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Burman Named Inaugural Holder of Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, By News Staff

Public finance and tax policy expert Leonard E. Burman has been named the first holder of the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Burman is currently professor of public administration and…

Campus & Community

Chemists Design Molecules for Controlling Bacterial Behavior

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Chemists in the College of Arts and Sciences have figured out how to control multiple bacterial behaviors—potentially good news for the treatment of infectious diseases and other bacteria-associated issues, without causing drug resistance. Yan-Yeung Luk, associate professor of chemistry, has…

STEM

Chemist to Receive BASF Lifetime Achievement Award

Tuesday, May 6, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences will be presented with a lifetime achievement award from the Germany-based BASF Corp., the world’s largest chemical company. In June, James Dabrowiak, professor of chemistry, will receive the International Precious Metals…

Health & Society

Women’s and Gender Studies Scholar Dana Olwan Recognized by Two Major Organizations

Tuesday, May 6, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Dana Olwan’s resume is already impressive, but the women’s and gender studies scholar’s recent recognition from not one, but two major organizations is extraordinary, according to Gwendolyn Pough, department chair. Olwan, who joined the Women’s and Gender Studies Department in…

Chiefs of Police Honor Three Syracuse University Officers

Monday, May 5, 2014, By Keith Kobland

The Central New York Association of Chiefs of Police honored three Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS) personnel and a New York State Department of Corrections officer for their bravery and action during unexpected events at the University. The…

STEM

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…

Campus & Community

ESF to Confer Degrees at Commencement on May 11

Monday, May 5, 2014, By News Staff

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) will confer up to 575 degrees during joint Commencement exercises with Syracuse University May 11 in the Carrier Dome. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. During the ceremony, ESF will…

STEM

Student Chapter of ACM Growing Upward, Outward at iSchool

Monday, May 5, 2014, By Diane Stirling

A new student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, is in its second year at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), and is experiencing growth with the spring induction of…

Emeritus Faculty 2013-2014

Monday, May 5, 2014, By News Staff

The University Senate has recommended to the Board of Trustees of Syracuse University that the following retiring faculty members be honored with the title Emeritus, to be added to the rank at which they retired: Janine M. Bernard, professor of…

Campus & Community

Sims Drive Construction

Monday, May 5, 2014, By Keith Kobland

The end of the school year means the beginning of road construction season on the Syracuse University campus. One of the bigger projects this spring gets underway next week. Sims Drive will be closed from College Place to Forestry Drive…