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EPA and College Consensus Rank Syracuse University 8th Among Top 25 Green Colleges in the United States

Tuesday, October 16, 2018, By News Staff

College Consensus has ranked Syracuse University 8th in its listing of the Top 25 Best Green Colleges in the United States. For the purpose of developing the Green Colleges list, College Consensus partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power…

Arts & Culture

‘still/here’ Screening and Q&A with Award-Winning Experimental Filmmaker Christopher Harris

Friday, October 12, 2018, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work’s Urban Video Project announces the exhibition “Christopher Harris: Extended Forecast” by the award-winning filmmaker. This will be on view at Light Work UVP’s outdoor projection site on the north facade of the Everson Museum of Art at 401…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Presents World Premiere Inspired by Local History

Thursday, October 11, 2018, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage continues the 2018/19 season with a world premiere production, “Possessing Harriet,” Oct. 17 – Nov. 4. Written by award-winning local playwright and Syracuse Stage associate artistic director Kyle Bass, the 90-minute drama, commissioned by the Onondaga Historical Association,…

Campus & Community

‘River Blue’ Film Oct. 16 Examines Fashion Industry Pollution of Rivers

Thursday, October 11, 2018, By News Staff

Sustainability Management and student group Students of Sustainability are sponsoring a free screening of the eye-opening documentary “River Blue” on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater. The event is free and open to the public, with entry…

STEM

Physicist to Probe ‘Deep Connections’ Between Life on Earth and Interstellar Space

Thursday, October 11, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Professor Carl Rosenzweig will present ‘Stars ‘R’ Us’ at Wells College, benefiting Friends of Southern Cayuga Planetarium The old cliché that humans are made of stardust underscores an upcoming program by an astrophysicist in the College of Arts and Sciences….

Media, Law & Policy

Ian Eagle ’90 to Receive Marty Glickman Award for Leadership in Sports Media from Newhouse School

Wednesday, October 10, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Newhouse School alumnus Ian Eagle ’90, play-by-play announcer with CBS Sports, YES Network and Westwood One Radio, will receive the sixth annual Marty Glickman Award for Leadership in Sports Media at a ceremony Nov. 1 on campus. Mike Tirico ’88…

Media Tip Sheets

Lack of Federal Leadership Is No Reason for Global Sustainability Effort to Stop

Tuesday, October 9, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report highlighting a number of climate change impacts that could be avoided by limiting global warming to 1.5ºC (34.7ºF) compared to 2ºC (35.6ºF) or more. Charles Driscoll, whose research focus…

STEM

Alumnus Joshua Aviv Wins $1 Million in Buffalo Startup Competition

Thursday, October 4, 2018, By J.D. Ross

Joshua Aviv ’14 G’17, founder and CEO of SparkCharge, a company that produces a portable, fast charging battery unit for electric vehicles, has earned the top prize of $1 million at 43North, a Buffalo, New York-based startup competition. The 43North…

Campus & Community

WellsLink Hosts 15th Annual Transitions Ceremony; Welcomes Shaun R. Harper as Keynote

Tuesday, October 2, 2018, By News Staff

The Office of Multicultural Affairs hosts the 15th annual WellsLink Transitions Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 12, starting at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Campus community members are invited to attend the ceremony to honor the WellsLink Scholars from the previous year who have…

STEM

Physicist’s Discovery Recasts ‘Lifetime Hierarchy’ of Subatomic Particles

Monday, October 1, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have determined that the lifetime of the so-called charmed omega—part of a family of subatomic particles called baryons—is nearly four times longer than previously thought. In an article in Physical Review Letters…