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Professor Williams Banks discusses the refugee ban
William Banks, professor of law and director of Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, was interviewed by The Daily Beast for the story “Fact-Checking President Donald Trump on False Christian Refugee Stats.”
Newhouse Graphic Design Workshop Will Work on Rebrand for Syracuse’s Southside
Forty graphic design students from the Newhouse School’s multimedia photography and design department will spend Feb. 9–11 designing materials for Syracuse’s Southside neighborhood at the third annual Pixels & Print design workshop. The workshop will provide students with a real-world…
Africa Initiative Hosts Kwame Dixon Talk, Book Signing
Kwame Dixon, assistant professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss Afro-Brazil and the global struggle for human rights from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 2, in 319 Sims Hall. The event, “The Afro-Brazilian Experience…
What the Women’s Marches Meant: Reflections and Moving Forward
This panel featuring faculty and grad students from around SU will offer students a variety of ways to think about the meaning and significance of the Women’s Marches. It will be held Monday, Jan. 30, from 3-4 p.m. in 220…
A Better Way to Farm Algae
Scientists have long known of the potential of microalgae to aid in the production of biofuels and other valuable chemicals. However, the difficulty and significant cost of growing microalgae have in some ways stalled further development of this promising technology. Bendy Estime,…
Faculty Awarded Air Force Grant to Supercharge Information Fusion
Faculty in the College of Engineering and Computer Science have been awarded a $295,000 grant by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to introduce dynamic data to the design of information fusion systems to accelerate the processing of large amounts…
Super Bowl has proven immune to ratings fatigue
Falk College faculty members talked to Reuters about the ongoing success of the Super Bowl for TV ratings “It has sort of become kind of a national holiday,” Rick Burton, professor of Sport Management at Syracuse University, told Reuters. “The…
The Science of Shipwrecks
On New Year’s Eve in 1862, the USS Monitor sank in a violent storm at Cape Hatteras, off North Carolina’s windswept coast. Sixteen of her 62 sailors perished. One survivor, a surgeon named Grenville Weeks, lost three fingers and the…
University Professor Charles Driscoll on Creating Ice Storms in the Lab
University Professor of Environmental Engineering Charles Driscoll talks to the AP on new research to better understand ice storms.
Newhouse Professor Explains Fake News
Tom Boll was a newspaper journalist for 30 years and has been an adjunct professor in the Newhouse School since 2007. There, he’s taught newswriting as well as news literacy. One of his courses, COM 337, “Real News, Fake News:…