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Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School to Honor Leading Alumni at 50th Anniversary Celebration

Tuesday, September 15, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Fifty alumni of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications—accomplished professionals from all areas of the media industry—will be honored at a special event Oct. 29 in New York City. Attendees at the “50Forward” Gala will observe 50 years of…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Welcomes New Faculty

Monday, September 14, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has welcomed seven new faculty members for the 2015-16 academic year. Kıvanç A. Avrenli, is assistant professor of statistics whose teaching interests focus on applied statistical methods, probability theory, statistical modeling and design…

STEM

iSchool Faculty Receive Grant for Promoting Children’s Creative Thinking

Monday, September 14, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) professors who have worked on several library resources projects before will begin another innovative one soon, aimed at school librarians and the students they serve, thanks to funding from a National Leadership Grant for…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: Assistant Professor Isaac Kfir on the Refugee Situation in Europe

Thursday, September 10, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Refugees from several countries, including Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia, are fleeing violence in their homelands and seeking asylum by the tens of thousands in Europe. Such a large population movement is creating problems for Turkey, the Eastern European states and…

Four Alumni Receiving Prestigious Arents Award for Excellence

Wednesday, September 9, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

The recipients are: Emmy Award-winning media executive Erica Branch-Ridley ’87; advertising agency principal Eric Mower ’66, G’68; scholar, teacher and administrator Donna Shalala G’70, H’87; and sports marketing guru Brandon Steiner ’81.

Arts & Culture

Closing Reception for ‘Knowing Things’ To Be Held Sept. 17

Tuesday, September 8, 2015, By Erica Blust

914Works will host a closing reception for “Knowing Things,” a group exhibition by four artists, including three graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), on Thursday, Sept. 17, from 6-8 p.m. The reception is free and…

STEM

Scientist Receives CAREER Award to Study Ice Chemistry

Friday, September 4, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to study ice’s role as a chemical reactor. Tara Kahan, assistant professor of chemistry, will use…

STEM

Better Cancer Treatment Through Nanotechnology

Wednesday, September 2, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Assistant Professor Shikha Nangia in the College of Engineering and Computer Science is collaborating with Assistant Professor Juntao Luo of Upstate Medical University to develop a way to deliver cancer-fighting drugs more effectively using nanoparticles. The National Institutes of Health…

STEM

Physicist Lands NIH Grant Award to Study Tissue, Organ Formation

Wednesday, September 2, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop theoretical models of tissue and organ formation. M. Lisa Manning, associate professor of physics, is using…

Media, Law & Policy

Steinberg to Conclude Tenure as Maxwell Dean Following 2015-16 Academic Year

Tuesday, September 1, 2015, By News Staff

Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs Dean James Steinberg has announced that he will be stepping down as dean at the end of the academic year 2015–2016. Steinberg has been at the helm of the Maxwell School since 2011. …