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SU Chemists Develop ‘Fresh, New’ Approach to Making Alloy Nanomaterials

Friday, August 9, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Potential applications include gas storage, heterogeneous catalysis and lithium-ion batteries Chemists in The College of Arts and Sciences have figured out how to synthesize nanomaterials with stainless steel-like interfaces. Their discovery may change how the form and structure of nanomaterials…

Chemists Design ‘Smart’ Nanoparticles to Improve Drug Delivery, DNA Self-Assembly

Friday, August 9, 2013, By Rob Enslin

A team of chemists in SU’s College of Arts and Scientists has used a temperature-sensitive polymer to regulate DNA interactions in both a DNA-mediated assembly system and a DNA-encoded drug-delivery system. Their findings, led by Associate Professor Mathew M. Maye…

Elizabeth A. Barlow Appointed Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Assessment

Thursday, August 8, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina is pleased to announce the appointment of Elizabeth (Libby) A. Barlow as assistant vice president for institutional research and assessment. Barlow comes to SU from the University of Houston (Texas), where…

Campus & Community

University Wellness Initiative Sponsors Mindful Eating Program

Tuesday, August 6, 2013, By News Staff

Introduction to Mindful Eating In this eight-week program, Nicole Christina, LCSW, will teach participants to: -Begin a new, more peaceful, relationship with food -End yo-yo dieting and stress eating -Learn the latest mindfulness techniques to help you eat joyfully and moderately Christina …

The Limits of War

Monday, August 5, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Is torture legal? Is one death justified to save thousands of lives? Are soldiers responsible for obeying an officer’s command to kill civilians? In partnership with the American Red Cross of the Central New York Region, four Syracuse University students challenged a group of young people at the Southside Academy Charter School to think about these questions.

Sandbox Entrepreneurs to Showcase Companies

Monday, August 5, 2013, By J.D. Ross

The fifth annual Student Sandbox Demo Day will showcase the innovation and dedication of Central New York student entrepreneurs on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the Everson Museum in Syracuse. As part of the Raymond von Dran Innovation and Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator (IDEA),…

University Union Announces Redesigned Juice Jam Music Festival

Friday, August 2, 2013, By News Staff

University Union has expanded this year’s Juice Jam concert into a daylong festival of events for students. The Juice Jam Music Festival is the first multi-stage music festival organized by University Union, and the first student-run music festival in the…

Media, Law & Policy

Jasso Named to PRSA College of Fellows

Thursday, August 1, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

  Bill Jasso, professor of practice in public relations at the Newhouse School, has been named to the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) College of Fellows. He was one of 14 new members elected recently. “The PRSA College of…

Rwandan Students in Residency for Teacher-Librarianship Training

Wednesday, July 31, 2013, By Diane Stirling

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) recently welcomed four new distance students, teachers from Rwanda’s Kigali Institute of Education whose two-week summer residency is the initial step in their professional development in teacher-librarianship. It is also part of a larger…

Former Maxwell Dean Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr. Dies at 92

Thursday, July 25, 2013, By News Staff

Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr., dean emeritus of the Maxwell School and a professor of public administration and political science for 50 years, died on July 22 in Syracuse. Birkhead served as Maxwell’s dean from 1977-88, after having taught at Maxwell…