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Rape Aggression Defense Classes Available This Semester

Sunday, January 13, 2019, By Christine Grabowski

The nationally known Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) System is a comprehensive program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, and progresses to the basics of hands-on defense training. The…

STEM

Aerospace Engineering First-Year Students Test Their Mars Rover Designs

Friday, January 11, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

The “surface of Mars” may be just a table in Link Hall and its “rocks” may only be golf balls, but the tension and excitement are nearly as high as an actual space mission. For their ECS 101 class, first-year…

Media Tip Sheets

The Unintended Result of the Shutdown: No One Will Want To Work for the Government

Friday, January 11, 2019, By Ellen Mbuqe

David Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, is available to discuss the long-term consequences of the shutdown including that many people, especially young people from working for the government.  Those young people may instead choose to work for…

Campus & Community

Vice Chancellor J. Michael Haynie Named University Professor

Friday, January 11, 2019, By News Staff

J. Michael Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and the Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship, has been named a University Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. The distinction—a four-year, renewable appointment—is granted to faculty who excel in…

STEM

Mambu Alphan Kawa Scholarship Honors a Friendship

Thursday, January 10, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

When Smita Narayan G’00 arrived at Syracuse University to begin her master’s degrees in civil and computer engineering, she felt out of her element and overwhelmed by the University and life in a new country. It was her first time…

Campus & Community

University Monitoring Winter Weather and Travel Conditions for Thursday, Jan. 10

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University continues to monitor weather conditions and assess travel conditions to and from campus pertaining to the Winter Storm Warning issued for Wednesday, Jan. 9, through the early evening of Thursday, Jan. 10. This effort includes reviewing the most…

Media Tip Sheets

Five Things To Know About January’s Total Lunar Eclipse

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

This month’s rare total eclipse will be the last one visible from the United States until 2022. Walter Freeman is an assistant teaching professor in the Physics Department at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Freeman answers five questions…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Kent Syverud to Deliver 2019 Winter Message Jan. 14

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

Syracuse University students, faculty and staff are invited to attend Chancellor Kent Syverud’s 2019 Winter Message to the University community. The event is on Monday, Jan. 14, at 3:45 p.m. in the Jack and Laura Hanhausen Milton Atrium in the…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Matriculates Inaugural JDinteractive Class

Tuesday, January 8, 2019, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law matriculated 32 students into the inaugural JDinteractive (JDi) class in a Jan. 7 ceremony in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall. JDinteractive is the nation’s first fully interactive online law degree. The ABA-accredited program…

Media Tip Sheets

What to Expect with President Trump’s Speech on the Government Shutdown

Tuesday, January 8, 2019, By Ellen Mbuqe

Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, is available to discuss President Trump’s primetime speech on the partial government shutdown. Prof. Phillips taught a class about the rhetoric of President Trump and popular culture and offered four…