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iSchool and IBM Host zEnterprise Summer Seminar

Monday, June 17, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University and IBM’s System z Academic Initiative co-hosted the zEnterprise Summer Seminar at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) earlier this month. This three-day seminar, held June 3-5, brought together IBM employees and college educators from across North America…

Media, Law & Policy

Television Reporter Edward Hotaling ’59 Dies

Monday, June 17, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Edward Hotaling ’59, a legendary television reporter whose research in 2000 uncovered the use of slave labor in building the White House and Capitol building, died June 3 in Staten Island. He was 75. Hotaling’s discovery led to a Congressional…

Media, Law & Policy

NABJ SU Chapter Is Finalist for Student Chapter of the Year

Wednesday, June 12, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The SU chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists is one of three student chapter finalists for NABJ Student Chapter of the Year Award. The student chapter winner will be announced at the association’s 38th Annual Convention and Career Fair in Orlando, Fla., in July.

Onondaga Citizens League Releases Study Report ‘The World at Our Doorstep’

Tuesday, June 11, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The Onondaga Citizens League released the results of its study “The World at Our Doorstep.” Heidi Holtz and Kristen Mucitelli-Heath co-chaired the study. Holtz is the director of research and programs at the Gifford Foundation. Mucitelli-Heath is the director of…

STEM

Success in Engineering

Tuesday, June 11, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

L.C. Smith Associate Dean Julie Hasenwinkel and her colleagues are putting strategies in place to help keep students engaged and strengthen retention rates beginning this fall. Their efforts got a recent boost.

Video: Say Yes Celebrates Five Years in Syracuse

Tuesday, June 11, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Say Yes to Education ensures a college education to city school students who graduate from high school. Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor was among local dignitaries who spoke at a celebratory news conference held at Roberts Elementary School.

Sperm Wars Ruled by Females?

Monday, June 10, 2013, By Rob Enslin

SU study finds that females play active, pivotal role in postcopulatory processes Females play a larger role in determining paternity than previously thought, say biologists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Their findings are the subject of a…

STEM

Gina Lee-Glauser Named Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Thursday, June 6, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Gina Lee-Glauser, vice president for research at Syracuse University and research professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in SU’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, was named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The…

Gebbie Clinic Enrolling Kids for Summer Literacy Camp

Thursday, June 6, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Phonological Awareness Camp for Kids (P.A.C.K.) promotes literacy development in fun environment Syracuse University is looking for a few budding bookworms to enroll in its annual Phonological Awareness Camp for Kids (P.A.C.K.). The camp will meet every Tuesday from July…

Campus & Community

Movies on the Quad Planned: ‘Skyfall’ This Friday

Thursday, June 6, 2013, By News Staff

Summer at Syracuse is again sponsoring movies on the Quad. Arrive at 8 p.m. for a good seat. Movie begins at 9. This Friday night, June 7,  it will be Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem in “Skyfall,” from Columbia…