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Mayors Discuss Role of Design in Urban Revitalization at Everson Event

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University and the City of Syracuse are hosting the east regional session of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD) on Oct. 23 and 24 in Syracuse. The Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD) is a National Endowment of…

SU MakerSpace Is Open for Business, Will Host Open House Oct. 10

Monday, September 29, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

After more than a year of development and collaboration with students and faculty, Information Technology and Services (ITS) officially launched the SU MakerSpace with the opening of the fall semester. MakerSpaces, also known as fablabs, hackerspaces and techshops, are spaces…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Introduces Online M.S. in Accounting

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By News Staff

The new program offering from the Whitman School and 2U will combine the University’s established reputation and robust accounting curriculum with 2U’s advanced learning platform and technology-enabled services.

STEM

New Cooling System Heats up Physics Research

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to support ongoing work in quantum information science. Britton Plourde, associate professor of physics, is the recipient of a $230,000 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program award…

SyracuseCoE’s 14th Annual Symposium Explores Innovations in Advanced Building Systems

Monday, September 22, 2014, By News Staff

Innovations that improve buildings will be the focus of SyracuseCoE’s 2014 Annual Symposium. The event will feature presentations addressing advances that improve energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality and resilience to intense storms and other disturbances. Three tracks of sessions will…

Campus & Community

‘Changing Channels’ Art Exhibition Explores Effects of Television on Visual Art

Monday, September 22, 2014, By News Staff

The Michael Sickler Gallery at Syracuse University is exhibiting artwork from student artists whose childhoods were impacted by days in front of cable TV screens. Curated by Edam Alvarado, “Changing Channels” includes a television installation and artworks that incorporate colors…

STEM

Wang Selected for Junior Faculty Achievement Award

Monday, September 22, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Assistant Professor Yang Wang has been recognized with the Robert Benjamin Junior Faculty Achievement Award, an honor that showcases the demonstration of excellence and originality in research. Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy presented the award at the School of Information Studies…

Trippy Turtle to Headline Bandersnatch Show on Oct. 14

Monday, September 22, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

EDM artist Trippy Turtle will headline the first show of University Union’s Bandersnatch Music Series for the 2014-2015 school year, on Oct. 14 in the Schine Underground. Known for his eccentric personality and regularly performing in a turtle costume, the…

Arts & Culture

914Works to Present Maria Marrero Costume Design Retrospective

Monday, September 22, 2014, By Erica Blust

Costume designer Maria Marrero, a professor of theater design and technology in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Drama, will present “Character & Collaboration,” a retrospective of her career in theatrical costume design, Sept. 25-Oct. 14…

Professor Has ‘Final Word’ on Forensic Linguistics

Wednesday, September 17, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Tej Bhatia is not exactly the cloak-and-dagger type, but, if pressed to explain himself, the affable, slightly built professor, with a mop of brown hair and thick mustache, is proof that appearances are deceiving. Which is probably a good thing,…