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IBM’s Enterprise Machine Loan Boosts Computer Capacity, Partnership
A level of computing power comparable to “a cloud in a box,” and typically accessible only from the inside of an enterprise-class computing work environment, is now available to students and faculty at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) daily,…
University Celebrates Asian Pacific Heritage Month
In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, within the Division of Student Affairs, is hosting a series of events in April. The month-long celebration officially begins on Tuesday, April 1, in the Schine Student…
Research Computing Renaissance at SU
Recent developments in Syracuse University’s OrangeGrid and Academic Virtual Hosting Environments (AVHE)—both centrally managed by Information Technology and Services (ITS)—increase the University’s resources for compute intensive academic research, and allow SU’s researchers to tackle new and greater computational tasks, get…
Rebuilding Homes and Hope
Steffi Francis’ 14 and Denisse Ortiz ’17 planned for the hard work and long days as they painted, cleaned and caulked their way through houses being rebuilt from Hurricane Sandy. They didn’t expect the greatest rewards would be in something less tangible.
New Yorker Editor David Remnick to Deliver 2014 Commencement Address
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and sought-after expert and commentator on Russia, will deliver the 2014 Commencement address at the joint ceremony for Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) on Sunday, May 11, in the Carrier Dome.
Ceramic Arts Lecture to Feature Jeanne Quinn
Syracuse University’s ceramics program, the Everson Museum of Art and the Chronicles of American Ceramics (CAC) Foundation will present the Fourth Annual Ceramics Art Lecture, featuring visiting artist Jeanne Quinn, on Thursday, April 10. The lecture will begin at 6:30…
SU Advance to Host Discussion on Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower
SU Advance will present “Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower,” as part of its Conversations on Equity and Excellence series on Monday, March 31, at 2:30 p.m. in the Maxwell School’s Public Events Room, 220 Eggers…
Wind Power Can Be Cost-Comparable, New Analysis Reveals
The costs of using wind energy and natural gas for electricity are virtually equal when accounting for the full private and social costs of each, making wind a competitive energy source for the United States, according to a new study on the…
Students Form Sustainability Organizations on Campus
For Elizabeth Kahn, being president of Students of Sustainability at Syracuse University is not just a campus commitment. A few weeks ago, Kahn spent her weekend in Washington, D.C., with 12 other students in the organization to protest the proposed…
Getting to Know: Astrophysicist Jedidah Isler
Jedidah Isler was interested in the heavens from the time she was 11 or 12. She had a telescope as a kid, which her sister bought her for her birthday one year. But she didn’t get a chance to pursue…