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Health & Society

Richard Pound, long-time IOC member, founding chairman of World Anti-Doping Agency, to speak at SU Oct. 25

Monday, October 12, 2009, By Michele Barrett

With the recent selection of Rio de Janeiro as the host site for the 2016 summer games, long-time IOC member Richard Pound will share insider insights and perspective on the decision when he travels to Syracuse University on Oct. 25.

iSchool Professor Lee McKnight receives two-year $600,000 NSF grant for wireless grid project

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Margaret Spillett(315) 443-1069 Lee McKnight, associate professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) and co-founder of Wireless Grids Corp., and a team of researchers at SU have been awarded—along with Virginia Tech—a National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnership…

Campus & Community

SU to host LGBT activist Lt. Daniel Choi

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Lt. Daniel Choi’s lecture, “Truth and Consequences: One Man’s Fight to Openly Serve His Country,” will detail his story as a West Point graduate, an Iraq War veteran and an openly gay American.

STEM

Syracuse iSchool Professor Lee McKnight receives two-year $600,000 NSF grant for wireless grid project

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

A team of researchers at SU has been awarded, along with Virginia Tech, a National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation two-year grant totaling $600,000 for the Wireless Grid Innovation Testbed.

SU in the News: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Wednesday, September 23, 2009, By News Staff

Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, was quoted briefly in an American Public Media Marketplace Morning Report story on new television sitcoms. Gary Radke, professor of…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, September 23

Wednesday, September 23, 2009, By News Staff

Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences’ Jeffrey Stonecash quoted in Wall Street Journal on New York gubernatorial race

Emeritus professor of philosophy William Payne Alston dies

Friday, September 18, 2009, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 Professor emeritus of philosophy William Payne Alston, 87, a major figure in Syracuse University’s philosophy department whose teaching career spanned 50 years, died Sept. 13 at the Nottingham Residential Health Care Facility in Jamesville, N.Y. He…

Twenty parking spots along Connective Corridor transformed into one-day ‘green’ spaces

Friday, September 18, 2009, By News Staff

Jemeli Tanui(315) 443-5172 Joining thousands from around the world, 75 people from various Syracuse organizations and SUNY-ESF students are celebrating Global PARK(ing) Day by transforming 20 parking spots along the Connective Corridor into public art and relaxation spots. National PARK(ing)…

Campus & Community

Emeritus professor of philosophy William Payne Alston dies

Friday, September 18, 2009, By News Staff

Professor emeritus of philosophy William Payne Alston, 87, died Sept. 13.

Campus & Community

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.