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New study links whale stress to ship noise

Friday, February 10, 2012, By News Staff

Data collected around 9/11 terrorist attacks by SU biologist plays key role in study Hunted almost to extinction, North Atlantic Right Whales are among the most endangered in the world, with fewer than 500 alive today. Syracuse University biologist Susan…

Destiny USA, Rosamond Gifford Zoo benefit from iSchool social media students

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, By J.D. Ross

Most businesses are lucky to have one social media strategist or community manager on staff. This season, two major Syracuse attractions are especially fortunate in that they will have legions of social media practitioners at work for them. That is…

STEM

iSchool’s Renee Franklin Hill honored for best paper

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, By J.D. Ross

Renee Franklin Hill, assistant professor at the School of Information Studies, recently accepted an award naming an article she co-authored as one of four “best papers” at the 2011 Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE).

A bug’s (sex) life: Diving beetles offer unexpected clues about sexual selection

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, By News Staff

Study results were published Feb. 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

New entrepreneurial position ignites the student voice

Tuesday, January 24, 2012, By News Staff

For the past several years, there has been a growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at Syracuse University, and it’s about to get stronger.  A group of current and recent SU graduate students with a vested interest in seeing entrepreneurship thrive at SU,…

Discovery SVP kicks off this semester’s Newhouse Global Leaders in Digital and Social Media speaker series

Friday, January 20, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Doug Craig, senior vice president of digital and home entertainment with Discovery Communications, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday, Feb. 15 as a guest of the Newhouse Global Leaders in Digital and Social Media Speaker…

Burton Blatt Institute recognized in proposed NY legislation to support self-employment for people with disabilities

Friday, January 6, 2012, By News Staff

The New York State Senate introduced two bills Jan. 4 aimed at dramatically expanding entrepreneurship opportunities for people with disabilities. The measures were sponsored by Sen. Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn). The bills reflect the success of the Start-Up NY program and…

Business & Economy

Whitman’s Smith chosen by NAED to conduct study

Tuesday, December 20, 2011, By News Staff

Susan Smith, professor of marketing practice in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, has been selected by the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) Education and Research Foundation to conduct its next research study, “Maximizing Marketing Efforts in…

STEM

First Cyber Engineering Semester completed by inaugural cohort

Tuesday, December 13, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

On Dec. 14, Syracuse University celebrated the completion of its Cyber Engineering Semester program by the first cohort. The program—the first of its kind in the nation—prepares students to design, build and verify highly assured systems and to meet the…

Business & Economy

Whitman’s Franklin Supply Chain Management Advisory Board names new officers and members

Thursday, December 8, 2011, By News Staff

The H. H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management at the Whitman School of Management added three new members to its 20-person advisory board and selected new officers during its fall meeting. Jason H. Seidl ’93, director of equity research…