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World-Renowned Researcher on Pollution and Climate Change Reacts to the New EPA Chief

Tuesday, February 21, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Syracuse University Professor Charles Driscoll, a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, offered his reaction to Scott Pruit being named as the new EPA administrator. “I am concerned that he does not seem to be a supporter…

Associated Press

Professor Robert Thompson on the Fascination with the North Korean Poison Plot

Monday, February 20, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, was quoted by the Associated Press for the story “Finding poison in N. Korea attack may be hardest part.”

Arts & Culture

Humanities Center Hosts Scholarly Book Publishing Workshop on Feb. 24

Monday, February 20, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Scholarly book publishing is the focus of an upcoming workshop in the Syracuse University Humanities Center. Suzanne Guiod, editor in chief of Syracuse University Press, and Beth Bouloukos, senior acquisitions editor at State University of New York (SUNY) Press, will…

CNY Central

Wesley Lefferts, a Grad Student at School of Education, Talks About a New Study on Exercise and a Healthy Brain

Monday, February 20, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Wesley Lefferts, a graduate student in the School of Education, was interviewed by CNY Central about his research project “Link between exercise & a healthy brain?”    

Media, Law & Policy

Syracuse Law Review Hosts Screening of ‘Unlocking the Cage,’ Visit by Animal Rights Lawyer Steven Wise

Monday, February 20, 2017, By News Staff

Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc., will speak Wednesday, March 1, at 11:50 a.m. in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall as guest of the Syracuse Law Review. A reception will follow at 12:45 p.m….

Arts & Culture

Jazz Fest Founder Frank Malfitano: ‘World-Class Education’ at Syracuse in Jazz, Blues—and Life

Monday, February 20, 2017, By Sean Kirst

For more than three decades, Frank Malfitano ’72 has served as executive director and guiding force behind Jazz Fest, an event he founded in greater Syracuse. Admission is free for the annual festival, which has brought some of the greatest…

STEM

iSchool Faculty Member, Ph.D. Graduate Honored with Dissertation Awards

Friday, February 17, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Rachel Ivy Clarke has been honored with the 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the iSchools Organization. Her dissertation, conducted at the University of Washington’s Information School, was judged the best to have been completed…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series Continues with Author Ross Gay

Friday, February 17, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series continues on Wednesday, March 1, with Ross Gay, recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award in Poetry. He will participate in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and will…

STEM

Sustainable Enterprise Partnership Awards $19,000 to Explore Innovations in Green Building

Friday, February 17, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

Syracuse University’s Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP), in cooperation with the U.S. Green Building Council awarded $19,000 to fund new research in the area of green building construction methods, specifically cross laminated timber (CLT) wood products in multi-family housing. Rene Germain,…

Arts & Culture

Acclaimed Saxophonist, Writer Jackiem Joyner to Visit Campus Feb. 20

Friday, February 17, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University continues its celebration of Black History Month with a visit by a former local resident who is a star on the smooth jazz circuit. Jackiem Joyner—a chart-topping saxophonist, producer and composer, as well as an emerging writer—is headlining…