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Arts & Culture

Sanford Sternlicht revisits ‘Modern Irish Drama’

Friday, September 3, 2010, By Rob Enslin

One of the most significant periods of Western theater is the subject of a newly updated and expanded book by Sanford Sternlicht G’62, English professor emeritus in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences.

STEM

Syracuse iSchool’s Milton Mueller receives NSF funding to research social impact of network surveillance technologies

Friday, September 3, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Information Studies Professor Milton Mueller’s $304,000 grant proposal “Deep Packet Inspection and the Governance of the Internet” has received funding by the National Science Foundation.

Campus & Community

2010 Goon Squad continues the long tradition at SU

Thursday, September 2, 2010, By News Staff

The Goon Squad is a tradition at Syracuse University that dates back to the 1940s. The Goon Squad consists of volunteer upperclassmen who assist new students and their families as they move into residence halls and at other events throughout…

Pulse announces 2010-11 season

Thursday, September 2, 2010, By News Staff

This year’s line-up includes Branford Marsalis, Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Native American author launches Syracuse Symposium

Monday, August 30, 2010, By Rob Enslin

Leslie Marmon Silko will speak Sept. 8.

STEM

SU professor awarded NSF grant to design more secure Web browsers

Friday, August 27, 2010, By News Staff

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.

STEM

Syracuse University research team uses nanobiotechnology-manipulated light particles to accelerate algae growth; may be a key to creating efficient biofuel production

Tuesday, August 24, 2010, By News Staff

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.

Campus & Community

Chancellor’s Leadership Award catalyzes project, conference on transnationalizing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) studies

Tuesday, August 24, 2010, By News Staff

On Sept. 23-25, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Studies Program at Syracuse University will host an inaugural conference, “Transnationalizing LGBT Studies” that will cross geographic and cultural borders to explore LGBT scholarship and activism from a transnational perspective.

Campus & Community

Near Westside Initiative commissions artist to transform downtown bridges into public art; installation of ‘A Love Letter to Syracuse’ begins on Tuesday, Aug. 24

Friday, August 20, 2010, By News Staff

Using the arts as its tool, the Near Westside Initiative has commissioned internationally known artist Steve Powers to create a public art project to visually disrupt a physical barrier at the most critical intersection of the Connective Corridor and Near Westside.

STEM

Syracuse iSchool students create educational resource on digital libraries

Wednesday, August 18, 2010, By News Staff

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