Business & Economy
Data to Drive Future of Amazon-Whole Foods Grocery Delivery
This week Amazon announced it will begin delivering groceries from Whole Foods via Prime Now service to customers in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas, and Virginia Beach. The company says it plans to expand the service to other U.S. cities later this…
For This Fashion Technology Company, the Technology Commercialization Research Center is a Perfect Fit
It is evident when sitting in on a meeting of the College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Research Center (LAW 815) that there’s a reciprocal relationship between clients seeking help from student researchers in order to commercialize a new technology and…
Why is Billionaire Investor Patrick Soon-Shiong Buying LA Times, and What Will it Mean for the Newsroom?
Billionaire biotech investor and physician Patrick Soon-Shiong is buying the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune in a $500 million deal. Associate professor Steve Davis teaches magazine, newspaper and online journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public…
NYSTAR Re-Designates College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Law Program as the New York State Science and Technology Law Center
Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR) has re-designated the College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP) as the New York State Science and Technology Law Center (NYSSTLC, or Law Center). Having served as the NYSTAR Law…
We’ve All Heard the Words ‘Bitcoin’ and ‘Blockchain,’ but What Are They?
Lee W.McKnight is an associate professor in the School of Information Studies, faculty advisor to the Worldwide Innovation Technology and Entrepreneurship Club and an affiliate of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism. He is also an expert on Bitcoin…
Student Venture Ravle Advances to Semi-Final Round of Student Startup Madness
Student startup Ravle, founded by Syracuse University students Tay Lotte ’19 (creative leadership, University College) and Kevin Rieck ’19 (knowledge management, University College), has been selected to advance to the semi-final round of the 2017-2018 Student Startup Madness Tournament, held…
Ed Pettinella G’76 MBA Establishes Second Endowed Professorship to Help Attract, Retain Exceptional Faculty
Syracuse University Trustee Edward “Ed” Pettinella G’76 MBA attributes his extraordinary 43-year career to two management principles: consistently hiring and retaining people who are ambitious, talented and motivated, and ensuring that the right people are in the right positions. The…
Looking for Innovators for ACC InVenture Prize: Apply by Feb. 9
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is on a talent search for top student innovators who are inventing the future. Teams from Syracuse University are now being recruited for the InVenture Prize, a televised “Shark Tank”-style competition open to student startups at…
University Holds Annual Spring Career Week
From Monday, Jan. 29, through Wednesday, Jan. 31, the University will host its annual Spring Career Week. Starting with the kickoff of the Syracuse University Career Fair, this week gives students the opportunity to speak one on one with representatives from…
Whitman School of Management’s Entrepreneurship Program Named ‘National Model Entrepreneurship Program’
The Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) program at the Whitman School of Management was recently named the National Model Program by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at its annual conference in Los Angeles, California, Jan….