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Syracuse University is contributor to Discovery Communications upcoming ‘CURIOSITY’ project

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 Syracuse University faculty are engaging with Discovery Communications in the development of a landmark, 60-episode television series that will explore the fundamental questions and underlying mysteries of our time. “CURIOSITY: The Questions of Our Life” will…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University is contributor to Discovery Communications upcoming ‘CURIOSITY’ project

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Faculty are engaging with Discovery Communications in the development of a landmark, 60-episode television series.

‘New generation’ architect to lecture at Syracuse Architecture

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, By Elaine Wackerow

Audrey Matlock will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Media, Law & Policy

Saatchi & Saatchi Chairman Bob Seelert to visit Newhouse Oct. 28

Monday, October 12, 2009, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Bob Seelert, chairman of the global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Health & Society

Richard Pound, long-time IOC member, founding chairman of World Anti-Doping Agency, to speak at SU Oct. 25

Monday, October 12, 2009, By Michele Barrett

With the recent selection of Rio de Janeiro as the host site for the 2016 summer games, long-time IOC member Richard Pound will share insider insights and perspective on the decision when he travels to Syracuse University on Oct. 25.

Arts & Culture

Banjo virtuoso, teacher Tony Trischka returns to SU for public ‘demo, conversation’ Oct. 12

Friday, October 9, 2009, By Rob Enslin

Musician Tony Trischka ’85 is paying a rare visit to his alma mater for a public “demo, conversation.”

iSchool Professor Lee McKnight receives two-year $600,000 NSF grant for wireless grid project

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Margaret Spillett(315) 443-1069 Lee McKnight, associate professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) and co-founder of Wireless Grids Corp., and a team of researchers at SU have been awarded—along with Virginia Tech—a National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnership…

Campus & Community

SU to host LGBT activist Lt. Daniel Choi

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Lt. Daniel Choi’s lecture, “Truth and Consequences: One Man’s Fight to Openly Serve His Country,” will detail his story as a West Point graduate, an Iraq War veteran and an openly gay American.

JPMorgan Chase’s Bisignano to receive Chancellor’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement

Wednesday, October 7, 2009, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 SU Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor announced Tuesday that Frank Bisignano, chief administrative officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., will be awarded the Chancellor’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement. Bisignano is being recognized for his visionary leadership…

Humanities Corridor presents regional tour of ‘Halfmoon Files’ film

Wednesday, October 7, 2009, By News Staff

Rob Enslin(315) 443-3403 “The Halfmoon Files”—a groundbreaking documentary about an Indian soldier whose voice is recorded in a World War I German P.O.W. camp—is the subject of a regional tour, Oct. 27-Nov. 1, by the Andrew W. Mellon Central New…