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IBM recognizes SU physicist for excellence in research
Britton L.T. Plourde, associate professor of physics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a 2011 IBM Faculty Award. The highly competitive and prestigious award is presented annually to recognize high-quality research programs and researchers’ contributions to their…
Fedrizzi, Lyons to present ‘Pioneering Innovation for Sustainability: Food, Shelter and Community’ Nov. 11
The demands and trends of urbanization and sprawl, and the pressures it poses on our environment and resources are tasking communities to develop and implement sustainable solutions today, for the challenges of tomorrow. Fifty years from now, what will people…
Arents Awards honor four distinguished alumni Nov. 12 as part of Orange Central
Four distinguished Syracuse University alumni representing excellence in the areas of law, sustainability innovation, social and environmental activism, and public service will be honored with George Arents Awards during the University’s 2011 Orange Central celebration. At the Arents Award luncheon…
University to host fourth annual Public Diplomacy Symposium Oct. 27 and 28
Syracuse University’s Public Diplomacy Program and Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars will present the fourth annual Public Diplomacy Symposium “Building Bridges: The Tools of Public Diplomacy” on Oct. 27 and 28 on the SU campus. The event, which will include…
Center on Human Policy to celebrate 40th anniversary with research and advocacy conference, Nov. 11-12
The Center on Human Policy will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a two-day research and advocacy conference on Nov. 11-12 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, coinciding with Syracuse University’s Orange Central weekend. Alumni, friends, advocates and supporters from around the…
Attacking cancer cells with nanoparticles
Syracuse University chemists develop novel way to get cancer drugs to tumors About every three days, Colleen Alexander, a chemistry graduate student, feeds cells that cause a deadly type of brain cancer. It’s a ritual that involves assessing the health…
Syracuse Symposium, Society for New Music collaborate to present ‘Geography of the Imagination’
The Syracuse Symposium™ and the Society for New Music will present “The Geography of the Imagination,” a performance featuring the world premiere of a commissioned musical work by Gregory Wanamaker and visuals by renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems, on Sunday,…
Newhouse School’s Shannon Bowen receives prestigious prize
Shannon A. Bowen, associate professor of public relations in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, was awarded the Jackson Jackson & Wagner Behavioral Science Prize by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Foundation at the PRSA 2011 International…
Verbal Blend spoken-word poetry program will host citywide college poetry slam
Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program out of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Syracuse University, will host its citywide “Take the Mic” poetry slam on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Schine Student Center Underground. Doors will…
Black Power movement is focus for African American Studies colloquium
“Bloody Lowndes and the Politics of Black Power” is the topic for the opening event of the Fall 2011 Colloquium Series presented by the Department of African American Studies in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Civil rights scholar…