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If United Airlines Has Any Hope of Reputation Repair, Here’s What Needs to Happen
United Airlines is facing another public controversy after mistakenly shipped a family’s German Shepherd to Japan while the family flew to Kansas City. This comes after a 10-month-old bulldog died in an overhead bin on a flight from Houston to…
March 18 in Russia is more a coronation than an election
Brian Taylor, professor and chair of the political science department at the Maxwell School, is available for comment about the upcoming Russian elections that will likely earn Vladimir Putin his second consecutive and fourth overall term as president. Taylor is…
Research Profile: Professor Examines State of Bail, Pretrial Detention, Reform Measures
Nine out of 10 people who are awaiting resolution of their felony criminal case in jail are being detained because they can’t afford the pre-trial bail, according to national statistics. What does that say about the U.S. criminal justice system?…
Acuna and Team Create Tool to Detect Academic Fraud in Research Papers
For academic journal editors and research integrity officers at post-secondary institutions, detecting the re-use of images and illustrations in academic papers can be a time-consuming, if not impossible, task. While resources for detecting similarities and plagiarism in text submissions have…
Engineers, Computer Scientists Unite to Develop Autonomous UAVs
The future of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is autonomy. Giving UAVs the ability to operate on their own opens up a world of possibilities, including package delivery, photography, surveillance and more. Today, most UAVs still need someone to control them…
Roy Gutterman Contributes to Newly Launched Whistleblower Project
Roy Gutterman of the Newhouse School is part of the team contributing to the Whistleblower Project, a new initiative dedicated to spreading awareness to ensure that whistleblowers and the journalists who work with them are protected and supported. A collaboration between the Society of Professional…
Constantly Calling News Fake Undercuts Fourth Estate, Says Syracuse Free Speech Expert
An expert on communications law and the First Amendment, Roy Gutterman is director of the Newhouse School’s Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University. He says the trend of labeling factual news as fake news is an attempt to undercut,…
SU Research Team Selected to Present Energy Saving Research at ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
New technology developed by NYSTAR Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor H. Ezzat Khalifa and his research team will be one of the featured projects at the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit…
Hudson Tunnel Project: Picking the Winners and Losers
David Van Slyke, Dean of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, is available to talk about the issues surrounding the New York Hudson Tunnel, an infrastructure project to build a new rail tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey. The Trump administration has made…
From West Virginia Labor Victory to Upcoming Walkout – We’re At a Critical Moment
On March 14, students plan to participate in a national school walkout to honor the lives of the 17 people killed at Stoneman Douglas High School nearly one month ago, and push lawmakers to pass stricter gun control laws. This…