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SU in the News: Wednesday, June 20

Wednesday, June 20, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Syracuse University is mentioned in an Associated Press article about College of Visual and Performing Arts alumnus Aaron Sorkin ’83 and his new TV program “The Newsroom.” WCTV (CBS) in Tallahassee, Fla., reported on the…

Christine Ashby appointed director of School of Education’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion

Tuesday, June 19, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

School of Education Dean Douglas Biklen has announced the appointment of professor Christine Ashby as director of the Institute on Communication and Inclusion (ICI), effective June 1. The ICI, formerly the Facilitated Communication Institute, conducts research, training and dissemination of…

Syracuse University receives two water quality awards

Tuesday, June 19, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Steam Station and Chilled Water Plant have been recognized for protecting local waterways from pollutants by carefully managing wastewater discharges. Both plants received an Onondaga County Industrial Achievement Award for maintaining 100 percent compliance with their Onondaga County…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Professor Ralph Ketcham receives Onondaga Citizens League Civic Education Award

Monday, June 18, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

Onondaga Citizens League announced the recipient of the 2012 Levi L. Smith Civic Education Award at its annual meeting on June 6. Ralph Ketcham, professor emeritus of history, public affairs and political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and…

EarthScope national seismic monitoring project arrives in Upstate New York

Friday, June 15, 2012, By News Staff

Upstate New York is about to become part of EarthScope, the largest science project on the planet. Robert Moucha, a geophysicist in the Department of Earth Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is in charge of scouting locations…

Summer camp for physics teachers: Building particle detectors at SU

Friday, June 15, 2012, By News Staff

Ten high school physics teachers from Upstate New York will spend three weeks this summer at Syracuse University building cosmic ray counters, testing components of a neutrino detector and learning about the latest results of experiments being conducted on CERN’s…

STEM

SU students take second place in robotic lawnmower competition

Friday, June 15, 2012, By News Staff

A team of four Syracuse University students took second place in the static competition at the ninth annual ION Robotic Lawnmower Competition in Beavercreek, Ohio. The SU team spent $37,000 less on its design than the winning team. Andrew Cash,…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, June 15

Friday, June 15, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Near Westside Initiative is mentioned in the U.K.’s Daily Mail. The article reports on The American Institute of Architects’ 2012 Housing Awards to projects at the pinnacle of design, creativity and sustainability. Among the…

SU researchers use nanotechnology to harness power of fireflies

Friday, June 15, 2012, By News Staff

Research published in Nano Letters

‘Smart Kids Visual Stories’ student-produced films about urban education to premiere at SU June 15

Thursday, June 14, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

The “Smart Kids: Visual Stories” project will hold a red carpet premiere of student documentaries on Friday, June 15, at 7 p.m. in the Joyce N. Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. The event, sponsored by the Syracuse University School of…