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College mourns passing of Professor Emeritus John Oldfield

Thursday, July 30, 2009, By News Staff

College mourns passing of Professor Emeritus John OldfieldJuly 30, 2009Tricia Hopkinsthopkins@syr.edu John V. Oldfield, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), died recently while visiting family in the…

Syracuse iSchool professors’ project honored by American Association of School Librarians

Thursday, July 30, 2009, By News Staff

Syracuse iSchool professors’ project honored by American Association of School LibrariansJuly 30, 2009Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) professors Marilyn Arnone and Ruth Small‘s project, S.O.S. for Information Literacy, was recently named one of the Top…

New endowed professorship at Maxwell School underscores commitment to the Korean peninsula

Saturday, July 25, 2009, By News Staff

Stuart J. Thorson will be the first Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor.

New book by SU professor emeritus links literature and cognitive science

Wednesday, July 22, 2009, By News Staff

New book by SU professor emeritus links literature and cognitive scienceJuly 22, 2009Rob Enslinrmenslin@syr.edu The role of memory and metaphors in literature is the subject of a new book by Nicolae Babuts, French professor emeritus at Syracuse University. “Memory, Metaphors,…

Remembering Walter Cronkite: the 1968 Commencement address delivered at Syracuse University

Tuesday, July 21, 2009, By News Staff

Remembering Walter Cronkite: the 1968 Commencement address delivered at Syracuse UniversityJuly 21, 2009SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Legendary television newsman Walter Cronkite, who died July 17 at age 92, delivered the Commencement address for Syracuse University some 40 years ago. Below is…

Syracuse Center of Excellence announces technology demonstration awards to three Central Upstate companies

Monday, July 20, 2009, By News Staff

Carissa Matthews(315) 443-3507 The Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) today announced that three Central Upstate New York companies have received a total of $415,798 in the third round of Technology Application and Demonstration (TAD 2009) awards. These demonstration projects are…

SU in the News: Monday, July 13, 2009

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commented on the popularity of SpongeBob in Advertising Age and in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.  He also commented on the…

Creative Writing Program alumnus wins Africa’s top short-story prize

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

Rob Enslin(315) 443-3403 A harrowing story about a child waiting to be rescued from a refugee camp has captured the 10th annual Caine Prize for African short story writing. The author is Epaphras C. (EC) Osondu G’07, a former advertising…

SU Creative Writing Program alumnus wins Africa’s top short-story prize

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

SU Creative Writing Program alumnus wins Africa’s top short-story prizeJuly 13, 2009Rob Enslinrmenslin@syr.edu A harrowing story about a child waiting to be rescued from a refugee camp has captured the 10th annual Caine Prize for African short story writing. The…

New endowed professorship at Maxwell School underscores commitment to the Korean peninsula

Friday, July 10, 2009, By News Staff

Jill Leonhardt(315) 443-5492 Dean Mitchel Wallerstein has announced the establishment of a new, endowed professorship in the Maxwell School to promote research on issues related to the Korean Peninsula and its eventual reunification. The first occupant of the Donald P….