Syracuse University

Homeowners push for student zoning to fight rental properties

Ryan Delaney — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:29:00 +0000

The Southeast University Neighborhood Association has been fighting back against an invasion for decades.

SU among those chosen to be NASA competition sites

Kate O'Connell — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:34:04 +0000

Syracuse University is one of two upstate universities have been chosen as host sites for the international NASA space apps challenge. The challenge, taking place this month, brings together collaborators in 41 different countries to solve some of the toughest challenges facing space exploration and society.

Anti-hydrofracking activists try to get students involved in movement

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:10:43 +0000

As the controversy over hydrofracking drags on in New York state, opponents of the drilling method are trying to get more college students involved in the debate. NYPIRG project coordinator Nicole Saint James is recruiting students at Syracuse University to help put more pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Stephen Barton on the Campbell Conversations

Grant Reeher — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:23:43 +0000

Stephen Barton was a top honors student at Syracuse University—he delivered the student commencement address at the university’s graduation exercise last May. He had won a prestigious Fulbright grant to teach English in Russia, but before he could go, he was shot by James Holmes in the Aurora, Colorado movie theater on July 20^th. The experience led him to join the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

Syracuse University holds discussion on gun violence

Ryan Delaney — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:15:10 +0000

There was an almost constant collecting of index cards in Hendricks Chapel Tuesday evening, each containing a question on the issue of gun violence in America. The questions were for five panelists participating in what was billed by Syracuse University as a discussion, not a debate, on gun violence in America.

Psychologist says more focus needs to be on access to guns

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:02:56 +0000

The effects of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. in December that killed 26 children and staff, lingers in the psychological community. It's one reason Syracuse University's psychology department is hosting a panel discussion Monday night focusing on different aspects of the psychology of school violence. One presenter is worried how this tragedy could end up further stigmatizing mental illness.

We now go live on scene to... our drone?

Ryan Delaney — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:03:11 +0000

Dan Pacheco is able to steer a small drone above a group of students with just a WiFi connection and his iPad. What the drone sees is projected onto a big screen in front of them.

Syracuse's effort to connect The Hill to downtown continues

Ryan Delaney — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:11:50 +0000

Red modern-looking street lamps, bright green bike lanes and smoothly paved roadways now stretch from Syracuse University to the edge of the city's downtown.

Former SU employee charged with videotaping athletes in locker room

Ellen Abbott — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:26:00 +0000

A former Syracuse television sportscaster, and Syracuse University employee stands accused of unlawfully recording video of male student-athletes in a locker room, without their knowledge.

Syracuse college students push for climate change divestment

Olivia Fecteau — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:29:41 +0000

When environmentalist Bill McKibben visited Syracuse in October as part of the University Lectures series, he urged students to get their schools to make more sustainable investments. His words encouraged Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students to start the Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign.

Study finds mercury levels dropping in Atlantic Ocean

Ryan Delaney — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:08:06 +0000

Mercury levels among fish caught in the Atlantic Ocean are dropping, but it's not the same case for fish from the Pacific Ocean.

New York state has highest paid private college presidents

Durrie Lawrence — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:48:46 +0000

Three dozen private college presidents nationwide received more than a million dollars in pay for one year, according to a study released this week. Among them is Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor, who will be stepping down in 2014.

Law school program helps bring research to the market, for free

Ryan Delaney — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Law students have often been used to help solve so-called "cold-cases," but criminal law isn’t the only place their skills are being put to use. Syracuse University law school professor Ted Hagelin's class focuses on the cutting edge of technology.

Justice Department ends investigation into Bernie Fine

Ryan Delaney and Jason Smith — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:28:00 +0000

The U.S. Attorney's Office has dropped its year-long investigation of sexual abuse of minors by former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine.

SU holds memorial events for student killed in Syria

Olivia Fecteau — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:28:06 +0000

Bassel Shahade, a Syracuse University graduate film student and Syrian native, was killed in the Homs massacre in Syria this spring, while working as a citizen journalist and filmmaker. Syracuse University commemorated him on October 10 with a memorial service, a panel about the situation in Syria and a benefit concert.

Dalai Lama brings peace message to thousands of concert goers

Ellen Abbott — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:50:37 +0000

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama wrapped up a two-day world peace event at Syracuse University Tuesday night joining musical artists from around the world for the One World Concert.

SU community reacts to Dalai Lama events

Durrie Lawrence — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:18:59 +0000

Before, after, and in between the forum events with the Dalai Lama at Syracuse University Monday, the Schine Student Center was abuzz with the excitement of the day.

Dalai Lama calls for lesson of peace during panel discussions

Ryan Delaney — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:10:23 +0000

Standing ovations, laughter and awe surrounded the first of two days the 14th Dalai Lama is spending in Syracuse. The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet spent Monday in an auditorium at Syracuse University taking part in discussions on peace and democracy in a time of growing unrest in the Arab world.

Peace, Dalai Lama and rock and roll come to SU

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:00:01 +0000

Peace is the word on the Syracuse University campus Monday and Tuesday. Promoters say the first-of-its-kind event in Syracuse, which includes the Dalai Lama, will spread the message through words and music.

Collaboration in western New York brings innovative product

Kate O'Connell — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:32:48 +0000

SensGard LLC. makes hearing protection, but not the kind that you might be used to. Instead of large, wooly earmuffs they are producing small, foldable hearing protectors that look like ear plugs on the end of a headband.

SU reaches fundraising goal

Olivia Fecteau — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:02:53 +0000

Syracuse University announced this month that it has reached the $1 billion mark in its fundraising campaign, which was launched in 2005. University administrators had not expected that goal to be met until December 31 of this year. With the recession dogging the economy for the last four years, other universities have not been so successful in their fundraising efforts.

Project SWIFT will create water quality database in Southern Tier

Ryan Delaney — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:52:09 +0000

Two Syracuse University geology professors - along with a graduate assistant or two - are hurrying to collect water samples from drinking wells in the Southern Tier before - and if - the natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing is approved in New York.

Professor looks to brackets for new student startup competition

Ryan Delaney — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:27:38 +0000

Sean Branagan doesn't want to get any angry phone calls from the NCAA's lawyers for ripping off their idea, but he took inspiration from a certain national college basketball tournament, held every March, for a new student startup competition.

Giant peace sign to celebrate International Peace Day

Durrie Lawrence — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:27:10 +0000

Syracuse University marked International Peace day by creating a giant human peace sign on the quad. Community members and students were invited to wear orange and stand together so that a photographer could be hoisted into a crane to take an aerial photo.

Studying the political science of social media

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:52:18 +0000

Some graduate students at Syracuse University's Maxwell School will be tracking Twitter accounts and Facebook posts of presidential candidates as part of a new class on social media and politics this fall. The idea is to see how politicians capitalize on the world of social media.

Vets head back to bootcamp, this time to learn entrepreneurship

Ryan Delaney — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:31:00 +0000

Popping the occasional Tylenol and drinking plenty of Red Bull are how Tom Voss and David Kendrick get through the long days at the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV).

Voss, 28, from Wuawatosa, Wis. and Kendrick, 25, from Rochester, are both Army veterans hoping to start their own businesses.

For eight days at Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), Voss, Kendrick and 25 other veterans spend 14 hours a day in classes learning how to be entrepreneurs.

SU grad injured in Colorado shooting

Catherine Loper — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:25:56 +0000

A Syracuse University graduate was among those injured in a Colorado movie theater shooting.

SU scientists say fireflies could be a light source

Ellen Abbott — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:01:00 +0000

There's more to fireflies than a backyard light show. Scientists at Syracuse University are working on a project that ultimately would put the insect's luminescense to use.

Syracuse OK's 30-year tax break for university bookstore

Ryan Delaney — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:06:38 +0000

Those for it say it has little resemblance to Destiny USA other than the length of the tax break. But those in opposition disagree strongly.

Months of debate about Syracuse's development strategy and negotiations culminated Monday with the city granting just its second-ever 30-year property tax exemption.

The recipient is a developer who will build a mixed-use off-campus bookstore and fitness center for Syracuse University. The property in question is a long sliver of land currently owned by the nonprofit university, so it's not taxable.

Syracuse poised to award second 30-year tax break

Ryan Delaney — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:26:00 +0000

Syracuse appears ready to give out its second 30-year tax exemption after months of debate. The decision comes at a time when many in the city are skeptical of public backing for development.

The Common Council has called a special session for later today to vote on the property tax exemption for a developer planning to build a Syracuse University bookstore and fitness center in the University Hill neighborhood.

The vote was supposed to happen back in March, but it was pulled at the last minute because it faced certain defeat. In the months since, councilors have negotiated with the developer and university.

On Friday, councilors confirmed the deal will finally proceed because it has gained the needed five votes.