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Media, Law & Policy

International students find much to interest them in U.S. presidential election

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

The debates, the media coverage, seemingly endless campaigning. Americans have endured months of buildup to the U.S. presidential election. Two students—Chi Chen, a junior studying psychology, and Yutian Yang, a third-year Ph.D. student in chemical engineering—have watched the U.S. process,…

Media, Law & Policy

Students’ mock campaign parallels real one

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, By Cyndi Moritz

“#ElectionClass, Social Media and the 2012 Election” is a new course in the School of Information Studies that examines the impact of social media on presidential campaigns as the electoral process unfolds in real time.

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse student-reporters experience democracy in action on Election Day

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, By News Staff

  To tell voters’ stories on Election Day, several hundred journalism students—from Syracuse, N.Y., to Miami, Fla., to Phoenix, Ariz.—will share their coverage through a special project coordinated by three professors at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Called…

Media, Law & Policy

Audio: Robert Thompson on pop culture and the presidency

Monday, November 5, 2012, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University professor Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, offers his thoughts on how pop culture and the presidency go hand in hand.

Campus & Community

Voice study

Friday, November 2, 2012, By News Staff

We are conducting a research study at Syracuse University, in the Dept. of Communication Sciences & Disorders. The testing will be done at our lab, located in south campus at 621 Skytop Rd. The purpose of this study is to…

Arts & Culture

Student-faculty projects draw international spotlight

Friday, November 2, 2012, By Carol Boll

When architecture professor Anda French looks at downtown Syracuse, she sees more than a city; she sees a studio for creating spontaneous stories and generating interactive conversations.

Campus & Community

Certificate in sustainable enterprise available to all SU and SUNY-ESF graduate students

Friday, November 2, 2012, By News Staff

The Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP) encourages SU and SUNY-ESF graduate students to plan now to earn an advanced credential insustainability.

Campus & Community

Conversations in Conflict Studies: The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By News Staff

Wednesday, Nov. 7, noon-1 p.m. Where: 400 Eggers Hall, the PARCC Conference Room Pizza will be served. The Two Row Wampum Campaign is a statewide educational and advocacy campaign organized by the Onondaga Nation and Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation/Syracuse…

STEM

Engineers study how contaminated soil can be drained, utilized

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By News Staff

LCS research published in Geosynthetics International Each year, 400 million cubic yards of soil are dredged from water bodies in the United States alone. Much of this byproduct is contaminated, deemed unusable and put into landfills. Mahmoud M. Khachan, Shobha…

Arts & Culture

Journey to success is topic of next African American Studies 2012 Colloquium series

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By News Staff

National political commentator and scholar Adolphus Belk Jr. ’97 will present “How I Got Over: Lessons from One Man’s Journey to Success,” 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in 219Sims Hall. The lecture is part of the 2012 Fall Colloquium series…