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Health & Society

Richard Pound, long-time IOC member, founding chairman of World Anti-Doping Agency, to speak at SU Oct. 25

Monday, October 12, 2009, By Michele Barrett

With the recent selection of Rio de Janeiro as the host site for the 2016 summer games, long-time IOC member Richard Pound will share insider insights and perspective on the decision when he travels to Syracuse University on Oct. 25.

Physics department garners $4.5 million in federal stimulus funding

Friday, October 9, 2009, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-8085 Syracuse University’s Department of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences has received almost $4.5 million in grants from the National Science Foundation through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The grants will be used…

STEM

Physics department garners $4.5 million in federal stimulus funding

Friday, October 9, 2009, By News Staff

The Department of Physics has received almost $4.5 million in grants from the National Science Foundation through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

STEM

How physics makes things work is focus of free public event

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Louis Bloomfield, professor of physics at the University of Virginia, will present “How Things Work: Physics in Everyday Life” at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16.

iSchool Professor Lee McKnight receives two-year $600,000 NSF grant for wireless grid project

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Margaret Spillett(315) 443-1069 Lee McKnight, associate professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) and co-founder of Wireless Grids Corp., and a team of researchers at SU have been awarded—along with Virginia Tech—a National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnership…

Campus & Community

SU to host LGBT activist Lt. Daniel Choi

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Lt. Daniel Choi’s lecture, “Truth and Consequences: One Man’s Fight to Openly Serve His Country,” will detail his story as a West Point graduate, an Iraq War veteran and an openly gay American.

STEM

Syracuse iSchool Professor Lee McKnight receives two-year $600,000 NSF grant for wireless grid project

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

A team of researchers at SU has been awarded, along with Virginia Tech, a National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation two-year grant totaling $600,000 for the Wireless Grid Innovation Testbed.

Miriam Loewy Friend Hillel program to be dedicated Wednesday

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 Miriam Loewy Friend ’47 has been a longtime champion of meaningful Jewish experiences for students on the Syracuse University campus. On Wednesday, Oct. 7, Friend will be recognized for a significant gift she has made to…

Grand opening of JPMorgan Chase Technology Center at SU celebrated today

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 JPMorgan Chase and Syracuse University marked the grand opening today of the JPMorgan Chase Technology Center at SU, an on-campus facility where students and faculty will work side-by-side with bank employees conducting research and running global…

Technology Center project utilized the talents of minority and women business enterprises

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 The renovation this year of two floors of Syracuse University’s Lyman Hall for the JPMorgan Chase Technology Center at SU provided the University a unique community engagement opportunity. About 70 percent of the $1.4 million construction…