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Whitman Retail Expert Discusses Macy’s Backstage Store
Amanda Nicholson, Professor of Retail Practice at the Whitman School of Management, was quoted in the Tampa Bay Times article “Is the future of department stores off-price? Macy’s Backstage opens in Tampa.” Macy’s recently took a huge step to fight…
EOIRS Office Appoints New Director of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion
The Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services has named Alyssa Campbell as its new director of equal opportunity and inclusion. Campbell, who served as a labor and employment/higher education attorney with Bond, Schoeneck, & King, started at the…
Parents Back to Physical Stores for Back-to-School Shopping, Retail Expert Says
Ray Wimer, Assistant Professor of Retail Practice at the Whitman School of Management, was quoted in the Morning Consult article “Parents shifting more of their back to school shopping to physical stores.” As the school year approaches, parents said they…
Nontraditional Students – Like Vets – Face Unique Challenges Heading Back to School
As parents, students and educational institutions focus on the start of a new semester, nontraditional students like veterans are often overlooked. Student veterans are likely to be older than peer classmates, married, have children and work full or part-time jobs…
Wearable IV Device Wins SU Campus Session of Invent@SU
It was a perfect meeting of tech and design. Industrial and interaction design majors Quinn King ’20 and Alec Gillinder ’20 saw a need for a portable, lightweight device that could deliver intravenous (IV) fluids and spent six weeks designing…
Back to the Future of Climate Change
Researchers at Syracuse University are looking to the geologic past to make future projections about climate change. Christopher K. Junium, assistant professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the lead author of a study…
Nangia’s Research Featured on Journal of Physical Chemistry Cover
Associate Professor Shikha Nangia’s research on the blood-brain barrier is prominently featured on the cover of the Aug. 2 Journal of Physical Chemistry B. The paper, “Self-Assembly Simulations of Classic Claudins—Insights into the Pore Structure, Selectivity, and Higher Order Complexes,” is…
New York State Seems to be Behind in Current Electoral Laws
Congressman Chris Collins has suspended his re-election campaign three days after he was arrested for insider trading. In terms of who’s going to replace Collins in the November ballot is unsaid. Partially, due to New York State’s electoral laws. Margaret…
University College Invites Faculty, Staff to Centennial Celebration Picnic
University College invites Syracuse University faculty and staff to a picnic on Friday, Sept. 7, from 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. in the lot behind the UC building, 700 University Ave., to celebrate 100 years of providing education and support to part-time…
Whitman School Announces Partnership with National Black MBA Association
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has announced a new partnership with the National Black MBA Association as part of the first installment of the NBMBAA Collegiate Partnership Program. The program aims to increase awareness and facilitate access to graduate…