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Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, May 26

Thursday, May 26, 2011, By News Staff

National and regional media quote Newhouse School’s Robert Thompson on Oprah Winfrey and her empire

Celebrated Syracuse University linguist and teacher of English as second language dies at age 80

Thursday, May 26, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University Associate Professor Emerita Jeanette D. Macero died on May 9 in Boston, Mass.

STEM

Syracuse University scientists discover new hitch to link nerve cell motors to their cargo

Wednesday, May 25, 2011, By News Staff

With every bodily movement—from the blink of an eye to running a marathon—nerve cells transmit signals to muscle cells. To do that, nerve cells rely on tiny molecular motors to transport chemical messengers (neurotransmitters) that excite muscles cells into action….

Arts & Culture

Thirty-ninth annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition to be presented by The Links Inc., Community Folk Art Center

Tuesday, May 24, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse chapter of The Links Inc. and the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) will be hosting the 39th annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition from May 24 through June 4. A closing reception and awards presentation will be held at CFAC,…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University pilots ‘Transfer Transition Team,’ innovating model for community college transfers

Tuesday, May 24, 2011, By News Staff

With a grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Syracuse University is piloting a revolutionary new practice for transfer enrollment—combining academic advising with predictive financial aid modeling for community college students.   This proposed new model is possible through the work…

STEM

Energy-saving transportation project receives NYSERDA funding

Friday, May 20, 2011, By News Staff

Lawrence L. Tavlarides, professor of chemical engineering and materials science in the L. C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), has received $260,000 in funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to explore…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, May 18

Thursday, May 19, 2011, By News Staff

AP notes School of Education’s Vincent Tinto will keynote North Dakota University System Retention Summit

Business & Economy

GET ‘Experiential Learning for Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders’ workshop to be held May 25

Tuesday, May 17, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University will host “Experiential Learning for Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders,” a Global Enterprise Technology (GET) Curriculum Workshop, on Wednesday, May 25, at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center. The workshop is made possible by support from the National…

Campus & Community

Thompson becomes chairman of the Syracuse University Board of Trustees

Tuesday, May 17, 2011, By Kevin C. Quinn

At Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees annual meeting held this past Saturday, May 14, Chairman-elect Richard L. Thompson G’67 officially assumed the role of chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees. Outgoing chairman John H. Chapple ’75 completed his term as…

Business & Economy

Whitman faculty research in entrepreneurship ranked highly for second year

Monday, May 16, 2011, By News Staff

For the second year in a row, research conducted in areas related to entrepreneurship and published by faculty in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has been ranked No. 2…