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Leslie Marmon Silko will speak Sept. 8.

Syracuse University laboratories are keeping one of the most “eco-unfriendly” materials out of the waste stream. The labs recently stopped trashing polystyrene foam, better known as Styrofoam, and instead are now giving the non-biodegradable packaging material a second life through recycling.

Short story writer Gary Lutz will kick off the Raymond Carver Reading Series on Sept. 15.

Wenliang Du, professor of computer science in the L.C Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has received a $471,970 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore ways to make web browsers a safer environment for information gathering and dissemination.

Anish Bhimani, Managing Director Chief Information Risk Officer of JP Morgan Chase Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4-201 Center for Science and Technology – 1 p.m. Title: Trends and Concerns in Enterprise Information Security Abstract: The landscape of technology in corporate…

Kishi Animashaun Ducre, assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies in The College of Arts and Sciences, has received a Fulbright award to research and teach in Trinidad and Tobago on feminist epistemology and research methods. She will leave in January 2011 and stay in residence for six months.

Scientists and engineers seek to meet three goals in the production of biofuels from non-edible sources such as microalgae: efficiency, economical production and ecological sustainability. A team led by Syracuse University’s Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has uncovered a process that is a promising step toward accomplishing these three goals.

Working with a three-year grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services, Megan Oakleaf will develop and test rubrics that evaluate student learning.

Syracuse University iSchool Assistant Professor of Practice Scott Bernard has been named the acting federal chief architect in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, serving with the Office of Management Budget’s E-Government and Information Technology group.

The wiki went public in late April on the iSchool’s web site.