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iSchool Hosts Workshop for NSF-Funded Social Computing Researchers

Monday, May 5, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Faculty members at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) recently hosted a one-day workshop for New York researchers doing National Science Foundation-funded work in the area of social-computational systems. Research Associate Professor Nancy McCracken and Associate Professor Carsten Oesterlund organized…

STEM

Chemist Earns Humboldt Research Fellowship

Monday, May 5, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major research fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, known for promoting academic collaboration among scientists and scholars from Germany and around the world. Ivan V. Korendovych, assistant…

STEM

A Challenge Measured in Megabytes

Thursday, May 1, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Two remote radios. Three minutes with a 5MHz bandwidth. And a randomly generated amount of data—about 173 megabytes.

It was a challenge Kapil Borle and his team couldn’t resist.

Arts & Culture

Celebrating Syracuse’s New Academic Home in NYC: The Fisher Center

Thursday, May 1, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Drama and architecture students have been discovering their new home in New York City for the past few months. Tuesday night, a celebratory crowd came to see how they are settling in and officially launch the Syracuse University Fisher Center.

What You Need to Know about Commencement 2014

Thursday, May 1, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

It’s time for cap and gown, family and friends, and making one more lasting memory at Syracuse University.

STEM

Syracuse University Physicists Confirm Existence of New Type of Meson

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have made several important discoveries regarding the basic structure of mesons—subatomic particles long thought to be composed of one quark and one antiquark and bound together by a strong interaction. Recently, Professor…

Campus & Community

Phi Beta Kappa to Induct 55 New Members May 9

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Fifty-five students will be inducted into the Syracuse University chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society on Friday, May 9, at 1 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. Micere Mugo, Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and professor of African American Studies…

Arts & Culture

Two A&S Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Two professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. M. Cristina Marchetti, the William R. Kenan Professor of Physics and associate…

Arts & Culture

WCNY TV To Air Documentary on American Master George Saunders

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Keith Kobland

“The Book of Saunders,” an up close and personal look at American short story master George Saunders, will air Friday, May 16, at 9:30 p.m. on WCNY TV. Saunders, one of the world’s best short story writers, reflects on life,…

Arts & Culture

Arts and Sciences Junior Awarded Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Prize

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Kristin Weeks, a junior in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, may be from the tiny Western New York village of Akron, but this young woman has big dreams and huge goals. Weeks, who is ambitiously pursuing a triple…