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STEM

Scott Pitnick Appointed Weeden Professor

Wednesday, May 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Professor Scott Pitnick, a highly accomplished evolutionary biologist in the fields of sexual selection, reproductive genetics and speciation, has been appointed the inaugural Weeden Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. The professorship, appointed by the dean, will support…

Arts & Culture

Design Students Win National Awards for Bioroll Geotextile Mat

Friday, May 23, 2014, By Erica Blust

A team of fourth-year industrial and interaction design (IID) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design won three $1,000 awards in the Royal Society of Arts U.S. (RSA-US) Student Design Awards. Boaz Cohen, Jesse Handelman, Jon…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Students Match Strength and Strategy in a ‘CAWL to Arms’

Friday, May 23, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

The New York Crushers brought their Orange spirit and strength but it wasn’t enough to defeat the Connecticut Wrecking Crew.

Veterans

IVMF Receives $450,000 from Sam’s Club to Support Women Veteran Entrepreneurs

Friday, May 23, 2014, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has received a $450,000 grant from the Sam’s Club Giving Program to support women veteran entrepreneurs through its business management training program V-WISE, Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship. The Sam’s…

STEM

Student Presented with Dream Award Scholarship on National Television

Friday, May 23, 2014, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) sophomore Charlene Hinton was presented with a Dream Award Scholarship by television show host Katie Couric in an appearance on Couric’s talk show program. Hinton was also a recent recipient of the Chancellors Award for…

Arts & Culture

Two Leaves and a Bud

Thursday, May 22, 2014, By Rob Enslin

An art historian in the College of Arts and Sciences is the recipient of a 2014 Summer Stipend Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Romita Ray, associate professor of art history in the Department of Art and…

Arts & Culture

In One Era and Out the Other

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, By Rob Enslin

With its ability to simulate real-world listening environments, such as crowds and noisy restaurants, the Hearing Aid Fitting/Demonstration room owes much of its “wow” factor to an Audioscan Hearing Aid Analyzer, a typewriter-sized tool used to quickly and accurately fit hearing aids.

Arts & Culture

Scholar Investigates ‘Media-Savvy Evangelicalism’

Monday, May 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The intersection of church and cinema is the subject of a major article by a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences. Deborah Justice, the Carole and Alvin I. Schragis Faculty Fellow in the Department of Art and…

Arts & Culture

‘Inner Fish’ Author to Deliver Fall Milton Lecture

Monday, May 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Neil Shubin, a nationally renowned paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and science writer, will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Shubin—author of the bestselling “Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of…

Arts & Culture

Farewell Remarks and Reception to Be Held in Langford’s Honor

Friday, May 16, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

After six years at the helm of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dean George M. Langford will officially step down in June, but not before his esteemed colleagues, loyal staff and friends have the opportunity to send him off…