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A Challenge Measured in Megabytes

Thursday, May 1, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Two remote radios. Three minutes with a 5MHz bandwidth. And a randomly generated amount of data—about 173 megabytes.

It was a challenge Kapil Borle and his team couldn’t resist.

Campus & Community

University Lectures Announces 2014-15 Season

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Seven distinguished guests will share their experiences and perspectives with the Syracuse University and Central New York communities this fall and next spring as part of the 2014-15 University Lectures series. Guests during the fall 2014 semester include Van Jones,…

STEM

Syracuse University Physicists Confirm Existence of New Type of Meson

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have made several important discoveries regarding the basic structure of mesons—subatomic particles long thought to be composed of one quark and one antiquark and bound together by a strong interaction. Recently, Professor…

Arts & Culture

Arts and Sciences Junior Awarded Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Prize

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Kristin Weeks, a junior in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, may be from the tiny Western New York village of Akron, but this young woman has big dreams and huge goals. Weeks, who is ambitiously pursuing a triple…

Campus & Community

Getting to Know: Peggy Pappas

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Keith Kobland

You won’t find one of the biggest fans of SU’s football and basketball teams sitting in the stands at the Carrier Dome. Most likely, you’ll find Peggy Pappas out on the court or the playing field. “I do bleed orange,”…

Arts & Culture

Mandarins to Host Annual Show Featuring Hernz Laguerre

Thursday, April 24, 2014, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Mandarins are changing the a cappella game at their annual concert, Mandarins Live!, on Saturday, April 26, at 6 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The evening’s special guest performer, Hernz Laguerre, is well known on campus for his…

Campus & Community

Charles Clotfelter: ‘Colleges and Their Customers: The Market for Baccalaureate Education in the Age of Merit and Disparity’

Monday, April 21, 2014, By News Staff

EFAP – Jerry Miner Lecture Series April 24, 3:30-5 p.m., 426 Eggers Hall, Center for Policy Research Charles Clotfelter is Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies and Professor of Economics and Law at Duke University, where he has…

Campus & Community

Ten Tons of Love Charity Drive in Need of Donations, Volunteers

Monday, April 21, 2014, By News Staff

Volunteers and donated items are what make up the annual Ten Tons of Love Charity Drive, which collected over 50 tons of usable items last year that served 3,000 families in the Syracuse area. Clothing and household items are donated…

Campus & Community

New Meredith Professors to Be Named During Faculty Recognition Event

Monday, April 21, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Milton L. Mueller, professor in the School of Information Studies, and Ravi Dharwadkar, professor in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, will be named as the 2014-15 Laura and L. Douglas Meredith Professors of Teaching Excellence at a ceremony…

Campus & Community

Former Student-Athletes Supported in Return to Academic Life

Friday, April 18, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

John Wallace had always had a general knowledge about the life of Harriet Tubman. But it was a course he took on his return to Syracuse University to finish his degree that made him see something much deeper about the courageous woman who led several hundred slaves to freedom.