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Lockerbie Reflections

Thursday, October 10, 2013, By News Staff

When people first hear of Lockerbie, Scotland they learn about the tragedy that is Pan Am Flight 103. But a visit to the quiet, humble and welcoming town opens new insights to its beauty and its residents.

Campus & Community

Transmedia Visiting Artist Penny Lane to Give Talk

Thursday, October 10, 2013, By News Staff

Transmedia Visiting Artist Penny Lane is to give a talk on Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer. Penny Lane is a filmmaker (and occasional video artist, writer, curator and professor of film, video and new media art)….

Donald G. Hornung ’53 Honored with Eggers Award

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Alumnus Donald G. Hornung ’53 will be honored with the Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award during the annual Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award Dinner, held Friday, Oct. 4, from 5-8 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and…

Arts & Culture

Archives Creates Pan Am 103 TIMELINE

Wednesday, October 2, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

As part of the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives has created a virtual timeline that includes almost 150 events relating to the tragedy and…

Update: Center for Science and Technology

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By News Staff

The Center for Science and Technology and the Life Sciences Complex are currently closed due to a small, contained chemical spill. As a precaution, students and employees were temporarily evacuated. The Syracuse Police Department, SU Department of Public Safety and…

Business & Economy

NSF Funds OrangeGrid Improvements

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Christopher C. Finkle

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $498,000 to enhance SU’s OrangeGrid by upgrading the campus’s data network infrastructure to facilitate high throughput research computing. OrangeGrid (formerly known as the HTC campus grid) uses idle desktop computers in…

Media, Law & Policy

When Accidents Happen

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Christopher DeCorse had made the trip from Bunce Island in Sierra Leone to nearby Papel Island over the span of many years as part of his research work. But one day last June, the journey’s end turned into a harrowing experience.

Campus & Community

Internet Expert Viktor Mayer-Schonberger to Speak

Monday, September 30, 2013, By News Staff

In early June, British newspaper The Guardian reported that the U.S. National Security Agency had been collecting the telephone records of millions of Americans under a secret court order. The source was Edward Snowden, who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton,…

Veterans

Alumni Welcomed Back to Campus for Orange Central

Monday, September 30, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University students will get the celebration going early in the week, and alumni from around the world will be welcomed back to campus Oct. 3-6 for Orange Central 2013.

Veterans

Airmen Lost, Injured in 1959 Barracks Fire to be Honored

Friday, September 27, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University and a group of Air Force Security Service airborne reconnaissance veterans will come together on Friday, Oct. 4, at 3 p.m., to unveil a new memorial that will honor those injured and lost during a catastrophic fire that occurred more than 50 years ago on the University’s South Campus.