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STEM

New Research Introduces ‘Pause Button’ for Boiling

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Using a focused laser beam to essentially hit the pause button on boiling, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Shalabh Maroo’s research group and collaborators have created a single vapor bubble in a pool of liquid that can remain stable on a surface for hours, instead of milliseconds.

Campus & Community

Libraries to Host Third Annual Human Library Event

Monday, February 22, 2016, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The libraries will host their third annual Human Library on Wednesday, April 6, from noon-4 p.m. in Bird Library. During this time, participants will have the opportunity to talk to “human books:” volunteers from the SU community who represent a…

Campus & Community

School of Information Studies

Thursday, February 18, 2016, By News Staff

The following students enrolled in the School of Information Studies (iSchool) were named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2015 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must achieve at least a 3.4 grade point average (on a…

Health & Society

Leveraging Study of Food into a Dream Job: Co-founders of Good Food Jobs Visit Campus Feb. 24

Thursday, February 18, 2016, By Michele Barrett

Motivated by a strong belief that food is the perfect outlet for fulfilling employment because of its potential impact on culture, economics and the environment, Good Food Jobs.com co-founders Taylor Cocalis Suarez and Dorothy Williams-Neagle will present “A sustainable approach…

Health & Society

Landscape of Urban Education Series Presents Lecture in Memory of Beloved SOE Professor

Thursday, February 18, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will welcome Michelle Fine, distinguished professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center to give a public lecture on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 4 p.m. in Watson Hall Theater. Her presentation, titled “Prec(ar)ious…

Campus & Community

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Monday, February 15, 2016, By News Staff

The following students enrolled in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications were named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2015 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average (on…

Health & Society

Sport Management Club Raises $40,470 during 11th Charity Sports Auction

Tuesday, February 2, 2016, By Michele Barrett

The Sport Management (SPM) Club raised $40,470 for The Salvation Army at its 11th Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the SU Men’s Basketball game on Dec. 2, supporters placed bids on hundreds of items, including sports memorabilia, electronics and tickets…

Arts & Culture

‘Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)’ Exhibition Opens Feb. 8 at Palitz Gallery

Thursday, January 28, 2016, By Scott McDowell

“Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)” is a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in 1980s black British and African contemporary art. Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34,…

Arts & Culture

Shakespeare in Our Time

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Dympna Callaghan, the William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters in the College of Arts and Sciences, has plenty to say about William Shakespeare, as the world marks the 400th anniversary of his death in 2016. She returned to campus…

Media, Law & Policy

HRW Validates Caesar Report on Syrian Torture, First Reported by Law Professor David Crane

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Martin Walls

An 86-page report by Human Rights Watch (HRW)—“If the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria’s Detention Facilities”—has independently validated details of the abuse of Syrian prisoners that were first brought to light in a 2014 report co-authored…