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Campus & Community

Nonfiction Reading Series welcomes George Saunders

Monday, October 18, 2010, By News Staff

The Writing Program is pleased to announce that our fall featured speaker in the Nonfiction Reading Series will be George Saunders. Oct. 21 3:30-5 p.m. Katzer Room, Hinds Hall George Saunders is the author of three collections of short stories:…

Campus & Community

Introduction to Illick Hall greenhouses at Oct. 21 IRP

Monday, October 18, 2010, By Eileen Jevis

The Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) will host Terry Ettinger, greenhouse manager at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, at its Oct. 21 meeting.

STEM

iSchool professor publishes book on need for more people educated as information professionals

Monday, October 18, 2010, By News Staff

The book focuses on the disparity between the growth of careers within the information industry and the apparent lack of interest in studying and working in the field within the United States.

Business & Economy

Syracuse University partners with Arden-Fox to support advancement of Department of Defense’s Net Zero Energy Initiative

Monday, October 18, 2010, By Kevin C. Quinn

Syracuse University today announced a partnership to advance the use of biofuels by the U.S. armed forces as an alternative energy source.

Bill Viola’s ‘The Quintet of the Astonished’ brings rich history of pioneering video art in Syracuse full circle

Friday, October 15, 2010, By News Staff

In the 1970s, the Everson Museum of Art in downtown Syracuse created the first ever video department in any museum. At the same time, the Everson hired then recent Syracuse University alumnus David Ross ’71 to serve as curator of the creative video art for this new exhibition space.

Veterans

Syracuse University alumnus to be focus of ’60 Minutes’ Sunday, Oct. 17

Friday, October 15, 2010, By News Staff

A homeless veterans program spirited by Syracuse University alumnus Jon Nachison, ’74, ’76, ’81, will be the focus of a CBS 60 Minutes segment, Sunday, Oct. 17.

Health & Society

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber to speak at SU Oct. 21

Friday, October 15, 2010, By Michele Barrett

Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner Don Garber will present “The Creation of a Soccer Nation in America: Why the sport matters here in the U.S. and why it will matter more in the future” on Thursday, Oct. 21.

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars announce schedule for Remembrance Week 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The events are meant to honor the victims and further education about terrorism.

Campus & Community

2010-11 Remembrance Scholars to be honored at Oct. 22 convocation

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2010-11 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding Syracuse University students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 22.

STEM

iSchool Professor awarded NSF grant to study socially intelligent computing

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By News Staff

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Kevin Crowston $478,858 over three years to investigate the capabilities of social computational computer support systems in the context of citizen science.