SU in the News: Tuesday, July 14, 2009

David M. Crane ’80, professor of practice in the College of Law, was interviewed by the BBC and Voice of America on the former Liberian president Charles Taylor taking the stand in The Hague, on trial in the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Jeremy Gilbert, professor of biomaterials and associate dean for research and doctoral studies in L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, was quoted in a Nanowerk  report on the upcoming biomaterials conference, Materials and Processes for Medical Devices.

Photonics.com reported briefly on the research of Mathew Maye, assistant professor of chemistry in The College of Arts and Sciences, in an article on recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.

Research by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) was cited in New York Times and Dallas Morning News stories on immigration court caseloads.

Ben Bradley, associate professor of philosophy in The College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in an Inside Higher Education article on a National Endowment for the Humanities grant program, Enduring Questions, and a controversy between philosophers and other humanities scholars.

Kristi Andersen, professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Post-Standard story about attacks on immigrants.

Solar cell research by Eric Schiff, professor of physics in The College of Arts and Sciences, was featured in the Post-Standard “Green Central New York” section. Ed Bogucz, executive director of the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems, and graduate student Corey Centerwall were also mentioned.