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Suggestions now being accepted for 2012 Commencement speaker

Wednesday, February 2, 2011, By News Staff

The University invites all students, faculty, staff, alumni and others to offer suggestions for the 2012 Commencement speaker. Suggestions can be made online at http://suspeaker.syr.edu. The suggestion site will remain open until March 18. The Syracuse University Commencement speaker is…

Class of 2012 senior class marshal applications accepted through Feb. 15

Wednesday, February 2, 2011, By News Staff

There are about 100 days left until Commencement 2011, which takes place Sunday, May 15. On that day, the Class of 2011 will be led into the Carrier Dome by senior class marshals Justin Cole (College of Arts and Sciences)…

Syracuse Student Start-up Accelerator to be honored with Leavey Award for Excellence

Friday, January 7, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse Student Start-up Accelerator at Syracuse University will be honored with the 34th annual Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pa. The Leavey Awards program—endowed by the Thomas and Dorothy…

Media, Law & Policy

Entries being accepted in fifth annual Mirror Awards competition

Monday, December 20, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting entries for the fifth annual Mirror Awards. Application deadline is Feb. 10, 2011. There is no fee to enter. This year’s awards categories include: • Best Single Article, Traditional…

iSchool students successfully present ideas to MLB Advanced Media

Monday, December 6, 2010, By News Staff

Twenty-four Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) students faced the wee hours of the morning of Thursday, Nov. 18, to travel to New York City as part of the MLB.com University Challenge, a contest set up by the iSchool…

SU Library announces Mobile Library—anytime, anywhere access

Thursday, December 2, 2010, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Library has announced the launch of its mobile web site. Optimized for iPhone, Android and Blackberry smart phones, the site can be accessed at http://m.library.syr.edu. Also, users who visit the regular library homepage (http://library.syr.edu) from a mobile device will…

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

Syracuse University research team uses nanobiotechnology-manipulated light particles to accelerate algae growth; may be a key to creating efficient biofuel production

Tuesday, August 24, 2010, By News Staff

Scientists and engineers seek to meet three goals in the production of biofuels from non-edible sources such as microalgae: efficiency, economical production and ecological sustainability. A team led by Syracuse University’s Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has uncovered a process that is a promising step toward accomplishing these three goals.

Arts & Culture

Radke ’73 charts success with Leonardo exhibition, recent discoveries

Tuesday, August 17, 2010, By Rob Enslin

Professor Gary Radke has set about garnering recognition for Leonardo da Vinci’s achievements as a sculptor.

STEM

SU professor contributes to call for accelerated conservation in New England

Wednesday, May 19, 2010, By News Staff

New England forests are at a turning point. A new study released today by the Harvard Forest reports that, following almost 200 years of natural reforestation, forest cover is declining in all six New England states.