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Supervised Injection Sites for Drug Users
Dessa Bergen-Cico, associate professor of public health at Falk College, has researched supervised injection sites for drug users and has offered a response to plan by the mayor of Ithaca to open such a facility: The United States is experiencing…
Tonight’s Alicia Garza Lecture Canceled
Due to unexpected circumstances, at the request of the agency representing the speaker, tonight’s lecture by #BlackLiveMatter Movement co-founder Alicia Garza has been canceled. She was scheduled to give the Black History Month Commemorative Lecture, sponsored by the Office of…
Expert Carriere on Re-Opening of Inter-Korean Industrial Park
A recent Korea Times article profiles arguments for the re-opening of The Gaeseong Industrial Complex, which was the final channel remaining in reconciliatory efforts between North and South Korea. Frederick Carriere, the research professor at the Maxwell School, was interviewed…
Disabilifunk Celebrates Disability and Diversity
On Saturday, Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m. in the Schine Underground, the Disability Cultural Center (DCC) and Disability Student Union (DSU) invite the campus community to Disabilifunk—an engaging, inclusive and exciting evening of karaoke, a cappella, improv and more. “I am…
University Monitoring Weather Conditions
The University is currently monitoring the winter weather and road conditions in Syracuse and the surrounding region. This effort includes assessing recent National Weather Service data and forecasting, and consulting with an independent meteorologist. Based on current conditions, the University…
Ask the Experts: SU professors on the possibility of the UK leaving the EU
United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to hold a referendum by the end of 2017 to decide the future of the U.K.’s relationship with the European Union. Until then, Cameron will try to negotiate the U.K.’s membership treaty…
“The nation has lost a great jurist”
Legal scholars at Syracuse University offer insight on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. All faculty members are available to comment further. Please contact Robert L. Conrad, Director of Communications at Syracuse University College of Law at 315-443-9536…
“We have just taken our first look at the Universe in a completely new way”
Syracuse, NY… Scientists in the Department of Physics at Syracuse University have been instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves, confirming a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity. They include Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…
$19 Billion for Cybersecurity: Syracuse University Professor Weighs In
On the heels of the White House announcing a Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP), Syracuse University cybersecurity expert Vir V. Phoha, Professor at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, says that increased funding attention to cybersecurity is a step in the right…
Electronic Media Communications Receives Emmy Nomination
For the fourth consecutive year, the University’s Office of Electronic Media Communications has received an Emmy nomination from the New York State chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). “Remembering David Carr,” a documentary honoring the…