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Syracuse iSchool doctoral student wins best poster at 2011 iConference

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) doctoral candidate Andrea Wiggins won the best poster award at the 2011 iConference for her work in “eBirding: technology adoption and the transformation of leisure into science.”

Article 25’s Stephanie Johnston to deliver keynote lecture at SMAD’s Disaster Proofing Symposium

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, By Elaine Wackerow

Stephanie Johnston, education manager at UK humanitarian group Article 25, will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Friday, Feb. 18, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. Her lecture, “Points of Impact: Rethinking the Disaster Response Cycle,”…

Former Northwestern dean named Watson Visiting Collaborator at SU

Thursday, February 10, 2011, By Rob Enslin

David Zarefsky, an expert in rhetorical history and criticism, is the next Jeanette K. Watson Visiting Collaborator in the Syracuse University Humanities Center, in conjunction with the Mellon CNY Humanities Corridor. As part of his appointment, the former dean of…

IJPM announces lineup of fourth annual spring semester lecture series on law, politics and media

Tuesday, January 25, 2011, By News Staff

The Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media (IJPM) at Syracuse University announces its fourth annual lecture series on “Law, Politics and the Media.” The series provides an introduction to the court system and its environment…

Cutting-edge GPS bus tracking system comes to Connective Corridor

Friday, January 21, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University, through the Connective Corridor, is partnering with Centro on an 18-month pilot program that will provide real-time predictive bus information for riders along the Corridor and many campus shuttle routes. The technology is called “Bus Time,” and involves…

In evolutionary mating game, brawn and stealth rule

Thursday, December 23, 2010, By News Staff

When prowling for a hookup, it’s not always the good-looker who gets the girl. In fact, in a certain species of South American fish, brawn and stealth beat out colorful and refined almost every time. In a series of published…

Health & Wellness Student Poster Symposium

Monday, December 13, 2010, By News Staff

Students in the Department of Health and Wellness will present on internships held this past semester during the bi-annual poster symposium.

University Trustee Hon. Joanne Alper honored by Arlington County Bar Foundation

Friday, December 10, 2010, By News Staff

The Arlington County Bar Foundation in Virginia recently honored Syracuse University Trustee Hon. Joanne F. Alper ‘72 with the 2010 William L. Winston Award.

SU receives $3.4 million NSF grant to ensure greater presence of women STEM faculty

Tuesday, December 7, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University is one of seven universities funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 2010 ADVANCE competition. SU will receive a five-year, $3.4 million grant to ensure that women faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields have a…