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Campus & Community

2010-11 Remembrance Scholars to be honored at Oct. 22 convocation

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2010-11 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding Syracuse University students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 22.

STEM

iSchool Professor awarded NSF grant to study socially intelligent computing

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By News Staff

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Kevin Crowston $478,858 over three years to investigate the capabilities of social computational computer support systems in the context of citizen science.

Media, Law & Policy

TRAC: Federal water pollution convictions decrease in past decade

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By News Staff

According to a new analysis of Justice Department data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), during the first two years of the Obama administration, federal criminal convictions for water pollution remain lower than any year since the first Clinton administration.

STEM

iSchool’s Milton Mueller writes new book on global politics of Internet governance

Wednesday, October 13, 2010, By News Staff

MIT Press has published Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Milton Mueller’s “Networks and States: The Global Politics of Internet Governance,”

Campus & Community

Maurice Harris named dean of undergraduate admissions at Syracuse University

Tuesday, October 12, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University announced today the appointment of Maurice Harris as dean of undergraduate admissions. Harris replaces Susan E. Donovan, who retired in August 2010 after more than 35 years of service.

STEM

SU Project Advance forensic seminars probe crime, fungi

Monday, October 11, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) brings two of Europe’s foremost forensic botanists to the United States this week for SUPA’s Forensic Science fall seminars. Patricia Wiltshire and David Hawksworth will be the featured speakers at the downstate seminar Wednesday, Oct. 13, on…

STEM

Syracuse University congratulates Ei-ichi Negishi on the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Thursday, October 7, 2010, By News Staff

Chancellor Nancy Cantor and Syracuse University join colleagues around the world in congratulating former SU faculty member Ei-ichi Negishi for his landmark research that has been recognized with a 2010 Nobel Prize.

Campus & Community

The HUB Fall Speaker Series continues Oct. 14 with Charles Costa

Thursday, October 7, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Charles Costa, chief information officer for J.P. Morgan Asset Management, will speak as part of The HUB 2010 Fall Speaker Series on Thursday, Oct. 14.

STEM

SU receives $760,000 in NSF scholarships for graduate students studying information security

Wednesday, October 6, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University received a two-year, $760,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund U.S. citizens interested in studying cybersecurity and information assurance.

Business & Economy

Public finance expert Leonard Burman talks about Bush tax cuts at TMR

Monday, October 4, 2010, By Eileen Jevis

The Oct. 7 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable (TMR) features Leonard Burman, professor of practice at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.