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SU in the News: Wednesday, October 17

Friday, October 19, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE National media attention on the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and GE partnership through the Get Skills To Work initiative to recognize, recruit and retain veterans in manufacturing, along with…

Campus & Community

SU announces new, proactive public safety initiative in partnership with Syracuse City Police

Thursday, October 18, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced a new, proactive safety initiative that will further enhance security on and around campus. Beginning today, a newly created University Area Crime-control Team (UACT), staffed jointly by the SU Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the…

Media, Law & Policy

SU College of Law redesignated as New York State Science and Technology Law Center

Thursday, October 18, 2012, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

The New York State Department of Economic Development, Division of Science, Technology and Innovation, and Syracuse University College of Law have announced that the Syracuse University College of Law has been redesignated for a third three-year term to serve as the…

STEM

NSF grant funds study on barriers to smart grid technology adoption

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Diane Stirling

If existing, readily available smart grid technologies are beneficial to utility companies, their customers and the environment as a whole, why aren’t utilities adopting them? That’s the question three School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members will probe with a…

LGBT activist speaks at Villa Rossa Lecture Series

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Jennifer DeMarchi

On Oct. 10, the Villa Rossa Lecture Series at Syracuse University in Florence hosted Vladimir “Vladi” Luxuria, an Italian actress, writer, politician and television host. The lecture, entitled “Across Ocean and Gender, Discovering the Unknown,” explored her time spent traveling…

Campus & Community

‘Ensuring Successful Students and Schools’ is focus of next IRP

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

The Oct. 18 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Sharon Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School District. She will discuss the district’s five-year plan for ensuring the success of the city’s students. The IRP program…

Media, Law & Policy

Ron Brownstein will explore state of political parties in next University Lecture

Tuesday, October 16, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Noted political analyst and Pulitzer Prize finalist Ron Brownstein will explore the current state of American’s major political parties in the next University Lecture at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 23. He will speak on “American Politics, Today and Tomorrow”…

Campus & Community

Healthy volunteers sought for research study on auditory effects of concussion/head injury

Friday, October 12, 2012, By News Staff

Individuals with normal hearing and NO history of concussion/head injury are needed to participate in a research study investigating effects of traumatic brain injury on the brain and auditory system’s ability to process speech information. Participants must be native English…

Beth Ann Kaminkow ’89, president and CEO of TracyLocke Agency, to speak at SU

Friday, October 12, 2012, By News Staff

Career Services and the Office of Alumni Relations will bring Beth Ann Kaminkow ’89, president and CEO of TracyLocke (an Omnicom global agency), to campus on Wednesday, Oct. 17, as part of the Alumni Speaker Series. Kaminkow’s daylong visit will…

Campus & Community

SyracuseCoE partners win $1.9 million in five federal awards

Friday, October 12, 2012, By Carol Boll

SyracuseCoE announced Oct. 9 an initiative to accelerate growth of the Central New York industry cluster that manufactures systems to control temperature and environmental quality in a wide range of applications. The Advanced Manufacturing for Thermal and Environmental Control Systems (AM-TECS) initiative…