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Huang Awarded NSF I-Corps Grant for Technology Commercialization Research
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Yun Huang has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps program to explore commercialization of Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon technology that she has developed. The I-Corps program prepares academic researchers to extend their…
CRS’s Kendall Phillips Publishes Book on Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema
Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, has published the book “A Place of Darkness: The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema” (University of…
The Golden Rule of Public Relations: Do Not Lie
Hope Hicks resigned from her job as the White House Communications Director after admitting she has engaged in “white lies” for the administration. Inc wrote an article about her disobeying this cardinal rule, using an excerpt from an LA Times…
Why Wakanda Matters Now, Q&As with Professors Kal Alston and Herb Ruffin
Based in the School of Education, Kal Alston is a professor of cultural foundations of education. Alston’s scholarly interests center on intersections of popular culture and media with American experiences of race, class and gender. She commented on the cultural…
Pi Day 2018: Bite-Sized Pieces of Nerd Culture Highlight Larger Trend
Pi Day will be celebrated on March 14, 2018. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159….
Yaffe Details Social Commentary in New HBO Show
David Yaffe, assistant professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, recently wrote a piece for The Nation about HBO’s new show, ‘Here and Now.’ “How much are we supposed to take seriously?” Asked Yaffe asked in the piece. “Here and…
Herb Ruffin on Black Panther’s Historical Context and Impact
With buzz and excitement building for Marvel’s “Black Panther,” we asked some of our SU faculty who were planning to see the film to offer their thoughts afterward. Here is what they had to say (conversations have been edited for…
White House Too Focused on Commerce Side of Opioid Crisis, Says Public Health Expert
The White House hosted a summit on March 1 to update Americans on the ways the Trump administration is fighting the opioid epidemic. Dessa Bergen-Cico is an associate professor in the Department of Public Health and coordinator of the Addiction…
Confederate Monument Debate Part of Larger Conversation About Civil War Legacy
Steven White is an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University. He says the debate about Confederate monuments is really part a larger debate about the legacy of the Civil War and the meaning of Confederate military service White…
Is a T-Shirt Covered by the First Amendment?
Roy Gutterman, an assistant professor of communications at the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University, is available to discuss the issues of Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Manksy being argued before the US Supreme Court….