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Campus & Community

SU’s James Watts named Tolley Professor in Humanities

Monday, August 22, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The College of Arts and Sciences has appointed James W. Watts as the William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities. An expert in literature and religion of the Hebrew Bible, Watts serves as professor and chair of the…

STEM

Discovery by LCS’s Sureshkumar may be key to solar energy, smart glass technologies

Monday, August 22, 2011, By News Staff

Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, and professor of physics, has developed a patent-pending robust process to manufacture stable suspensions of metal nanoparticles capable of capturing…

SU appoints 2011-12 Humanities Center Dissertation Fellows

Friday, August 19, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Doctoral students Nell Champoux and Soumitree Gupta named 2011-12 Humanities Center Dissertation Fellows.

Media, Law & Policy

Social media expert William J. Ward, a.k.a. ‘DR4WARD,’ joins faculty of SU’s Newhouse School

Thursday, August 18, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

William J. Ward joins Newhouse School at SU as professor of practice in social media, bringing “DR4WARD” leadership in new media education to campus.

STEM

Ancient clams yield new information about greenhouse effect on climate

Thursday, August 18, 2011, By News Staff

Ancient fossilized clams that lived off the coast of Antarctica some 50 million years ago have a story to tell about El Niño, according to Syracuse University researcher Linda Ivany.

Arts & Culture

SU’s Ray Smith Symposium explores history of queer sexuality

Tuesday, August 9, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The symposium runs from September to April.

Arts & Culture

College of Visual and Performing Arts appoints Patrick Jones new Setnor School of Music director

Tuesday, August 2, 2011, By Erica Blust

Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that conductor and scholar Patrick M. Jones has been named director of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music. Jones, who assumed the duties of…

Campus & Community

Margaret Himley named associate provost for international education and engagement

Monday, August 1, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina has announced that Margaret Himley, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence, professor of writing and rhetoric, and co-director of the LGBT Studies Program and minor in The…

College of Arts and Sciences welcomes advancement dean

Thursday, July 28, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University has appointed Karen Weiss Jones as its new assistant dean for advancement. Weiss Jones comes to SU from Boston University, where she served as chief advancement officer in the College and…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, July 22

Friday, July 22, 2011, By News Staff

Wall Street Journal quotes Maxwell School’s Mark Monmonier on historical use of racial text in topographic maps