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Four Professors Receive Prestigious CAREER Awards from National Science Foundation

Friday, January 31, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Four professors in The College of Arts and Sciences have received Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards—the highest honor given by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of early-career development activities of teacher-scholars. The recipients are Arindam “Ari” Chakraborty…

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Newhouse’s Hirshfield Receives Research Grant from Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Wednesday, January 29, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Leanne Hirshfield, research associate professor in the Newhouse School, is the recipient of a three-year grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) for her work on “Understanding the Effects of Cyber Attacks on Human Operators.” The funding…

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ESPN Guests Headline Three Newhouse Sports Media Center Events This Weekend

Wednesday, January 29, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

The Newhouse Sports Media Center will present three events this weekend: “ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’—What They Do and How They Do It” will be held on Friday, Jan. 31, at 1:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. Guests…

Arts & Culture

Sustainability Book Discussion Series Begins Feb. 7

Wednesday, January 29, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Office of Sustainability Initiatives will sponsor a Sustainability Book Discussion Series this semester, offering members of the University community opportunities to learn about and discuss important new books with sustainability themes.   All events will take place in Bird Library, Room 123, on Fridays at 1…

STEM

Faculty Book Examines Digital Communication Technologies in Presidential Campaigns

Monday, January 27, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Heavy use of the Internet and digital communications technologies in recent American presidential campaigns may make it seem that the Internet Age has had a democratizing effect on those efforts. That notion is disputed by School of Information Studies Associate…

ESPN Baseball Experts to Speak at Newhouse Jan. 31

Friday, January 24, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Top ESPN baseball personalities Jayson Stark ’73, Tim Kurkjian and Dan Shulman will visit the Newhouse School on Friday, Jan. 31, as guests of the Newhouse Sports Media Center. They will discuss their careers in sports broadcasting at 2 p.m….

STEM

SU Scientist Wins American Geophysical Union Fellowship

Friday, January 24, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Donald I. Siegel, chair of the Department of Earth Sciences in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed a 2013 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow, a designation awarded to less than 0.1 percent of all AGU members in…

STEM

Article by SU Biologist Reveals When It Pays to Be a Lover, a Fighter, or Both

Thursday, January 23, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A biologist in The College of Arts and Sciences has determined that, during reproduction, a male animal can be a lover, a fighter, or both. Stefan Lüpold, a research assistant professor specializing in behavioral ecology and sexual selection in animals,…

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Syracuse University Professor Making News Worldwide

Wednesday, January 22, 2014, By Keith Kobland

In the eyes of the media, David Crane L’80 is a wanted man. The College of Law Professor of Practice and member of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism spent much of the day on Tuesday in a small…

Arts & Culture

Cuban Dance Weekend Comes to Syracuse

Tuesday, January 21, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Award-winning author, researcher and dancer Bárbara Balbuena Gutiérrez will visit into Syracuse next month as The College of Arts and Sciences’ Art and Music Histories Department plays host to the renowned academic for a four-day program Feb. 6-9. Along with…