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STEM

Fake a Knee—Professor, Students Develop Device for Joint Repair Research

Friday, January 15, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

When patients undergo traditional knee replacement surgery, the bone and cartilage that make up the knee joint is replaced with one built with metal, plastic and polymers. Along with their natural joint, patients lose a certain quality of life. Risk…

STEM

Electrical Pricing Research Wins Best Paper Award

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Manek Biswas G ’13 and College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Chilukuri K. Mohan won the Best Paper Award in the energy-efficient computing track at the International Conference on Eco-Friendly Computing and Communication Systems. Their research, “Algorithms for the…

STEM

Engineering on Trial

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Last fall, students in College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor of Practice Svetoslava Todorova’s Introduction to Environmental Engineering class had their day in court. As an exercise in learning about groundwater and contaminant transport in the subsurface, students analyzed…

Campus & Community

Students Assist Refugee Families in Learning English

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Ten Syracuse University students helped new refugees and their children become a little more familiar with life in a new country this past semester. The students, along with other community volunteers, assisted in teaching English as a Second Langauge (ESL)…

Arts & Culture

‘Big Will and Friends’ to Explore Optical Effects, Environmental Impact of Wallpaper

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By Elaine Wackerow

The exhibition is a collaboration by Syracuse Architecture Assistant Professor Jonathan Louie and College of Visual and Performing Arts Professor Stephen Zaima.

STEM

iSchool Ranked #11 for Online Programs by U.S. News and World Report

Tuesday, January 12, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Factors evaluated include selectivity, graduation rates and student services and technologies.

STEM

Physicist Named Brightman Endowed Professor

Monday, January 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized with a new endowed professorship. Duncan Brown, a world-renowned expert in gravitational wave astronomy and astrophysics, has been named the inaugural Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics. Brown…

Arts & Culture

Robert M. Hupp Named Syracuse Stage’s New Artistic Director

Thursday, January 7, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

Syracuse Stage has announced that Robert M. Hupp has been named the company’s new artistic director. For the past 16 seasons, Hupp has served as producing artistic director of Arkansas Repertory Theatre (The Rep). He assumes his new role in…

Arts & Culture

Students, People with Different Abilities Collaborate on Adaptive Design Solutions

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Eyeglasses become an extension of a person and reflect the wearer’s personality. Viewed over time, they blend in. What if someone’s wheelchair or accessible device was thought of in the same way?