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Syracuse researchers link higher test scores with certified librarians in schoolsFebruary 05, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu New York state schools with certified librarians have higher scores on average on the fourth-grade English Language Arts (ELA) test than those who don’t, according…

iSchool makes strides in closing digital divideJanuary 31, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu This semester, Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) will help launch the South Side Initiative Networking Academy, a program to provide free professional computer training to 15 residents…

Renowned historian Joseph Levine dies at age 75January 30, 2008SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Joseph Levine, an internationally respected historian and the first director of Syracuse University’s London program, died Saturday of cancer at age 75. Levine taught at SU from 1966…

Syracuse University helps focus nation on solutions to global warmingJanuary 22, 2008Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu On Jan. 31, Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) will jointly present a day of speakers and events focused on bringing…

Artuso elected fellow of American Physical SocietyJanuary 10, 2008Rob Enslinrmenslin@syr.edu Marina Artuso, physics professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected a fellow of the prestigious American Physical Society (APS) for her substantial and far-reaching contributions…

Syracuse University earth sciences professors lead major geological investigation in Papua New Guinea through $3.6 million National Science Foundation grantDecember 03, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu The National Science Foundation’s Continental Dynamics Program has awarded a five-year, $3.595 million grant to Syracuse University,…

Faculty from Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism publish ‘Combating Terrorism: Strategies and Approaches’November 19, 2007Jill Leonhardtjlleonha@maxwell.syr.edu SU’s Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT), sponsored jointly by the Maxwell School and the College of Law, has released its first…

Nov. 28 faculty panel will explore Scholarship in ActionNovember 16, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The University Senate Committee on Academic Affairs will sponsor a faculty panel on “Scholarship in Action: Four Case Studies at SU” on Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 4-6…

Syracuse University physicists, students help prepare precision silicon detector for Switzerland-based international study measuring properties of B meson particles November 12, 2007 Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu One of the most fragile detectors for the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, a particle…

Documentary film of civil rights murder investigation shown Oct. 24 at SU College of Law; victim’s brother discusses caseOctober 23, 2007Jaclyn D. Grossojgrosso@law.syr.edu Forty-three years after the brutal killing of his brother by members of the Ku Klux Klan, Thomas…