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Ducre receives Fulbright award for research and study on feminist epistemology

Tuesday, August 24, 2010, By News Staff

Kishi Animashaun Ducre, assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies in The College of Arts and Sciences, has received a Fulbright award to research and teach in Trinidad and Tobago on feminist epistemology and research methods. She will leave in January 2011 and stay in residence for six months.

STEM

Syracuse University research team uses nanobiotechnology-manipulated light particles to accelerate algae growth; may be a key to creating efficient biofuel production

Tuesday, August 24, 2010, By News Staff

Scientists and engineers seek to meet three goals in the production of biofuels from non-edible sources such as microalgae: efficiency, economical production and ecological sustainability. A team led by Syracuse University’s Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has uncovered a process that is a promising step toward accomplishing these three goals.

Campus & Community

Participants sought for diabetes research

Monday, August 23, 2010, By News Staff

Do you have Type 2 Diabetes? If so, you could provide information to help improve care for patients.

Health & Society

Renamed Institute on Communication and Inclusion builds on two decades of advocacy, breakthrough research

Wednesday, August 11, 2010, By Jennifer Russo

The Facilitated Communication Institute is taking on a new name, the Institute on Communication and Inclusion.

STEM

Syracuse iSchool mourns the passing of research professor Joanne Silverstein

Tuesday, July 27, 2010, By News Staff

Joanne Silverstein, assistant research professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) and director of research and development of the Information Institute of Syracuse, died July 26.

Campus & Community

Hearing research study seeks infant participants

Monday, July 12, 2010, By News Staff

The study is funded by the March of Dimes Foundation and the goal is to help identify hearing loss better in babies.

iSchool professor Ping Zhang awarded $20,000 research stipend from Time Warner Cable

Thursday, June 17, 2010, By News Staff

Research Program on Digital Communications funds Zhang research on consumers and advertising.

Syracuse faculty members awarded grant through Harrah Hospitality Research Center

Friday, June 11, 2010, By News Staff

College of Human Ecology’s Linchi Kwok and iSchool’s Bei Yu to study how hospitality companies use social media in marketing.

STEM

SU School of Education, College of Arts and Sciences faculty receive NSF grant to develop digital video research lab

Thursday, June 10, 2010, By Jennifer Russo

The project, “Acquisition of Shared Digital Video Data Analysis Infrastructure,” will build shared resources to improve and streamline research projects.

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Policy Research Symposium June 10-11 to examine coverage of long-term care in U.S.

Thursday, June 3, 2010, By News Staff

The Maxwell Policy Research Symposium, to be held June 10-11 at Syracuse University, will address the issue of long-term care insurance and services in the United States.