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SU’s Bruce Smith a finalist for LA Times Book Prize
Bruce Smith, professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The critically acclaimed poet was nominated on the merit of his latest book, “Devotions” (University…
Mueller’s Internet governance paper a ‘Top Ten Download’ on SSRN
A paper written by a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member about the potential impact of deep packet inspection technology on Internet governance and the Net’s future state recently was named to the Top Ten Download list among articles posted on the Social Science Research Network website.
Volkswagens as metaphor for life
Christopher Boucher G’02 will read from ‘How to Keep your Volkswagen Alive’
Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs featured at 11th annual Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media
Actor/writer/director/producer Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Feb. 29 for the 11th annual Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 7:30…
Designer Suzanne Tick to speak Feb. 14
Suzanne Tick, principal of Suzanne Tick Inc., which specializes in material development for commercial and residential interiors, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Auditorium. The free, public talk is sponsored by the School…
SU’s Jaklin Kornfilt co-edits prestigious linguistics journal
Jaklin Kornfilt, professor of linguistics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, believes learning has no boundaries. Witness her recent involvement with Lingua (Elsevier, 2011), an international journal devoted to problems of general linguistics. A majority of the editorial…
Nominations for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 honorary degrees
The Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees is soliciting nominations from faculty, staff, alumni, and students for candidates to receive honorary degrees at the 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Commencement ceremonies.
Destiny USA, Rosamond Gifford Zoo benefit from iSchool social media students
Most businesses are lucky to have one social media strategist or community manager on staff. This season, two major Syracuse attractions are especially fortunate in that they will have legions of social media practitioners at work for them. That is…
iSchool’s Renee Franklin Hill honored for best paper
Renee Franklin Hill, assistant professor at the School of Information Studies, recently accepted an award naming an article she co-authored as one of four “best papers” at the 2011 Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE).
A bug’s (sex) life: Diving beetles offer unexpected clues about sexual selection
Study results were published Feb. 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.