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IVMF Hosts Seventh V-WISE Entrepreneurship Training Conference for Female Veterans and Military Spouses

Monday, August 12, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has announced the seventh offering of its Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program, hosted in Seattle, Aug. 16-18. V-WISE is the first federally funded program focused on engaging entrepreneurial opportunity…

Chemists Design ‘Smart’ Nanoparticles to Improve Drug Delivery, DNA Self-Assembly

Friday, August 9, 2013, By Rob Enslin

A team of chemists in SU’s College of Arts and Scientists has used a temperature-sensitive polymer to regulate DNA interactions in both a DNA-mediated assembly system and a DNA-encoded drug-delivery system. Their findings, led by Associate Professor Mathew M. Maye…

The Limits of War

Monday, August 5, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Is torture legal? Is one death justified to save thousands of lives? Are soldiers responsible for obeying an officer’s command to kill civilians? In partnership with the American Red Cross of the Central New York Region, four Syracuse University students challenged a group of young people at the Southside Academy Charter School to think about these questions.

After 38 Years of Service, SU Treasurer Barbara Wells Announces Retirement; Successor Named

Friday, August 2, 2013, By News Staff

SU Treasurer Barbara Wells has announced her retirement from Syracuse University, effective Sept. 15, after 38 years of service. Wells has been responsible for overseeing the management of the University’s $1.3 billion of cash and long-term investments and $378 million…

STEM

SU Signs Asset Transfer Agreement with SRC’s Bioforensics Group

Wednesday, July 24, 2013, By Rob Enslin

The Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) in The College of Arts and Sciences has signed an asset transfer agreement with SRC Inc., a nationally recognized independent, not-for-profit research company. The agreement calls for the transfer of the SRC…

TEDCenter Helps Retrain Individuals to Compete in Job Market

Thursday, July 18, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

Stephanie Mayne is the human resource manager at M.S. Kennedy, a Liverpool company that has been designing and producing high-performance analog microelectronics for 40 years. She receives a flood of resumes for every job opening. It’s easy for Mayne to…

Professor Micere Mugo Tells Why Mandela Is a Great Man

Thursday, July 18, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela turns 95 on July 18. Mandela, who became the first black president of South Africa after serving 27 years in prison under the repressive apartheid regime, has been hospitalized since June 8 with a serious lung…

STEM

NEXIS Lab Receives Microsoft Research Grant

Wednesday, July 17, 2013, By J.D. Ross

The New Explorations in Information and Science (NEXIS) laboratory at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) has received a $24,000 grant from Microsoft’s research division to support the lab’s research and educational efforts. NEXIS is a unique exploratorium focused on emerging technologies, new connections and…

Light Work Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Works of 40 Artists

Friday, July 12, 2013, By News Staff

Light Work is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the opening of the exhibition “40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection,” featuring work by artists Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal…

Veterans

ADA Anniversary Tool Kit: Celebrating 23rd Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act

Thursday, July 11, 2013, By News Staff

Celebrations of the July 26, 1990, signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by President George H.W. Bush will take place across the nation during the week of July 22-28. The ADA and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008…