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STEM

Bond Receives CAREER Award to Investigate a Niche for Biomass

Friday, February 13, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Renewable, bio-based products may offer many benefits ranging from decreased greenhouse gas emissions to improved domestic energy security. However, despite growing interest in replacing fossil resources with renewable alternatives, biomass refining industries, particularly those producing biofuels, have struggled to compete with…

Media, Law & Policy

National Wildlife Federation President and CEO to Speak at Maxwell

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation and a 2006 M.P.A. graduate of the Maxwell School, will deliver the next Tanner Lecture on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility on Monday, Feb. 23, at 5 p.m. in Maxwell…

Campus & Community

Diversity Law Day at Syracuse University College of Law

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University College of Law and the Law School Admission Council will be co-sponsoring Diversity Law Day on Thursday, Feb. 26. This program is part of the DiscoverLaw.org initiative targeting students from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the legal…

STEM

Physicist Jedidah Isler Named TED Fellow

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Leave it to Jedidah Isler to make an astronomical impact. In December, the astrophysicist was named a TED Fellow for the Class of 2015. Next month, she travels to Vancouver to join 20 other fellows and the TED community at…

Progress Report: Student Concerns

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

Amid the long-term strategic planning happening across campus, several members of Chancellor Syverud’s Executive Team continue to work with faculty and staff to take action on critical issues raised last semester by students. The Chancellor has directed his team to…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Announces Harry der Boghosian Endowed Fellowship

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

The School of Architecture has announced the creation of the Harry der Boghosian Endowed Fellowship Program. This transformational gift makes possible a one-of-a-kind fellowship designed to give faculty members, early in their careers, the opportunity to spend a year developing…

Campus & Community

Working Group to Assess SA, GSO Concerns on Free Speech

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

In response to resolutions passed last fall by Syracuse University’s Student Association and Graduate Student Organization, Chancellor Syverud has created a working group to consider revisions to the University’s Computer and Electronic Policy that will address concerns regarding free speech…

Campus & Community

Once Upon a Crime

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Forensic analysis is nothing like it appears on TV, says FNSSI scientist Michael Marciano.

Campus & Community

In The News: Wednesday, Feb. 11

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By Keith Kobland

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STEM

Nangia Awarded CAREER Grant to Break Barriers in Treating Alzheimer’s

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

The 2014 report from the Alzheimer’s Association shows that there are more than 5 million people living with Alzheimer’s in America, which is expected to cost hundreds of billions of dollars in caregiving this year. But treatment of diseases like…