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In evolutionary mating game, brawn and stealth rule

Thursday, December 23, 2010, By News Staff

When prowling for a hookup, it’s not always the good-looker who gets the girl. In fact, in a certain species of South American fish, brawn and stealth beat out colorful and refined almost every time. In a series of published…

Light Work announces upcoming exhibition ‘Penumbra’

Wednesday, December 22, 2010, By Jessica H. Reed

Light Work has announced the exhibition “Penumbra,” a suite of three video installations by Demetrius Oliver, which reconnects viewers to their place in the universe by playing with earthly and human forms against a backdrop of the cosmos. In “Penumbra,”…

Light Work announces continued screening of censored video

Wednesday, December 22, 2010, By Jessica H. Reed

Light Work has announced the continued screening of David Wojnarowicz’s video “A Fire in My Belly,” which was recently censored from the exhibition “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture” at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The exhibition,…

Belfer Archive awarded $505,000 grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Tuesday, December 21, 2010, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $505,000 to Syracuse University to support the positions of director and sound archivist for the Library’s Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive.

Newhouse School’s student-run ad agency, The NewHouse, wins Honda Media Challenge

Monday, December 20, 2010, By News Staff

A team of students from The NewHouse (TNH), an award-wining, student-run advertising agency in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, recently won first place in American Honda’s Media Challenge for Honda’s CR-Z sport hybrid. Three students represented TNH…

Media, Law & Policy

Entries being accepted in fifth annual Mirror Awards competition

Monday, December 20, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting entries for the fifth annual Mirror Awards. Application deadline is Feb. 10, 2011. There is no fee to enter. This year’s awards categories include: • Best Single Article, Traditional…

SU in the News: Monday, December 20, 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE An article in the Economist (UK) about medieval warfare details forensic archaeological research by Shannon Novak, associate professor of anthropology in the Maxwell School and The College of Arts and Sciences. The site being excavated…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, December 20

Monday, December 20, 2010, By News Staff

Research by Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences’ Shannon Novak noted in Economist story on medieval warfare

STEM

Syracuse University researchers contribute new ideas to enhance efficiency of wind turbines

Friday, December 17, 2010, By News Staff

Engineers at SU’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science collaborate with University of Minnesota on new intelligent systems and grooved designs One issue confronting the efficiency of wind as a promising renewable energy source is the wind itself—specifically,…

SU biologist partners with National Park Service to study bison grazing in Yellowstone

Friday, December 17, 2010, By News Staff

While Yellowstone’s celebrated bison may be among the most popular tourist attractions in the park, their grazing habits and increasing numbers have raised questions about the long-term stability of the park’s grasslands. To find answers, the National Park Service has…