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Android Summer for Computer Science Student

Wednesday, August 6, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Carter Yagemann, a senior in the computer science program from Jupiter, Fla., spent his summer crawling the Android operating system as part of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Carter investigated Android security…

STEM

Students Meld Creativity, Community Needs in Field House Redesign

Monday, August 4, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

The Near West Side of Syracuse became a familiar haunt for a team of architecture, engineering and industrial design students last spring. They were there to absorb the neighborhood’s environs and imagine what a renovation of the current Skiddy Park field house might look like.

Arts & Culture

Poet Will Schutt to Appear Oct. 8 in Raymond Carver Series

Sunday, August 3, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

The poet Will Schutt will participate in Syracuse University’s Fall 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series with a reading Wednesday, Oct. 8, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session is from 3:45-4:30 p.m., followed by the reading. The event is free and…

Media, Law & Policy

100 Years after WWI: The Lasting Impacts of the Great War

Monday, July 28, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

It was called the Great War and the war to end all wars. One hundred years later, the chaos and consequences of World War I had repercussions that continue to resonate in today’s world.

STEM

National Science Foundation Awards Elite Team of Physicists $5.2 Million

Monday, July 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Syracuse University Experimental High Energy Physics Group has several reasons to celebrate—more than five million, in fact. The elite team of physicists, which includes professors Marina Artuso, Steven Blusk, Tomasz Skwarnicki and Sheldon Stone, was recently awarded $5.2 million…

STEM

Chemist to Use NSF Grant to Bolster Study of Materials Chemistry, Nanoscience

Monday, July 21, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to study the synthesis of stainless nanoparticles. Mathew M. Maye, associate professor of chemistry, has been awarded a three-year, $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation…

STEM

Engaging Young Women in Engineering Through Project ENGAGE

Thursday, July 17, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Some of the area’s brightest seventh- and eighth-grade girls are taking part in Project ENGAGE. It’s an immersive week-long program that gives them an idea of what it takes to earn an engineering degree, and the possibilities once they graduate….

Veterans

University to Host 29 Veterans for 2014 EBV Summer Season

Wednesday, July 16, 2014, By News Staff

July will be a busy month for the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) as three of the participating universities host their programs—Syracuse University from July 19-26 and UCLA and Texas A&M from July 12-20. Syracuse University and the…

STEM

Skytop Garden Yields Bounty for Researchers (Video)

Monday, July 14, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Summertime is the growing season for Syracuse University researchers, including Jason Fridley. The field biologist is looking into why some invasive plant species do better than their native cousins. There’s a good chance these invasive species are growing in your…

STEM

iSchool Research Finds Young People Are Careful, Expressive Communicating Online

Friday, July 11, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Contrary to a common cultural portrayal, young people are careful and conscientious about how they present themselves in online communication, and they compose expressive messages, use larger vocabularies, and emphasize remarks with more punctuation than their older counterparts. Those are some of…