https://www.scmp.com/rss/522630/feed The latest news and top stories on Syracuse University. A prominent Syracuse New York based private research university, Syracuse University is dedicated to preparing engaged citizens scholars and leaders for a changing global society. Established in 1870, it is classified as an R1 Doctoral University with very high research activity. Its main areas of focus include communication journalism business architecture and engineering, offering over 200 undergraduate and advanced degree programmes. The... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press The Iran war has deflected global attention from Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbour Ukraine as Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II enters its fifth year and an emboldened Kremlin undertakes a spring offensive. The past week showed that neither side was easing up. Russia on Tuesday fired almost 1,000 drones and 34 missiles at Ukraine in one of the war’s biggest bombardments. The following day Ukraine launched almost 400 drones in the largest reported overnight attack on Russian... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3347956/iran-war-deflects-attention-ukraine-russia-starts-spring-offensive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3347956/iran-war-deflects-attention-ukraine-russia-starts-spring-offensive?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:08:22 +0000 Dannie Peng Dannie Peng The renowned Chinese-born architect Wang Fei has died at the age of 45 following an accident in London. The China Academy of Art, where he had worked as a visiting professor between 2009 and 2011, confirmed that Wang, who taught at Syracuse University in New York state, had died on Monday. Some friends and colleagues leaving tributes online suggested that Wang had been killed in a car accident. Li Lexian, an architectural designer, wrote on social media that Wang had died at the Royal London... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3335794/chinese-born-architect-wang-fei-dies-suspected-car-crash-london?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3335794/chinese-born-architect-wang-fei-dies-suspected-car-crash-london?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:00:49 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Before the sci-fi series Stranger Things premiered on Netflix, several traditional Hollywood studios had already passed on it. Its creators were first-time producers, and unknown young actors were cast in lead roles. Although the show starred kids, it was not for children. That was nine years ago. The 1980s-set show about a monster wreaking havoc in the fictional town of Hawkins, in the US state of Indiana, has since struck a chord with Netflix’s global subscribers. Stranger Things is now one of... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3334860/how-stranger-things-star-wars-netflix-changed-streaming-service-forever?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3334860/how-stranger-things-star-wars-netflix-changed-streaming-service-forever?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:15:08 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Chinese student numbers in the United States have continued to decline over the past year, but they remain the second-largest student group after Indians and the biggest contributors to the US economy, according to new data released on Monday. A total of 265,919 Chinese studied in the US in the 2024-25 academic year, marking a four per cent decrease from the previous academic year, according to the latest annual survey of higher education institutions by the Institute of International Education... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3332899/chinese-student-numbers-us-continue-fall-gap-indian-scholars-widens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3332899/chinese-student-numbers-us-continue-fall-gap-indian-scholars-widens?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:01:08 +0000 Ling Xin Ling Xin After more than two decades in the United States, internationally recognised mathematician Yuan Yuan has returned to China as a full-time professor at Westlake University in Hangzhou. He joined Westlake’s Institute for Theoretical Sciences in May, just months after being promoted to full professor at Syracuse University in New York, according to the university’s website. Yuan is one of four mathematicians recruited by Westlake this summer after long careers in the US. The others are mathematical... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3326815/celebrated-mathematician-yuan-yuan-returns-china-after-more-20-years-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3326815/celebrated-mathematician-yuan-yuan-returns-china-after-more-20-years-us?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Sep 2025 04:00:17 +0000 Cherry Liu Cherry Liu Tom Everett Scott has appeared as Fisher family patriarch Adam Fisher on The Summer I Turned Pretty since its first season. But this year, in the Amazon Prime Video hit series’ third and final season, his character takes centre stage during a tense family dinner that brings some major revelations. Isabel “Belly” Conklin (Lola Tung) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) announce their engagement at a memorial dinner for Susannah Fisher – Adam’s late wife – and the climatic fallout following the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3322509/meet-tom-everett-scott-who-plays-adam-fisher-summer-i-turned-pretty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3322509/meet-tom-everett-scott-who-plays-adam-fisher-summer-i-turned-pretty?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:00:21 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Box office takings are down. It is harder than ever to get people out of their homes and into the cinema. The business model for movies in streaming is still a work in progress. Given all these challenges, who would want to buy a movie studio now? Many people, it turns out. Earlier in July, the entertainment industry was abuzz after reports that film and television production company Legendary Entertainment, the company behind Dune and A Minecraft Movie, was considering a potential acquisition... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3320435/why-movie-studios-are-still-seen-good-investments-despite-falling-box-offices?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3320435/why-movie-studios-are-still-seen-good-investments-despite-falling-box-offices?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Aug 2025 11:15:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counsellors, a review by Associated Press found. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) included the prestigious girls’ summer camp in a “Special Flood Hazard Area” in its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County in 2011, which means it... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3317993/fema-loosened-flood-oversight-camp-mystic-deadly-texas-floods?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3317993/fema-loosened-flood-oversight-camp-mystic-deadly-texas-floods?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:52:09 +0000