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Exploring IBM’s Watson and the Jeopardy! Challenge
Jim De Piante, IBM project manager on the Watson supercomputer project, will speak about the development of Watson and the Jeopardy! gameshow challenge on Nov. 3.
SU in the News: Wednesday, October 26
Research by Arts and Sciences’ Suzanne Baldwin and Joseph Kula on jarosite and water on Mars featured in science media
Invisible Children to present the documentary ‘Tony’ about 25-year Central African conflict
Invisible Children, a media-based nonprofit dedicated to ending Africa’s longest-running war, will screen its latest documentary, ‘Tony,’ on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in Watson Theater. Following the 50-minute documentary, Grace, a native of Uganda and an ambassador for…
Sean O’Keefe G’78 is keynote speaker at SU Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 11
National security expert and former NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe G’78 will be the keynote speaker at Syracuse University’s second annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. at Hendricks Chapel. All veterans, past and present, will be honored…
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…
New spring course offers drumming as cross-cultural community building
Beginning Nov. 9, students can register for a new spring course, EDU 200, “Rhythm and Roots: Building Cross-Cultural Community through Drumming.” Instructed by renowned music educator Nisha Purushotham, this one-credit course uses African diaspora drumming to create community across difference,…
SU in the News: Friday, October 21
PBS NewsHour interviews Maxwell School Dean James Steinberg on recent events in Libya
Information Session for Spring Break in Silicon Valley
An information session will be held on Friday, Oct. 28, for the 2012 Spring Break in Silicon Valley trip.
Syracuse University scientists discover new way to determine when water was present on Mars and Earth
Record of past may be locked inside mineral common to both planets The discovery of the mineral jarosite in rocks analyzed by the Mars Rover, Opportunity, on the Martian surface had special meaning for a team of Syracuse University scientists…