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Libraries Receive John Ben Snow Memorial Trust Grant for Sound Beat Radio Program
Syracuse University Libraries has received a $15,000 grant from the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust to expand the impact of its “Sound Beat” public radio program. Funding will enable staff to enhance the program’s engagement with audiences across the country…
‘Margaret Bourke-White: Moments In History’ Opens Aug. 19
The Syracuse University Art Galleries, in collaboration with the SU Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, will present “Margaret Bourke-White: Moments in History 1930-1945,” an exhibition of vintage photographs taken in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Germany, England and Italy in the 1930s and ’40s.
SU Arts Leadership Expert to Speak at Rochester Institute of Technology
Mark Nerenhausen, professor of practice and founding director of Syracuse University’s Janklow Arts Leadership Program, will be among the guest speakers at Thursday’s Diversity in the Arts: A Call to Action in ROC symposium. The one-day symposium, which will be…
Writer Publishes Book on Iconic Arts Leader, Music Educator
One of today’s leading arts leaders is the subject of a new book by a member of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Rob Enslin, The College’s communications manager, has co-written the Ned Corman memoir, Now’s the Time: A Story of Music, Education, and Advocacy (Epigraph, 2014). A resident of Rochester, N.Y., Corman is best known as founder of the Penfield Music Commission Project (PMCP) and its national successor, The Commission Project (TCP). He also is closely associated with several major festivals, including the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF).
Syracuse University Physicists Confirm Existence of New Type of Meson
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have made several important discoveries regarding the basic structure of mesons—subatomic particles long thought to be composed of one quark and one antiquark and bound together by a strong interaction. Recently, Professor…
SU in the News: Wednesday, April 16
[View the story “SU in the News: Wednesday, April 16” on Storify] SU in the News: Wednesday, April 16 The following stories mention Syracuse University or quote one of our faculty, staff, or students. Storified by SyracuseUNews· Wed, Apr 16…
Bei Yu Awarded IMLS Grant to Build Citation Opinion Analysis Tool
A team at the School of Information Studies will be able to start building a valuable new academic research citation tool with newly awarded grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Assistant Professor Bei Yu has…
Professors Test Boundaries of ‘New Physics’ with Discovery of Four-Quark Hadron
Physicists in The College of Arts and Sciences have helped confirm the existence of exotic hadrons—a type of matter that cannot be classified within the traditional quark model. Their finding is the subject of a forthcoming article, prepared by the…
iSchool Faculty, Students Presenting at Big Data in Libraries Conference
School of Information Studies faculty and students are among the presenters for the Big Data in Libraries conference taking place April 11 in Syracuse. Assistant Professor Bei Yu will speak on “Managing and Curating Undergraduate-Generated Qualitative Data.” Sarah Bratt, a…
Cold Case Justice Initiative Calls DOJ Closure of Frank Morris Murder Case a Failure
The Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College of Law has learned that the Department of Justice is closing the investigation into the 1964 death of Frank Morris. Through one of its standard, hand-delivered letters, the Cold Case Unit…