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Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, September 28

Friday, September 28, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A Post-Standard article notes Syracuse University participation in a project sampling Southern Tier groundwater and analyzing shale-water. Gregory Hoke, assistant professor of earth sciences at The College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted. A YNN…

Researchers work to fingerprint hydrofracking water quality

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, By News Staff

Mary Beth Jones of Apalachin, N.Y., lives near “ground zero” of the hotly contested hydrofracking debate swirling across New York State. Her land sits above the gas-rich Marcellus Shale, and like many of her neighbors, Jones is concerned about risks…

Campus & Community

OIRA Director Bobbi Yonai to retire in 2013

Friday, August 10, 2012, By News Staff

After nearly 30 years as a member of the Syracuse University community, Barbara (Bobbi) A. Yonai, director of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA), has announced plans to retire from the University in January 2013. Yonai joined the…

STEM

Chief scientist for NASA to give convocation address for L.C. Smith

Wednesday, May 2, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

NASA’s chief scientist, Waleed Abdalati ’86, will deliver the 2012 address to bachelor’s degree candidates of Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at the college’s convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 12, at 9 a.m. in Manley…

VPA’s Kendall Phillips publishes book on horror films of Romero, Craven, Carpenter

Tuesday, March 13, 2012, By Erica Blust

Kendall Phillips, associate dean of research and graduate studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and a professor of communication and rhetorical studies in VPA’s Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, has published the new book “Dark…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, March 5

Monday, March 5, 2012, By News Staff

Newhouse School’s Roy Gutterman quoted in Washington Post on launch of Honest Appalachia website for rural whistleblowers

Dean Biklen honored in Kuwait with UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize

Monday, February 27, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will present Syracuse University’s School of Education Dean Douglas Biklen with the 2011 UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize, honoring him for his work promoting quality education and equal opportunity for…

Five will receive Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Awards at Jan. 21 celebration

Monday, January 9, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Awards will be presented to five members of the Syracuse University or greater Syracuse communities during Syracuse University’s 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “A Living Legacy: The Fierce Urgency of…

Campus & Community

Exploring IBM’s Watson and the Jeopardy! Challenge

Wednesday, October 26, 2011, By Cyndi Moritz

Jim De Piante, IBM project manager on the Watson supercomputer project, will speak about the development of Watson and the Jeopardy! gameshow challenge on Nov. 3.

Business & Economy

Whitman’s Harris to deliver keynote address at World Commodities Week in London

Thursday, October 6, 2011, By News Staff

Jeffrey Harris, Dean’s Professor of Finance in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, will speak at the seventh annual World Commodities Week, Oct. 25-27 in London. The conference examines commodities investment, commodity trading and alternative investment strategies. Harris,…