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iSchool, Le Moyne Partner for Accelerated Graduate Degree Programs

Tuesday, August 18, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Officials with the School of Information Studies and Le Moyne College today celebrated an agreement that reaffirms and expands the academic collaboration that has existed between the schools since 2011. The plans for the new Fast Track graduate education path…

STEM

FNSSI to Acquire Cutting-Edge DNA Sequencer

Wednesday, August 12, 2015, By News Staff

Researchers in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) are using a major grant award to acquire a powerful, new instrument for forensic genomic analysis. The recipients are Michael Marciano, a FNSSI senior scientist; Kevin Sweder, a FNSSI professor…

Policy Q&A Session to Be Held Aug. 18

Wednesday, August 12, 2015, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

The University community is invited to a Q&A session on Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Maxwell Auditorium from noon-1 p.m. to learn more about three new policies launched earlier this year. The policies to be discussed include Office Supplies, Printers and…

Arts & Culture

Take Home a Piece of History at the Syracuse Stage Yard Sale

Monday, August 10, 2015, By News Staff

You saw it on stage—now have it for yourself at Syracuse Stage’s 2015 Yard Sale on Saturday, Aug. 22. It will take place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (sorry, no early birds) at the blue warehouse located at 1330 Jamesville Ave.,…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Poster Project Seeks Poets

Monday, August 10, 2015, By News Staff

The Syracuse Poster Project invites Central New York writers to submit haiku poems for the 2016 poster series, the 15th annual series. Each year the project brings together artists from Syracuse University and poets from the community to create a…

STEM

Student Awarded Best Paper for Laser Ignition Research

Tuesday, August 4, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Nathan Peters, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has won the best student paper award at the 2015 Laser Ignition Conference. Peters presented the paper, “Laser ignition of methane and biogas near flammability limits,”…

Professor Charles Driscoll on the Clean Power Plan

Tuesday, August 4, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Syracuse University Professor Charles Driscoll, a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, said that the Clean Power Plan announced by President Obama and the EPA will positively impact communities throughout the US. “Our recent study published…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Begins Online Master’s in Communications with Cohort of 31 Students

Tuesday, July 21, 2015, By News Staff

Courses in Communications@Syracuse, the new online master’s degree program offered by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, began Tuesday, July 21, with an inaugural class of 31 students from nine states across the U.S. Communications@Syracuse offers students from anywhere…

Campus & Community

University Hosts Staff and Faculty Challenge Course Day

Monday, July 20, 2015, By Shannon Andre

The Department of Recreation Services and the Syracuse University Wellness Initiative have partnered to host the SU Staff & Faculty Challenge Day on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 1-5 p.m. Staff and faculty members and their immediate family members are invited…

STEM

Fridley Co-Authors International Biodiversity Research Paper

Monday, July 20, 2015, By Amy Manley

Humans depend upon high levels of ecosystem biodiversity. But due to climate change and changes in land use, biodiversity loss is greater now than at any other time in human history. Jason Fridley, associate professor of biology in the College…