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Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, April 5

Tuesday, April 5, 2011, By News Staff

“Wretches and Jabberers” documentary reviewed in national media

Newhouse School to hold Media Literacy Day April 8

Friday, April 1, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host 66 sixth-grade students from the Syracuse City School District’s Edward Smith Elementary School on Friday, April 8, for Newhouse’s annual Media Literacy Day. Sponsored by the Newhouse Diversity Committee, the event serves to…

Campus & Community

Participate in a research study on ADHD

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, By News Staff

Participants are needed for a study on extended time as a test accommodation for college students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

STEM

LCS’s Dacheng Ren given prestigious NSF CAREER Award to study biofilms

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, By News Staff

Dacheng Ren, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been given the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF)…

Whitman School again ranked in top 50 undergraduate b-schools by Bloomberg Businessweek

Tuesday, March 29, 2011, By News Staff

The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University held on to the No. 47 spot on Bloomberg Businessweek’s sixth annual ranking of “The Best Undergraduate Business Schools.” In 2010, Whitman was ranked 47 and in 2009 ranked 49. With U.S….

BBI Chair Peter Blanck noted as authority in new ADA rules

Monday, March 28, 2011, By News Staff

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) extensively cited the research of University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, in its final rules and regulations for the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities…

Health & Society

Listening devices help preserve confidentiality in hospitals for hearing-impaired patients

Tuesday, March 22, 2011, By News Staff

It’s against the law to share a person’s medical information with others without written consent. However, it’s almost impossible to prevent outsiders from overhearing private conversations in hospital rooms between doctors and hearing-impaired patients. It’s an all-too-common situation that a…

Campus & Community

Celebrate National Nutrition Month with ORANGE WRAP

Monday, March 21, 2011, By News Staff

ORANGE WRAP Promotes Local/Sustainable Eating During National Nutrition Month

International Bridges for Justice founder Karen Tse to present University Lecture March 22

Thursday, March 10, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Karen Tse, an award-winning human rights defender and founder of International Bridges for Justice (IBJ), will speak about her work to champion human rights around the world in the next University Lecture at Syracuse University on Tuesday, March 22. Tse’s…

SU physicist receives NSF CAREER Award for work with quantum nanomachines

Wednesday, March 9, 2011, By News Staff

Matthew LaHaye, assistant professor of physics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a five-year, $600,000 National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to further his research in the emerging field of quantum nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). The…