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Business & Economy

Syracuse University partners with Arden-Fox to support advancement of Department of Defense’s Net Zero Energy Initiative

Monday, October 18, 2010, By Kevin C. Quinn

Syracuse University today announced a partnership to advance the use of biofuels by the U.S. armed forces as an alternative energy source.

Bill Viola’s ‘The Quintet of the Astonished’ brings rich history of pioneering video art in Syracuse full circle

Friday, October 15, 2010, By News Staff

In the 1970s, the Everson Museum of Art in downtown Syracuse created the first ever video department in any museum. At the same time, the Everson hired then recent Syracuse University alumnus David Ross ’71 to serve as curator of the creative video art for this new exhibition space.

Veterans

Syracuse University alumnus to be focus of ’60 Minutes’ Sunday, Oct. 17

Friday, October 15, 2010, By News Staff

A homeless veterans program spirited by Syracuse University alumnus Jon Nachison, ’74, ’76, ’81, will be the focus of a CBS 60 Minutes segment, Sunday, Oct. 17.

Health & Society

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber to speak at SU Oct. 21

Friday, October 15, 2010, By Michele Barrett

Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner Don Garber will present “The Creation of a Soccer Nation in America: Why the sport matters here in the U.S. and why it will matter more in the future” on Thursday, Oct. 21.

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.

Campus & Community

School of Education master’s graduate Rob Buyea to speak on debut novel

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By News Staff

“Because of Mr. Terupt,” first book by Rob Buyea ’99, G’00, is based on author’s experiences teaching elementary school.

Campus & Community

Onondaga Citizens League releases study report ‘What Does It Mean To Be Green?’

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By Eileen Jevis

The Onondaga Citizens League today released the results of its study “What Does It Mean to Be Green?”

Campus & Community

Venue change for Michael J.C. Echeruo Symposium

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By News Staff

The venue for the The Michael J. C. Echeruo Valedictory Symposium, 50 Years of African Literature in the Academy 1960-2010 has been changed. The symposium will be held Friday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. in the Kilian Room, 500…

Campus & Community

University Lectures series explores ethics during Oct. 19 visit by Randy Cohen

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Randy Cohen, Emmy Award-winning writer and humorist and author of “The Ethicist” column in The New York Times Magazine, will visit Syracuse University Oct. 19 as the next guest of the University Lectures series.

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.