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New antimicrobial webs developed by Syracuse University researchers sterilize medical implants for up to 14 days, reduce chance of infection

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 Treatment of hospital-related infections in the United States costs up to $11 billion a year, and about half of those infections are related to medical devices implanted in patients. Until now, efforts to control drug-resistant biofilms…

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New antimicrobial webs developed by Syracuse University researchers sterilize medical implants for up to 14 days, reduce chance of infection

Tuesday, September 15, 2009, By News Staff

SU researchers have developed hydrogel mats that protection to surgical patients from infection.

Syracuse University announces historic plan to achieve climate neutrality

Tuesday, September 15, 2009, By News Staff

Sara Miller(315) 443-9038 Syracuse University has released its Climate Action Plan (CAP), an institutional blueprint and timeline for becoming climate neutral. Today, SU submitted its CAP to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), which serves…

SU announces historic plan to achieve climate neutrality

Tuesday, September 15, 2009, By News Staff

As part of the Climate Action Plan, SU has committed to becoming climate neutral by 2040.

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Senior Amy Rabideau receives prestigious 2009 Astronaut Scholarship award

Tuesday, September 15, 2009, By News Staff

Senior Amy Rabideau is among 18 students nationwide to receive the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s 2009–10 scholarship award.

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University Union presents an evening with John Legend on Sept. 23

Monday, September 14, 2009, By News Staff

Recording artist John Legend will speak on Sept. 23 as guest of University Union Performing Arts.

Campus & Community

Public invited to observe Buddhist monks’ construction of a sand mandala at Syracuse University

Monday, September 14, 2009, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Members of the Syracuse University and greater Syracuse communities will have the opportunity from Sept. 21-25 to observe the construction of a sand mandala, a complex symbolic structure that is associated with the most profound and elaborate Buddhist ceremonies in Tibet.

U.S. Secretary of Education Duncan to visit Dr. King Magnet School Wednesday

Wednesday, September 9, 2009, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will visit Dr. King Magnet School, 416 Raynor Ave. in Syracuse, following the meeting of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families on the Syracuse University campus Wednesday….

Major grant bolsters interdisciplinarity of SU’s Middle Eastern Studies Program

Wednesday, September 9, 2009, By News Staff

Rob Enslin (315) 443-3403 Syracuse University’s Middle Eastern Studies Program (MESP) is the recipient of a prestigious $179,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s International Education Programs Service (IEPS). The grant will be used to expand and strengthen SU’s…

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SU in the News: Tuesday, September 8

Wednesday, September 9, 2009, By News Staff

White House task force on college affordability to convene on SU campus