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VPA announces establishment of Philip H. Stevens Award in industrial and interaction design
Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced the establishment of the Philip H. Stevens Award in the college’s industrial and interaction design (IID) program in its Department of Design. The award is named in honor of…
Haynie appointed Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship in Whitman School
Melvin T. Stith, dean of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, announces that J. Michael “Mike” Haynie has been named the Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship, in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research and service. Haynie was…
SU in the News: Wednesday, June 8
Businessweek quotes Maxwell School’s Len Burman on the Tim Pawlenty tax plan
Syracuse University Press book wins 2011 National Arab American Book Award for fiction
The Syracuse University Press book, “Loom: A Novel” by Thérèse Soukar Chehade, has won the 2011 National Arab American Book Award for fiction.
Memorial service for John D. O’Connor planned for June 20
A memorial service for John David O’Connor will be held Monday, June 20, at 5 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. O’Connor, manager for Syracuse University Mail Services for more than 20 years, died on May 5. He was 49. O’Connor was…
Burton Blatt Institute Chairman Peter Blanck to co-chair Israeli disability rights panel on community living
University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, has been appointed by the government of Israel’s Ministry of Welfare and Social Services to co-chair a disability rights expert panel on community living for persons…
SU in the News: Monday, June 6
Dylan book by David Yaffe of Arts and Sciences reviewed in New York Times Sunday Book Review
SU-SIFE helps local businesses ‘go green’
The local business community is now a little more sustainable thanks to a new green business certification program that received support from nearly two dozen Syracuse University student volunteers. Eight businesses graduated from the Green Core Company program on May…
Nicholson, Comprix and Harter named 2011 Whitman Professors of the Year
Amanda Nicholson, assistant professor of retail management in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, has been chosen as 2011 Undergraduate Professor of the Year. Joseph Comprix, assistant professor of accounting, and Don Harter, associate dean for masters programs and assistant professor of management information systems, were selected as 2011 Graduate Professors of the Year.
Syracuse University scientists discover new hitch to link nerve cell motors to their cargo
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….