Campus groups rally to raise awareness for sexual violence at Take Back the Night event
By Hanna Horvath
April 3, 2015 - 1:47pm
Syracuse participated in the national campaign Tuesday night, which was co-hosted by 73 different campus groups.

Students and faculty crowded in Hendricks Chapel Tuesday night to participate in Syracuse’s annual Take Back the Night event, which raises awareness about domestic and sexual violence.

The event, which began at 7 p.m., featured speeches, a rally and a march that culminated at the speak-out in Hendricks Chapel, where community members came together to participate in group dialogue about violence and how Syracuse University can work together to eliminate this issue.

Whistleblowers detail experiences at Newhouse panel Wednesday night
By Jake Cappuccino
April 3, 2015 - 1:35pm
The Government Accountability Project brought the American Whistleblower Tour to Syracuse with a panel of three whisteblowers.

At a panel on whistleblowing and journalism Wednesday night at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, the audience heard from some of the panelists how blowing the whistle can often come at great personal cost.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter talks veterans, Iran at speech Tuesday
By Thomas Beckley-...
April 1, 2015 - 6:15pm
The secretary of defense spoke at Dineen Hall, crediting the university's "pathbreaking" work in aiding veterans.

“It's just a much wider game now,” said Ashton Carter, the U.S.' 25th Secretary of Defense, as he leaned back into his grey armchair onstage. “You can't take that narrow point of view that, I suppose, was possible for me to take earlier in my career. Not so anymore.”

Syracuse Lava Project pours over 500 pounds of lava in fifth year
By Francis Sirois
April 1, 2015 - 4:08pm
SU's art and earth sciences departments came together for the event that drains lava from a furnace into water.

The Syracuse University Lava Project poured into its fifth year Tuesday afternoon.

More than 500 pounds of lava were drained from the furnace into a tub of water. Art associate professor Robert Wysocki said the rocks used to make the lava are over one billion years old but once they are melted it's like they’re brand new.

National Geographic photographer speaks on power of photography, representation in media
By Benjamin Fang
March 25, 2015 - 1:10pm
Annie Griffiths' speech Tuesday night concluded this year's University Lecture Series.

From the Taj Mahal to the Dead Sea, Argentina to Namibia, Annie Griffiths has traveled through six continents. And she has the pictures to prove it.

The National Geographic photographer delivered the last University Lecture of the year Tuesday night in Hendricks Chapel. Displaying her dazzling array of beautifully crafted photos on a projector, Griffiths spoke about her journey documenting the world.

Computer science sophomores start website to help SU students schedule classes
By Taylyn Washingt...
March 24, 2015 - 1:11pm
Three SU students developed a website that lets students enter criteria for what they are looking for in a schedule.

Joey, Josiah and Max are much like your typical sophomore computer science majors, glued to their laptops, writing endless streams of code, and choosing from Syracuse University’s thick catalog of courses. When caught in the dilemma of schedule planning, from avoiding 8 a.m. classes to finding classes with friends, the trio created an algorithm to make the semester go by much easier: CourseGoat.

WNBA president discusses gender equality in sports at university lecture
By Yufei Wu
March 20, 2015 - 3:47pm
Laurel Richie tackled issues facing women and LGBT athletes in the sporting community at the second university lecture of the semester.

Laurel J. Richie, the president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), had an in-depth conversation with the audience at Hendricks Chapel on Wednesday evening. As the leader of the longest running women’s professional sport league in the country, Richie shared her insights about women's sports, as well as about the issues and opportunities of the WNBA.

Meditation is the new black
By Meghan Walsh
March 18, 2015 - 2:28pm
Universities across the country are bringing contemplative studies to the classroom to provide alternative learning methods to de-stress, improve focus and decrease distractions.

Diane Grimes sits cross-legged on a magenta Zafu meditation cushion in the front of the classroom as 21 students shuffle into her Tuesday afternoon CRS 347: Mindful Communication Skills class at Syracuse University. Fifteen women and six men deftly strip off thick parkas, down jackets, and heavy-duty snow boots; and place them in four large mahogany closets that line the sides of the room. Leaving behind everything but a folder and pen, the students assume a cross-legged position on their assigned Zafu cushions.

Former Amazon chief scientist talks big data potential at semester's first University Lecture
By Georgie Silvarole
March 5, 2015 - 11:19am
Andreas Weigend spoke to issues about data and its effect on education, the workplace and health care.

Andreas Weigend has a positive outlook when it comes to the future of big data. Having the information to help people make better choices on what to buy, on how to interact with others, on how to travel, on how to learn—that’s exactly what intrigues him, he said.

“What would you do if you built the platform to help people make better decisions?” Weigend said. “What can we do with data — that’s what drives me. That’s what makes me happy.”

Black History Month speech addresses education and justice systems
By Jessie Yuqing Shi
March 2, 2015 - 2:30pm
Dr. Crystal Laura spoke Thursday on issues involving incarceration rates and their link to education in a speech sponsored by the School of Education.

Dr. Crystal Laura addressed the issues blacks have faced and still face in the education system along with the right ways to teach in her speech Thursday afternoon at Maxwell Auditorium.

Laura said that the zero-tolerance policy at schools and mass incarceration denied black youths their rights as citizens, and that teachers should get intimate with them through love, justice and joy in teaching.