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UN Ambassador from Rwanda to speak at SU’s 10-year genocide commemoration, April 1March 24, 2004Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu Stanislas Kamanzi, Rwanda’s ambassador to the United Nations, will speak at Syracuse University on April 1. The ambassador’s visit is part of the University…

New research initiative to assess SU’s higher education profileMarch 15, 2004Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Syracuse University faculty, staff and students will soon be asked to take part in a comprehensive research initiative via a Web-based survey. The initiative, jointly sponsored by Academic…

Local experts featured in Frontiers of Science lecturesFebruary 13, 2004Edward Byrnesedbyrnes@syr.edu On Feb. 10, Syracuse University chemistry professor Ana deBettencourt-Dias kicked off the Spring 2004 Frontiers of Science lecture series with a presentation titled “The Future of Flat Panel Displays?Bigger,…

SU, Syracuse communities urged to give the gift of warmth during Share the Warmth Blanket Drive Feb. 1-15February 03, 2004Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Students Offering Service (SOS) of Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel is working to make this tough winter a little…

Syracuse University English professor Sanford Sternlicht to teach in Hungary as part of Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant programFebruary 02, 2004Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Sanford Sternlicht, part-time professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has received a Fulbright…

SU religion professor to deliver next installment in the Religion and Society Speaker SeriesNovember 26, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Department of Religion in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences will host a lecture by Zachary Braiterman on Dec. 2…

Faculty use travel grants to polish teaching skillsNovember 24, 2003Cynthia J. Moritzcjmoritz@syr.edu One Syracuse University faculty member was inspired to introduce scientific ideas and methods into her sculpture classes. Another decided to research the learning styles of engineering students. A…

NSF grant, new tools give SU supercomputing powerNovember 10, 2003Jill Leonhardtjlleonha@maxwell.syr.edu In 1996, health care analysts at the University of Virginia studied a common emergency-room procedure, right heart catheterization, in critically-ill patients. They used classical parametric modeling methods – that…

Syracuse University professor applauds Senate Appropriations block of FCC’s regulationsSeptember 10, 2003Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Hubert W. Brown, associate professor of broadcast journalism in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commends the recent Senate Appropriations Committee decision to include…

Students discover ‘a door opened’ by Student Support and RetentionAugust 25, 2003Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Division of Student Support and Retention has set out to change SU according to one driving principle: every SU student should earn a degree…