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Combating Corrosion in Data Centers

Friday, May 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Data centers suck up a tremendous amount of energy. In an attempt to reduce the amount that goes into keeping computing equipment from overheating, many data centers use low-power systems that bring in outdoor air to keep things cool. The…

STEM

A Dynamic Data Driven Approach to Information Fusion

Friday, May 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Professors Biao Chen and Pramod Varshney and Associate Professors Yingbin Liang and Jian Tang in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, along with researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, have been awarded a multi-year grant from the…

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LaVerne Sessler ’16, G’17, Civil Engineering & Business

Friday, May 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

It isn’t hard to see how LaVerne Sessler ’16, G’17 ended up enrolled in the H. John Riley 3+2 Engineering and M.B.A. program. He’s been around construction equipment and business his entire life. His family owns and operates Sessler Wrecking,…

Campus & Community

Fulbright Program Sends Students, Alumni to Sites Around the World

Thursday, May 26, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Several students and recent alumni were awarded scholarships by the Fulbright Student Program during the 2015-16 academic year to pursue their interests at destinations around the world in the coming year. Three were awarded study/research grants, four were selected to…

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Biologists Point to Climate Change Impacting Ecosystems

Tuesday, May 24, 2016, By Amy Manley

A team of biologists in the College of Art and Sciences is taking a long look at how climate change may shift the way the green grasses grow. Jason Fridley, associate professor of biology and co-founder of the Climate Change…

Arts & Culture

Sydney Hutchinson Named Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Distinguished Fellow

Tuesday, May 24, 2016, By Carol Boll

Sydney Hutchinson, assistant professor of music history and cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2016 Judith Seinfeld Distinguished Fellow. Endowed by alumna and University Trustee Judith Greenberg Seinfeld ’56, the fellowship recognizes faculty members…

Campus & Community

Honors Students Awarded Crown/Wise Funding for Capstone Projects

Friday, May 20, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

From determining the toxicity of certain chemicals in Onondaga Lake to the architecture of learning environments to a film about cross-cultural adoption, students in the Renée Crown Honors Program are going deep into their fields for their capstone projects and…

STEM

Syracuse Physicists Help Restart Large Hadron Collider

Friday, May 20, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are participating in the restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest, most powerful particle accelerator. The High-Energy Experimental Physics Group, led by Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone, has been splitting…

Media, Law & Policy

Tula Goenka Named Newhouse Endowed Chair of Public Communications

Friday, May 20, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Tula Goenka G’86, associate professor of television, radio and film in the Newhouse School, has been named the Newhouse Endowed Chair of Public Communications for 2016-19. The position is awarded to a distinguished faculty member whose accomplishments significantly advance the…

STEM

Physicist Awarded IBM Grant to Develop Quantum Computing

Wednesday, May 18, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to help develop quantum computing technology. Britton Plourde, associate professor of physics, is using a three-year, $900,000 grant from IBM to conduct research for the…