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SU in the News: Wednesday, August 8

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE New York Real Estate Journal featured the progress on the construction of Dineen Hall, the landmark building that will become the home of the Syracuse University College of Law. The Rochester Business Journal mentioned the…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, August 3

Friday, August 3, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Asian Age and Medical Daily reported on the recent findings by a team of researchers in The College of Arts and Sciences that found in the sperm competition of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), slower and/or…

STEM

For sperm, faster isn’t always better

Wednesday, August 1, 2012, By News Staff

New study by Syracuse University scientists uncovers a reproduction conundrum When it comes to sperm meeting eggs in sexual reproduction, conventional wisdom holds that the fastest swimming sperm are most likely to succeed in their quest to fertilize eggs. That…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School’s Center for Policy Research names new director

Tuesday, July 31, 2012, By News Staff

A leading researcher on child and family policy and co-author of two recent Pew Charitable Trusts studies on economic mobility, Leonard Lopoo, has been named director of the Center for Policy Research (CPR), the oldest interdisciplinary social science research program…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, July 31

Tuesday, July 31, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A Forbes feature and a Central New York Business Journal article reported on the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program held at Syracuse University this past weekend. The EBV was founded at the…

STEM

IBM publishes Sawyer’s collaborative networks research report

Friday, July 13, 2012, By J.D. Ross

The IBM Center for The Business of Government has published research findings by School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Steven Sawyer regarding how multi-organizational networks can collaborate to address complex public challenges. The report is entitled “Designing Collaborative Networks: Lessons…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, July 9

Monday, July 9, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications’ Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship is noted in a PBS MediaShift story on entrepreneurial journalism. A Green Bay, Wis. WTAQ-AM radio (listen to clip) call-in segment about jobs…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, July 6

Friday, July 6, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Syracuse University is highlighted in a MSNBC article as an institution of higher education offering services to assist student veterans as they face challenges during the transition to college during the post-service life course. Also,…

Media, Law & Policy

SU Voices: “FCC vs. Fox”

Thursday, July 5, 2012, By News Staff

by Roy Gutterman Curse words and nudity, even fleeting or spontaneous profanity and brief naked bodies may still be off-limits on broadcast television, but the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) needs to issue clearer guidelines and standards with plenty of notice…

Crowston’s grant proposal recommended by NSF for three-year funding

Thursday, July 5, 2012, By Diane Stirling

A School of Information Studies professor’s proposal for a project researching the structuring of tasks and the motivation of participants involved in citizen science projects has been recommended for three years of funding by the National Science Foundation. Professor Kevin…