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New compounds may control deadly fungal infections

Tuesday, December 22, 2009, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 An estimated 25,000 Americans develop severe fungal infections each year, leading to 10,000 deaths despite the use of anti-fungal drugs. The associated cost to the U.S. health care system has been estimated at $1 billion a…

How do you improve mammogram accuracy? Add noise

Tuesday, December 22, 2009, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 Members of a Syracuse University research team have shown that an obscure phenomenon called stochastic resonance (SR) can improve the clarity of signals in systems such as radar, sonar and even radiography, used in medical clinics…

SU’s TRAC: Federal prosecutions sharply higher in 2009

Tuesday, December 22, 2009, By News Staff

The total number of federal criminal filings reached an all time high as a result of a flood of immigration prosecutions.

Media, Law & Policy

Every corner of the globe: Maxwell chosen to host prestigious Humphrey Fellows

Monday, December 21, 2009, By Carol Boll

Eleven international professionals are pursuing non-degree study and professional development as the Maxwell School’s first cohort of Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows.

A different Lincoln

Monday, December 21, 2009, By News Staff

Anyone who has seen the Abraham Lincoln statue that anchors the Maxwell courtyard can’t forget it. But who is this Lincoln, and where did he come from?

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, December 18

Friday, December 18, 2009, By News Staff

Newhouse School’s Robert Thompson comments in American Public Radio’s Marketplace on the marketing success of “Avatar”

SU in the News: Friday, December 18, 2009

Friday, December 18, 2009, By News Staff

FACULTY QUOTES Rick Burton, David B. Falk Professor of Sport Management in the College of Human Ecology, is quoted in an Associated Press story on Tiger Woods’ endorsements and his effect on a company’s brand. Robert Thompson, director of the…

Southside Community Coalition awarded CNY Community Foundation grant toward creation of community food co-op

Friday, December 18, 2009, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 The Central New York Community Foundation recently announced that the Southside Community Coalition will receive a $5,000 grant in support of the group’s efforts to create a community food cooperative in Syracuse’s South Side neighborhood. Unlike…

Campus & Community

SU Magazine Fall/Winter ’09 issue available now

Friday, December 18, 2009, By News Staff

The Fall/Winter ’09 issue of Syracuse University Magazine was published recently and will be distributed worldwide to an estimated 200,000 members of the University community, including alumni, faculty, staff and friends of SU.

STEM

New compounds may control deadly fungal infections

Friday, December 18, 2009, By News Staff

Novel agents shown to reduce growth of fungi by more than 80 percent.