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Nonfiction Reading Series welcomes George Saunders

Monday, October 18, 2010, By News Staff

The Writing Program is pleased to announce that our fall featured speaker in the Nonfiction Reading Series will be George Saunders. Oct. 21 3:30-5 p.m. Katzer Room, Hinds Hall George Saunders is the author of three collections of short stories:…

STEM

iSchool professor publishes book on need for more people educated as information professionals

Monday, October 18, 2010, By News Staff

The book focuses on the disparity between the growth of careers within the information industry and the apparent lack of interest in studying and working in the field within the United States.

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.

SU in the News: Friday, October 15, 2010

Friday, October 15, 2010, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE ABC News.com reported on the Near Westside Initiative (NWSI), Connective Corridor, and COLAB project “A Love Letter to Syracuse.” Syracuse University student Carmine Pierre is quoted in a WSYR-TV story on student use of social…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, October 15

Friday, October 15, 2010, By News Staff

Maxwell School’s Stuart Rosenthal quoted in Wall Street Journal on UK budget deficits

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.