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Scientists Create Ice Storm to Study Effect on Forests
To better understand the short- and long-term effects of ice storms on northern forests, a team of scientists, including Professor Charles T. Driscoll, generated an experimental ice storm on research plots on the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire. The National Science Foundation released the…
Pan Am 103 Memorial Service to Be Held Dec. 21
The chaplains of Hendricks Chapel will conduct a remembrance service on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 2:03 p.m. in the chapel’s Noble Room to honor the 270 people who died aboard Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on the same…
Discovery Improves Heat Transfer in Boiling
While the average person associates boiling with cooking dinner, the process is also widely used to transfer heat across surfaces. It is used in refrigerators, in industrial boilers and even on the international space station to reject heat from its…
Rock and a Hard Place
When Brian Patterson heard the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was being delayed and possibly rerouted, he let out a whoop of joy. For him and thousands of others, particularly those at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the snow-covered Dakotas,…
CCJI Lauds Passage of Emmett Till Act in House
The House of Representatives passed S. 2854, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016, by voice vote during its evening session on Wednesday, Dec. 7. But unless further action is taken this week by the U.S….
Awful Day Lives in Alumnus’ Memory
Andrew Cisternino happened to be on watch that morning, in the tower of the Coast Guard station in Oswego. Typically, he would have joined the crew on the picket boat that was being sent to the lighthouse in the Oswego harbor. But nothing was typical about Dec. 4, 1942.
State Sen. David Valesky visits InclusiveU at Syracuse University
The School of Education’s Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education welcomed State Sen. David Valesky to campus recently, where he attended an InclusiveU/Peer-2-Peer Pizza Party in Schine Student Center. Valesky secured support in the 2016 New York State Budget for…
3D Temples, Confession Apps and Virtual Shrines
Nearly every aspect of modern life intersects with digital culture and is being reshaped by rapidly changing technology. A new undergraduate course will investigate the ways religious practice is shaped by technology and how technological practice is shaped by religion….
Public Invited to Forum on ‘How CNY Works’
The Onondaga Citizens League (OCL) continues its current study, “How CNY Works,” by inviting the public to participate in the next study session. OCL is examining the diversity of Central New York’s economic base. The next session will be held…
Snow Removal Crews Prepare for Long Winter Ahead
You can be certain a forecast calling for snow has the attention of Jim Miller. Miller oversees snow removal on campus. It’s no small task, considering the University campus is made up of 14 miles of roads, 23 miles of…