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Arts & Culture

University Honored with Prestigious Civic Engagement Award

Monday, October 7, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University is among just five colleges and universities in the nation, chosen from more than 100 nominations, to share in the 2013 Higher Education Civic Engagement Awards presented by The Washington Center and the New York Life Foundation.

Arts & Culture

Symposium Explores Use of Digital Games by Human Rights Activists

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By News Staff

The Digital Witness Symposium invites cutting-edge mediamakers, programmers and scholars to discuss how the changing digital ecology is opening up new opportunities for human rights media. This year’s symposium explores how human rights activism is increasingly turning to digital games and interactive media as a strategy for engaging new audiences.

Campus & Community

University to Conduct Innovation and Opportunity Assessment

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By News Staff

Innovation across the University—academic and administrative—is imperative in today’s higher education landscape. As faculty and staff throughout Syracuse University continue to explore new models for teaching and learning, and the delivery of essential services in both academic and non-academic areas,…

STEM

iSchool Launches Crowdsourced ‘Fuel’ Program Funding Campaign

Wednesday, October 2, 2013, By Diane Stirling

The School of Information Studies (iSchool), whose national reputation is built on innovation in the information field, has initiated a student programs development campaign with some twists. The effort is modeled on the crowdsourcing style of fundraising, and it uses…

Media, Law & Policy

Stacey Tank ’02 of Heineken USA to speak at Newhouse

Wednesday, October 2, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Stacey Tank ’02, senior vice president and chief corporate relations officer with Heineken USA, will visit the Newhouse School on Thursday, Oct. 10, as a guest of the public relations department and the SU chapter of the Public Relations Student…

Campus & Community

Panel Explores Pan Am 103 Legacy at SU

Wednesday, October 2, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up en route from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York’s JFK. Among the 270 killed were 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University. The effects of this tragedy were felt…

STEM

iSchool, LCS Coordinating Computing and IT Awards Programs for Women

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University is joining with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) to encourage more young women to choose an education and career in technology through a national awards program that celebrates both their achievements and their goals…

Business & Economy

NSF Funds OrangeGrid Improvements

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Christopher C. Finkle

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $498,000 to enhance SU’s OrangeGrid by upgrading the campus’s data network infrastructure to facilitate high throughput research computing. OrangeGrid (formerly known as the HTC campus grid) uses idle desktop computers in…

Media, Law & Policy

When Accidents Happen

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Christopher DeCorse had made the trip from Bunce Island in Sierra Leone to nearby Papel Island over the span of many years as part of his research work. But one day last June, the journey’s end turned into a harrowing experience.

Campus & Community

Internet Expert Viktor Mayer-Schonberger to Speak

Monday, September 30, 2013, By News Staff

In early June, British newspaper The Guardian reported that the U.S. National Security Agency had been collecting the telephone records of millions of Americans under a secret court order. The source was Edward Snowden, who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton,…