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STEM

Penn Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar, Expert in Flying Robots, Speaking Feb. 20 for University Lectures

Friday, February 16, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

The University Lectures series welcomes aerial robotics expert Vijay Kumar, the the Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. His appearance is free and open to…

Veterans

To Take Best Care of Vets, It Will Take More Than Proposed VA Budget Increase

Friday, February 16, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Released this week, President Trump’s budget for fiscal year 2019 proposes an overall increase of more than $8.5 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Nicholas Armstrong is the Senior Director for Research and Evaluation at the Institute for Veterans…

Arts & Culture

School of Education’s Inaugural Keith Distinguished Speaker Series to Feature Pinkney Family

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, By Jennifer Russo

A new School of Education lecture series devoted to early childhood literacy debuts this week with the most prominent family in the field of children’s literature and illustration.

Health & Society

2018 Falk Student Research Celebration Takes Place March 27-30

Tuesday, February 13, 2018, By News Staff

To highlight its students’ research work, Falk College will host the 2018 Falk Student Research Celebration March 27-30. The event will highlight Falk students’ research collaborations and their dedication to advancing research knowledge. Posters will be on display beginning March 27…

Business & Economy

Jeremy Ring ’92 to Speak for National Entrepreneurship Week

Tuesday, February 13, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week@SU with Jeremy Ring ’92, one of Yahoo!’s early team members who helped grow it to a $120 billion valuation in six years, and then went on to a distinguished career in public service. He will speak…

Media, Law & Policy

ProPublica Editor Joe Sexton Will Speak at Newhouse Feb. 13

Tuesday, February 6, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Joe Sexton, senior editor with ProPublica, will visit the Newhouse School Feb. 13 as a guest of the broadcast and digital journalism and magazine departments. He will speak at 5:30 p.m. at the I3 Center, 432 Newhouse 2. Follow on…

Health & Society

Faculty and Staff Invited to Take Stress Buster Challenge

Monday, February 5, 2018, By News Staff

Life is full of situations that invite stress. While we cannot always control what is happening around us, we can control how we respond. Our responses to stress, both positive and negative, can affect our physical well-being and overall health….

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Students to Take Part in Rally in Support of Puerto Rico

Friday, February 2, 2018, By News Staff

On Saturday, Feb. 3, Syracuse University students, along with other members of the University community, will take part in a rally in support of the people of Puerto Rico hosted by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Puerto Rico Gov….

CIO

How Big Data is Shaking up Supply Chain

Thursday, January 18, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

It’s a relatively new trend for many Fortune 500 companies, but using big data analytics is already paying big dividends, especially in regards to supply chain management, says iSchool Professor Jeff Saltz, it’s paying off. For CIO Online: “Most large Fortune…

Media, Law & Policy

Making the Unthinkable Understandable: New Course Trains Students to Understand and Respond to Atrocities

Wednesday, December 20, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Uncovering and communicating the truths about human conflict, human suffering and human rights violations is a complicated but vitally important task that often falls to those who write the “first rough draft of history”—that is, journalists operating on the front…