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“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…
Entrepreneurial Engineering Students Improve Ambiance on Huckster Hill
What if engineering students from different majors had an opportunity to develop a solution for an actual company in a single semester? That is exactly what students in Professor of Practice Mark Povinelli’s “Introduction to Entrepreneurial Engineering” did last fall….
Call for Poets for Cruel April Poetry Book Fair 2016
The Point of Contact Gallery is seeking published poets to display and sell their poetry collections at its annual poetry book fair. Poets’ works will be available for purchase throughout the month of April for Point of Contact’s series Cruel…
Need to Show Some Love? Art Students Offer Valentines to Share
Hearts will be aglow Sunday as sweethearts exchange Valentine’s Day cards. For those who might need a little help with a love note, three art students have crafted their interpretations of Valentines ready to download. Graduate illustration students Zhongwen Hu and…
Video: Searching For Gravitational Waves News Conference at Syracuse University
IJPM Speaker Series to Start Feb. 17
The Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics & the Media (IJPM) will kick off its eighth annual Law, Politics & the Media Speaker Series on Feb. 17. The speaker series, co-sponsored by IJPM and the Tully Center for…
The Supreme Court’s “Unprecedented Judicial Activism”
University Professor David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law, offers an opinion on the Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday that put a hold on the Obama’s administration’s Clean Power Plan. “The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling granting a stay of the…
$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…
Syracuse Scientists Integral to Discovery of Gravitational Waves (Video)
The discovery confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity.
Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction
LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes