies Creates a Modern Learning Lab With Azure
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has worked closely with Microsoft to bring cloud technology to the school, including establishing a modern learning lab. In 2019, the iSchool began a cloud migration that transformed its academic services and created new…
Biologists Discover Link Between Protein in Brain, Seizure Suppression
Seizure suppression is the focus of an original research article by two members of the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences—and they have the pictures to prove it. James Hewett, associate professor of biology, and Yifan Gong,…
SU presents Nov. 5 panel discussion on Nazi property seizure
Syracuse University will sponsor a special panel discussion on Nazi property seizure titled “Hitler’s Seed Money and the Legal Struggle to Get It Back.”
Attorney Paul Kerson to discuss Holocaust property seizure and legal recovery April 16
New York attorney Paul Kerson will lead a discussion at Syracuse University about Nazi property seizure and the story of a long legal battle leading to recompense for elderly holocaust survivors.
Newhouse Creative Advertising Students Win Big at Sports and Entertainment Clios
For the first time ever, Newhouse creative advertising students entered the Sports Clios and Entertainment Clios competitions and won big. Clios are regarded as some of the hardest awards for creative advertising students to win. At the New York City…
New Research on the Evolution of Sexual Selection in Fruit Flies
New Research Published in Nature, “Genomics of a sexually selected sperm ornament and female preference in Drosophila,” Offer New Clues to the Evolution of Sperm Syracuse University researchers from the Center of Reproductive Evolution published a paper that offers insight…
Unlikely Connections: How a DPS Officer and Former Men’s Basketball Player Find Common Ground
An unexpected connection was made between a current Department of Public Safety (DPS) officer and a former Syracuse University men’s basketball player thanks to a DPS detective. Detective Mike Toia brought DPS Officer Teng Kiir and former men’s basketball player…
3 Faculty Members Awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar Fellowships
Three Syracuse University faculty members have been awarded prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar fellowships to teach and conduct research abroad. The awardees are: Harriet Brown, professor and director of the graduate program in magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse…
Teaching the Global Power of Sport, Olympics Through a Communication Lens
Historically, the Olympics have provided countless memorable athletic achievements—the Miracle on Ice men’s hockey team upsetting the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York; the Dream Team capturing gold at the 1992 Summer Olympics in…
$1.5M Grant Expands Study of ‘Pay to Stay’ Fees for Incarcerated Individuals
Gabriela Kirk-Werner, assistant professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is among a trio of researchers who have received a $1.5 million grant from Arnold Ventures to analyze the relationship between the prison system, politics and…