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Campus & Community

Student-Athletes Mark Highest-Ever Graduation Success Rate

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University student-athletes have scored big with some recent numbers off the playing fields. For the 2016-17 academic year, student-athletes achieved a Graduation Success Rate of 91—the highest-ever for the University since the NCAA started measuring the rate in 2004….

STEM

Innovation Orange: EMPOWER Program

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Keith Kobland

EMPOWER is an interdisciplinary graduate education program focused on research at the interface of water and energy cycles. The program provides students with the technical knowledge and professional skills needed to compete for careers in energy, environmental consulting, government, nonprofits, academia and beyond.

Media, Law & Policy

Panel Discussion at Newhouse School Will Explore Data Journalism

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Using data has become a critical skill for journalists. But where do you get it? How do you use it and what kinds of stories can you do? Do you have to be able to write code? Or are there…

Veterans

More Profiles from the Past & Present—Celebrating Alumni & Student Veteran Stories

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Stephanie Salanger

In celebration of Veterans Week 2017 at Syracuse University, the Office of Veterans and Military Affairs is recognizing the success stories of one current student veteran and one military-connected alumnus each day of the week. After welcoming veterans to campus…

Campus & Community

First-Generation College Celebration on Nov. 8

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Shannon Andre

The Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs is participating in the first-ever nationwide First-Generation College Celebration in partnership with NASPA and the Council for Opportunity in Education.  The celebration is Wednesday, Nov. 8. All faculty, staff and students identifying as…

Bloomberg Law

Flynn Under Scope of Mueller Investigation

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

As the investigation into whether or not Russia interfered with the 2016 election, Michael Flynn, a former national security adviser, is in the scope of investigation from special counsel Robert Mueller. Syracuse Law Professor William Banks spoke with Bloomberg Law…

Forbes

What Makes the Top-Tier TV Hosts

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Forbes just released a list of the nation’s top-paid TV hosts. At the top ranked Dr. Phil, Ellen DeGeneres and Ryan Seacrest. How were this A-Listers able to top this list? Newhouse Broadcast Professor of Practice Les Rose answers in Forbes….

Health & Society

Trans Day of Remembrance Featuring Jennicet Gutiérrez on Nov. 8

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

The LGBT Resource Center, within the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience, presents Transgender Day of Remembrance. Transgender Day of Remembrance is nationally observed on Nov. 20 and honors those who have lost their lives to transphobic violence. To…

STEM

Strong Showing for Orange Hacker’s Association at National Cybersecurity Competitions

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

The students in the Orange Hacker’s Association are “white hat hackers”—hackers who test cybersecurity programs not to break them, but to help make them safer. “People think of it as a very bad thing, but actually a hacker is just someone who…

Media, Law & Policy

VPA’s Dana Cloud Receives National Communication Association Top Paper Honor

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By Erica Blust

Dana Cloud, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been awarded the 2017 top paper honor in the GLBTQ Studies Division of the National…