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Syracuse iSchool doctoral student wins best poster at 2011 iConference

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) doctoral candidate Andrea Wiggins won the best poster award at the 2011 iConference for her work in “eBirding: technology adoption and the transformation of leisure into science.”

Vey Duke exhibits at Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia

Tuesday, February 8, 2011, By Erica Blust

Emily Vey Duke, assistant professor of transmedia core and art video in VPA’s School of Art and Design’s Department of Transmedia, has The Illuminations Project, a collaborative exhibition with Shary Boyle, on display through March 20 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.

Burton Blatt Institute hosts research seminars with disability rights scholars from United States, Israel, Japan

Tuesday, February 8, 2011, By News Staff

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University will host a series of seminars this month, part of the ongoing opportunities for researchers affiliated with BBI to present on research relative to their area of expertise with impact for people…

Syracuse University chemist part of team that wins inaugural Gordon Battelle Prize

Thursday, February 3, 2011, By News Staff

Mathew Maye, assistant professor of chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, was a member of a team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory that won the inaugural Gordon Battelle Prize for…

LCS’s Heng Yin receives NSF Career Award to fight against malicious code

Wednesday, February 2, 2011, By News Staff

Heng Yin, assistant professor of computer science in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University, has been awarded the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his proposal…

‘Our Entrepreneurial History’ at Feb. 3 Institute for Retired Professionals

Wednesday, February 2, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

The Thursday, Feb. 3, program of the Institute for Retired Professionals will feature Gregg Tripoli, executive director of the Onondaga County Historical Society (OHA). Tripoli will discuss how the Historical Society is contributing to economic development in the community, which…

Annual Black History Month celebration begins Feb. 1

Friday, January 28, 2011, By News Staff

Kickoff in atrium of the Schine Student Center from noon-2 p.m.

Campus & Community

Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions begins 13th year

Friday, January 21, 2011, By News Staff

Nina-Marie Lister, associate professor, urban and regional planning, Ryerson University, Toronto, and visiting associate professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, will launch this year’s Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions Speaker Series.

STEM

Burton Blatt Institute hosts seminar on rheumatoid arthritis

Thursday, January 20, 2011, By News Staff

Inspired by aunt’s battle, Professor Rebecca Bader’s research focuses on improving lives of those with RA Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, afflicting approximately 1 percent of the population and causing a significant financial and…

iSchool’s Scott Nicholson wins ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award

Thursday, January 20, 2011, By News Staff

The Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award Committee has selected Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Scott Nicholson as this year’s recipient of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation award for his creative use of gaming and social media to attract more users to public libraries.