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Campus & Community

University Travel to Italy Temporarily Restricted

Saturday, February 29, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: With the continued spread of the novel coronavirus across the globe, health authorities are urging both vigilance and an aggressive response to containing the outbreak and preventing “sustained spread” of the virus. Syracuse University, much like…

Digital Trends

Social Media Networks Struggle to Handle Hate Speech, Misinformation

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Digital Trends’ article “What does it take to make a social media network that doesn’t exploit users?” In the article, Grygiel commented on the spread of…

CNY Central

Mike Bloomberg’s Advertisements Leave Voters Skeptical of His Campaign Spending

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Edward Russell, associate professor of advertising in the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the CNY Central story “Do voters think presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is buying into the campaign?” Russell commented on Mike Bloomberg’s positive use of advertisements in the…

NBC News

Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ Reality Dating Show: A Twist On Modern Romance

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Bob Thompson, Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Pop Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the NBC News article “Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ brings the reality dating show into 2020.” In the story,…

CNBC

On This Episode of American Greed: Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino and his Tax Crimes

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of radio, television and film in the Newhouse School and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, was featured in CNBC’s American Greed show “Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino.” CNBC’s American Greed show profiles…

ESPN

Syracuse Basketball Star, Tiana Mangakahia, Rebounds from Battle with Breast Cancer

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Tiana Mangakahia ’20, a communications and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and a member of the women’s basketball team, was profiled in the ESPN story Syracuse star Tiana Mangakahia nurtures basketball dream, finds new…

TIME

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families: A Step Towards a More Equal America

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Mike Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and founder and executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, was highlighted in the TIME story “These 16 People and Groups Are Fighting for a More Equal America.”…

Campus & Community

Students Can Apply to University Program that Provides Path into US Government Intelligence Careers

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

A new Universitywide program is creating a path toward public service careers for all Syracuse University undergraduate and graduate students interested in making important contributions to U.S. and global security. The University was designated by the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC)…

STEM

Math Students Finish Among Top Universities at Elite Competition

Thursday, February 27, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

A team of three undergraduate students from the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) Department of Mathematics recently finished 58th out of 488 participating institutions in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. The math contest is the preeminent mathematics competition…

Business & Economy

Shumer Wins Campuswide InVenture Prize

Thursday, February 27, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Matthew Shumer ’22, founder of Visos, the first virtual reality (VR) headset specifically designed for health care applications, has won Syracuse University’s InVenture Prize campus qualifier competition, sponsored by the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries. He received…