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STEM

NSF Funds $1.12M for Transmission Electron Microscope

Thursday, December 10, 2015, By News Staff

Students will benefit from a $1.12 million grant from the National Science Foundation, which will be used for a new field emission scanning/transmission electron microscope at SUNY ESF. The microscope will give scientists a new tool to use in research…

Janet Pease Appointed Head of Collections for University Libraries

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Librarian Janet Pease has been appointed head of collections in Syracuse University Libraries, a position she has held in an interim capacity for more than two years. Her prior positions include unit manager within the Department of Research and Scholarship…

STEM

Eftekharnejad Secures Grant to Protect Power Systems from Cyberattacks

Tuesday, December 8, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Sara Eftekharnejad, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded a $499,550 National Science Foundation grant to investigate securing the smart grid from cyberthreats. The findings…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Architecture’s Bachelor’s and Master’s Programs Rise in Rankings

Tuesday, December 1, 2015, By Elaine Wackerow

The 2016 DesignIntelligence (DI) rankings of America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools place the Syracuse University School of Architecture undergraduate (B.Arch) program at #4 in the nation, up from last year’s fifth position. The school’s graduate (M.Arch) program is ranked…

Scott Warren Selected for Association of Research Libraries Leadership Program

Tuesday, December 1, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Scott Warren has been selected to participate in the 2016-2017 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Fellows Program. Warren, associate dean for research and scholarship at Syracuse University Libraries, will join 27 other professionals in this executive leadership program that…

Syracuse University Professor: Time Will Tell How Long Trump Spectacle Will Last

Monday, November 23, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts Amos Kiewe offers his opinion about the viability of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate. “Donald Trump, who was early dismissed as not a viable…

Selinger Lectured Canceled

Monday, November 23, 2015, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Humanities Center has announced that Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy at RIT, has been forced to cancel his Dec. 1 Syracuse SymposiumTM lecture because of illness. Thank you for your understanding.

Office of Research Selects Recipients for Inaugural Internal Grant Program

Wednesday, November 18, 2015, By Carol Boll

Faculty from across the University’s 11 academic schools and colleges have been selected to receive funding under a new internal grant program to help support research and advance collaborative scholarship. A total of 48 proposals out of 139 submitted have…

Campus & Community

Committee Members Selected for Senior Vice President of Student Affairs Search

Tuesday, November 17, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

A committee, consisting of students, faculty and staff, has been selected to help lead the search for a new senior vice president of student affairs. As previously announced, Special Assistant to the Chancellor and University College Dean Bea González will…

Lucy Mulroney Appointed Senior Director of Special Collections Research Center

Thursday, November 12, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Libraries’ Dean David Seaman has announced the appointment of Lucy Mulroney as senior director of the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC). She has served as interim in this role for more than a year and also holds a courtesy appointment…