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iSchool Launches New Center for Computational and Data Sciences
A new research center has launched at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) that aims to provide a focal point for advancing data science and human language technologies, especially in the context of social science scholarship. Announced at the school’s…
Lecture by Renowned Disability Scholar, Author Lennard J. Davis
The most sweeping civil rights legislation in U.S. history and a model for disability-based laws around the globe is the subject of a special lecture, hosted by the Renée Crown University Honors Program in the College of Arts and Sciences….
The Implications of Finding Water on Mars: Q&A with Professor W. Henry Lambright
Is there life on Mars? New research findings by NASA released Monday show the presence of water and raise the possibility that life could exist in some form on the Red Planet.
Alumni to Receive Eggers, Generation Orange Awards During Orange Central
Syracuse University will recognize the extraordinary contributions of both its senior alumni and its younger alumni during Orange Central homecoming during the weekend of Oct. 22-25. The Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award will be presented to Molly Corbett Broad…
Architecture to Meet Prospective Students in Taipei, Shanghai
The School of Architecture has initiated an expanded effort to reach out to prospective students across the globe. This fall, representatives from the school will travel to Taipei and Shanghai to meet with prospective students interested in studying architecture at…
Free Speech Activist Mary Beth Tinker Will Visit Newhouse Oct. 2
Mary Beth Tinker, whose decision to wear an armband to school in 1965 led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling upholding students’ free speech rights, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Friday, Oct. 2, as a…
SU Drama season starts Oct. 2 with ‘Kiss Me, Kate’
The joys, madness and rewards of working in the theater, onstage and off, are celebrated in “Kiss Me, Kate,” a heralded musical that can be rightly called a Broadway treasure. Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, “Kiss Me, Kate” follows the…
Indoor Mapping Project Attracts Funding from Google
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Yun Huang has received funding from Google’s Faculty Research Awards Program that will help her continue research on an indoor mapping project. The award of $38,514 is for Huang’s work on the research initiative “General…
Pope in the U.S.: Q&A with Associate Professor Margaret Susan Thompson
Pope Francis is taking the United States by storm. The buildup to his meeting at the White House, speeches before Congress and the United Nations, and a Mass at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia this week has been…
Janklow Program, Seattle Art Museum Launch Competitive Fellowship Program
The Janklow Arts Leadership Program in the College of Arts and Sciences has announced a competitive fellowship program with the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) in Washington state. A leading visual arts institution in the Pacific Northwest, SAM is home to…