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The Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, Peter Saulson has devoted much of his career to searching for gravitational waves. Here, he reflects on the importance of the latest discovery of these so-called “ripples in spacetime,” and what it…

Syracuse University physicists are among a team of collaborators who have made another scientific breakthrough discovery, looking deep into the heavens to find the origins of precious metals. Watch Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics, discuss their…

It wasn’t easy, but Arts and Sciences Professor David Yaffe has recently published his biography on Joni Mitchell, entitled Reckless Daughter. The process was long, and working with Mitchell sometimes tough, as Yaffe explained in an interview for Canada.com. “”I’ve…

With similar scandals coming from the men at the helm, Fox News and Weinstein Co. both found themselves at the epicenter of a national scandal.  However, while Roger Ailes’ scandal never really threatened to shut down Fox News, Weinstein Co….

Following the release of Humanities Assistant Professor David Yaffe’s biography Reckless Daughter on Joni Mitchell, The Atlantic favorably reviewing the book. “In the best full-length treatment of Mitchell yet published, Yaffe follows her from her childhood in postwar Saskatchewan all the…

It is a little-known fact that Braj Kachru, a renowned authority on the English language, spoke only Hindi and his mother tongue, Kashmiri, until he was 16. Nevertheless, his upbringing in a Kashmiri Pundit family, which valued education above almost…

The University will host a special campuswide event on Monday, Oct. 16, to announce a revolutionary discovery credited to the work of physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences and their colleagues in the international LIGO Scientific Collaboration.

After being implemented in 1979, the National Guard of Iran has continued to grow in size and power. Maxwell Professor of Political Science Mehrzad Boroujerdi talked to The Guardian about this issue. “Before the war the IRGC militiamen were nothing…

A new study between Syracuse University and Harvard has discovered that replacing the Clean Power Plan would actually be worse than doing nothing. Professor Charles Driscoll talks to Phys. Org explaining why this is the case. “The bottom line is…

Syracuse University and the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have participated in a yearlong process with the Atlantic Coast Conference, partner ACC universities and the Smithsonian Institution to create the first “ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival.”…