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STEM

iSchool’s Dedrick to study wind energy jobs

Thursday, September 29, 2011, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jason Dedrick has been awarded a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to analyze jobs associated with the wind energy industry in the United States and around the globe. Dedrick will address this issue…

Campus & Community

SU Humanities Center, physics department team up for Wali Lecture Oct. 6

Wednesday, September 28, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Renowned particle physicist Ian Shipsey will deliver the Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities at Syracuse University. The lecture, “Bionic Hearing: The Science and the Experience,” is on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium….

Campus & Community

SU, Jewish Federation of CNY present ‘Great Jewish Writers’ lecture series

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University’s Judaic Studies Program and the Jewish Federation of Central New York are coming together to present the “Great Jewish Writers” lecture series. Supported by the federation’s Community Program Grant, the series begins with a free lecture about Franz…

STEM

iSchool/Center for Digital Literacy Awarded National Leadership Grant

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and its Center for Digital Literacy (CDL) have been awarded a National Leadership Grant for $190,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).  The two-year grant, titled “Investigating Self-Determination Variables in Summer…

Campus & Community

‘Food, Inc.’ documentary screening to be held Sept. 29

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Sustainability Division will be showing the Academy Award nominee for best documentary feature film, “Food, Inc.,” on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. in Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center. Admission is free and open to the…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Center of Excellence earns highest LEED certification

Friday, September 23, 2011, By News Staff

The SyracuseCoE was designed to exemplify the highest level of LEED standards.

Campus & Community

Social historian Eric Lott to deliver Stephen Crane lecture Oct. 7

Thursday, September 22, 2011, By News Staff

Eric Lott, social historian and professor at the University of Virginia, will deliver the Stephen Crane Annual Lecture on Friday, Oct. 7, at 3 p.m., in 500 Hall of Languages. Among his writings, Lott is the author of the critically…

Arts & Culture

Creative writing program ranked fifth in country

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By Cyndi Moritz

The creative writing M.F.A. program in the Department of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences was recently named one of the top programs in the nation by Poets & Writers magazine. The program was tied for fifth…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium explores ‘Identity’ through photography, written word Sept. 28

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its exploration of the theme of “Identity” with a multimedia presentation by the husband-and-wife team of Christoph Keller and Jan Heller Levi. The program, “Corresponding Perspectives: Poetry, Prose and Photography,” is Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m….

Veterans

Institute for Veterans and Military Families appoints directors

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University announces the appointment of four staff members who will direct operations and development, education programs, employment training and communications. Ray Toenniessen of Syracuse has been named director of operations…