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New book by SU professor emeritus links literature and cognitive science

Wednesday, July 22, 2009, By News Staff

New book by SU professor emeritus links literature and cognitive scienceJuly 22, 2009Rob Enslinrmenslin@syr.edu The role of memory and metaphors in literature is the subject of a new book by Nicolae Babuts, French professor emeritus at Syracuse University. “Memory, Metaphors,…

Remembering Walter Cronkite: the 1968 Commencement address delivered at Syracuse University

Tuesday, July 21, 2009, By News Staff

Remembering Walter Cronkite: the 1968 Commencement address delivered at Syracuse UniversityJuly 21, 2009SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Legendary television newsman Walter Cronkite, who died July 17 at age 92, delivered the Commencement address for Syracuse University some 40 years ago. Below is…

Syracuse Center of Excellence announces technology demonstration awards to three Central Upstate companies

Monday, July 20, 2009, By News Staff

Carissa Matthews(315) 443-3507 The Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) today announced that three Central Upstate New York companies have received a total of $415,798 in the third round of Technology Application and Demonstration (TAD 2009) awards. These demonstration projects are…

College of Law professors selected to review Sotomayor’s qualifications

Friday, July 17, 2009, By News Staff

Jaclyn D. Grosso(315) 443-9534 Syracuse University College of Law provided one of the two academic reading groups that evaluated Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s written work as part of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) evaluation of her qualifications for the position of…

Syracuse University College of Law professors selected to review Sotomayor’s qualifications for Supreme Court position

Friday, July 17, 2009, By News Staff

Syracuse University College of Law professors selected to review Sotomayor’s qualifications for Supreme Court positionJuly 17, 2009Jaclyn D. Grossojgrosso@law.syr.edu Syracuse University College of Law provided one of the two academic reading groups that evaluated Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s written work as…

Vote for Syracuse University students to become College Entrepreneur of 2009

Tuesday, July 14, 2009, By News Staff

Vote for Syracuse University students to become College Entrepreneur of 2009July 14, 2009Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu A company created by three Syracuse University undergraduates and a 2009 alumnus is among the five finalists in Entrepreneur magazine’s College Entrepreneur of 2009 competition….

SU in the News: Monday, July 13, 2009

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commented on the popularity of SpongeBob in Advertising Age and in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.  He also commented on the…

Creative Writing Program alumnus wins Africa’s top short-story prize

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

Rob Enslin(315) 443-3403 A harrowing story about a child waiting to be rescued from a refugee camp has captured the 10th annual Caine Prize for African short story writing. The author is Epaphras C. (EC) Osondu G’07, a former advertising…

SU researcher receives Presidential award for research in nanomaterials

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 Mathew Maye, a chemist in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is one of 100 scientists named as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S….

SU Creative Writing Program alumnus wins Africa’s top short-story prize

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

SU Creative Writing Program alumnus wins Africa’s top short-story prizeJuly 13, 2009Rob Enslinrmenslin@syr.edu A harrowing story about a child waiting to be rescued from a refugee camp has captured the 10th annual Caine Prize for African short story writing. The…