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The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University will sponsor a screening of “Dolphin Boy,” the award-winning documentary by Israeli director, screenwriter and producer Dani Menkin, at the 2011 Syracuse International Film Festival. “Dolphin Boy” will be shown 7 p.m. Wednesday,…

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University announces the appointment of four staff members who will direct operations and development, education programs, employment training and communications. Ray Toenniessen of Syracuse has been named director of operations…

Christine Himes, professor of sociology int he Maxwell School and director of the Center for Policy Research, has been appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors of the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. The appointment to the four-year term is…

The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), a cutting-edge business training program that provides veterans with disabilities with the tools to achieve the American dream of business ownership, has been endorsed by the nonprofit Code of Support Foundation as…

Syracuse University has been awarded a patent for the development of a “Method and System of Controlling Airfoil Actuators.” This research will lead to greater maneuverability options for wing design on airplanes and is being considered for applications to wind…

Timothy K. Eatman, assistant professor in Syracuse University’s School of Education and research director of Imagining America, has been invited to serve as a scholar-in-residence at the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa from Aug. 10-23.

Program helps ensure students with disabilities access and benefit from information age While their students are on summer vacation, 105 public school librarians, general educators and special educators from across New York state are spending time in a “summer school”…

They can be found everywhere—organized communities of bacteria sticking to surfaces both inside and outside the body. These biofilms are responsible for some of the most virulent, antibiotic-resistant infections in humans; however, scientific understanding of how these communities develop is…

Amanda Nicholson, assistant professor of retail management in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, has been chosen as 2011 Undergraduate Professor of the Year. Joseph Comprix, assistant professor of accounting, and Don Harter, associate dean for masters programs and assistant professor of management information systems, were selected as 2011 Graduate Professors of the Year.

With every bodily movement—from the blink of an eye to running a marathon—nerve cells transmit signals to muscle cells. To do that, nerve cells rely on tiny molecular motors to transport chemical messengers (neurotransmitters) that excite muscles cells into action….