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CBS News

Facebook Testimony Raises More Questions

Sunday, April 29, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Facebook’s CTO recently testified in front of the British Parliament, and when all was said and done, it may have left more questions than answers. This specifically was acknowledged after the official did not read the terms and conditions aspect…

STEM

Syracuse University Team Wins 2018 National Cyber Analyst Challenge

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

A team of Syracuse University students was awarded first place and $20,000 in the National Cyber Analyst Challenge (NCAC) at Temple University in Philadelphia in April. The team was comprised of cybersecurity graduate students Priyank Thavai and Sirisha Prakash from the College of…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud, Syracuse University Leadership to Visit Alumni in China

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Chris Velardi

Chancellor Kent Syverud headlines a team of University leadership traveling to China to participate in a series of programs for University alumni, students and families during the month of May. “Syracuse Around the World” will be held in Hong Kong…

Radio Australia

Has Digital Age Altered Perception of Reality?

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

In this ever-updating digital age, some are wondering whether we’re losing our grip on what’s real and what isn’t. Radio Australia wrote a piece on this line of thinking, quoting pop culture expert, Trustee Professor and director of the Newhouse Bleier…

New York Times

Goode Pushes Back on Climate Change Critics

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Erica Goode, a visiting assistant professor in the newspaper and online journalism department in the Newhouse school, published an article in the New York Times about climate change and the toll it is taking on the polar bear population. She…

Forbes

Expert Kohn on Elderly Financial Literacy

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Research by Nina Kohn,  the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research at Syracuse University’s College of Law, was recently cited in the Forbes article, “Vast Majority Of Elder Financial Abuse By Guardians Can Be Prevented, Experts Tell…

School of Architecture Communicator Elaine Wackerow Dies

Friday, April 27, 2018, By News Staff

Elaine D. Wackerow, 65, of Baldwinsville, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, April 24, at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. She was born in Utica on Dec. 17, 1952, and was a graduate of SUNY Oswego. She began her career as…

STEM

Investigating Shocks to the System, Fardad Receives CAREER Award

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

On an average day in India not so long ago, the circuit breakers on a single powerline got tripped. That caused the breakers on another line to go down. Then another. Then another. It happened again and again throughout the…

Health & Society

University Funding Made Available for University Conduct Board Transcripts in Cases of Sexual Assault, Relationship Violence

Thursday, April 26, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Transcripts involving cases of sexual and relationship violence before the University Conduct Board will now be available at no charge to involved students. The decision was made after a legacy conduct system policy was brought to the attention of university…

Veterans

Campus Community Invited to Honor Flight Mission No. 11

Thursday, April 26, 2018, By Rachel Friedman

On Saturday, April 28, the Syracuse University Student Veterans Organization and faculty and staff Veterans Affinity Group are joining together to support the welcome home ceremony of 80 veterans, mostly from World War II and the Korean War, who will…