Search Results for: ,aPT

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Student Journalists Participate in Democracy in Action Project

Thursday, November 3, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Student journalists at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications are about to get a real-life taste of election coverage by taking part in a project that will place them at the center of one of our most democratic processes….

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Will Host Film Editor Doug Blush, Screen Film about Journalist James Foley Nov. 5

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Academy Award-winning film editor Doug Blush will visit the Newhouse School on Saturday, Nov. 5, for a discussion and screening of the Emmy Award-winning HBO documentary film “Jim: The James Foley Story.” The event, sponsored by the Department of Multimedia…

STEM

Nelson L. Nemerow Memorial Scholarship Furthers Legacy of Water Resources Visionary

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

The Nelson L. Nemerow Memorial Scholarship in Environmental Engineering has been established in the College of Engineering and Computer Science to support environmental engineering graduate students with interests in clean water initiatives. It was endowed with a generous gift from…

STEM

Cadwell Selected to Attend NAE Engineering Education Symposium

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Assistant Professor Katie Cadwell was selected to attend the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Eighth Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium. It is an event for engineering faculty members who are developing and implementing innovative approaches to engineering education. Cadwell and her fellow attendees…

STEM

Bhatia Appointed to National Engineering Committee

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By News Staff

Shobha Bhatia, the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been appointed to the National Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering. The nine-member committee reports to…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series Hosts Poet Matthew Olzmann

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Poet Matthew Olzmann, author of “Mezzanines” (Alice James Books, 2013), winner of the Kundiman Poetry Prize, is the next guest in the Raymond Carver Reading Series, on Wednesday, Nov. 9. He will take part in a Q&A session at 3:45…

Health & Society

School of Education Highlights Graduate Programs at Nov. 4 Open House

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will host an open house for potential students interested in graduate study on Friday, Nov. 4, from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Sharon Jacquet Education Commons, located in Huntington Hall on the corner or Marshall Street and…

STEM

Heart of a Lion

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Rob Enslin

When Marilyn Kerr arrived at Syracuse in 1970, science was a male-dominated profession. The idea of a woman donning a white lab coat and waxing rhapsodic about biology or chemistry seemed, in those days, about as likely as someone synthesizing…

STEM

Winners of Civic Data Hackathon Announced at City Hall

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The winners of the Civic Data Hackathon: Syracuse Roads Challenge were announced recently in a ceremony held at Syracuse City Hall. The hackathon, organized by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the City of Syracuse, and supported by AT&T, brought…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: Christopher Faricy on the Smooth Transition of Presidential Power

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Voters who haven’t yet cast their ballots in early voting step into the voting booth in less than a week to make their voices heard. Citizens need to trust in that election system as part of the democratic process and…