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Campus & Community

Himes appointed to Board of Scientific Counselors

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

Christine Himes, professor of sociology int he Maxwell School and director of the Center for Policy Research, has been appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors of the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. The appointment to the four-year term is…

STEM

Syracuse University Industrial Assessment Center awarded $1.5 million to support Department of Energy initiative

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse University-Industrial Assessment Center (SU-IAC) has been awarded $1.5 million over five years to support the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program to train undergraduate- and graduate-level engineering students in manufacturing efficiency and to help them…

Campus & Community

Seasonal bat activity on campus

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

During the late summer and early fall months, there is a seasonal increase in bat activity in and around Central New York, including the Syracuse University campus.

Health & Society

Students to explore ethics of eating

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

For six weeks this semester, Syracuse University students will have the opportunity to explore what the food they consume means and how the world relates to one’s diet through the “Ethics of Eating” seminar. The series of dialogues and dinners…

Campus & Community

University Community Harvest Farmers’ Market continues Sept. 16

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2011 University Community Harvest Farmers’ Market series continues on Friday, Sept. 16. This market will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quad, in conjunction with the Apple Festival. Presented by Syracuse University and the…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, September 13

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, By News Staff

Money Magazine notes SU programs that help make community college transfers more seamless

Health & Society

BBI chairman to deliver keynote at disability conference

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, By News Staff

University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will deliver the keynote address at the Coleman Institute Conference on Oct. 13. Blanck’s talk, “Toward the Right to Equal Technology Access for People with Cognitive…

STEM

Addressing the challenge of persister cells in bacterial infections

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, By News Staff

How antimicrobial peptides may offer an answer to challenging problem Dacheng Ren, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) and member of the Syracuse Biomaterials…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium continues Sept. 19 with David Eng

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

David L. Eng, professor of comparative literature and Asian American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, will explore the “Reparations of the Human” in the East Asian context in a Syracuse Symposium™ presentation on Monday, Sept. 19. Eng’s lecture will…

Campus & Community

K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series: Dr. Christopher Fedo

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

Conflicting provenance indicators in first-cycle sediments derived from granodiorite in an arid environment: the “stepladder effect”