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Tunes and ‘Toons: Banjoist Tony Trischka, New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee explore intersections of art and music

Monday, January 25, 2010, By Rob Enslin

Last fall, College of Arts and Sciences professors Cathryn Newton and Samuel Gorovitz invited musician Tony Trischka and cartoonist Matthew Diffee to participate in HNR 250, “Linked Lenses: Science, Philosophy and the Pursuit of Knowledge.”

How do you improve mammogram accuracy? Add noise

Tuesday, December 22, 2009, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 Members of a Syracuse University research team have shown that an obscure phenomenon called stochastic resonance (SR) can improve the clarity of signals in systems such as radar, sonar and even radiography, used in medical clinics…

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How do you improve mammogram accuracy? Add noise.

Friday, December 18, 2009, By News Staff

An obscure phenomenon called stochastic resonance can improve the clarity of signals in systems such as radar, sonar and even radiography, used in medical clinics to detect signs of breast cancer.

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Poister Organ Competition winner to perform Oct. 20 at SU

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By Erica Blust

Tom Sheehan, first-prize winner of the 2009 Arthur Poister Organ Competition, will present an organ recital Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m.

George Langford receives alumni award from Illinois Institute of Technology

Tuesday, May 19, 2009, By News Staff

Rob Enslin(315) 443-3403 George M. Langford, dean of Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has received the 2009 Professional Achievement Award from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). The nationally recognized cell biologist and neuroscientist was one of 20…

Syracuse University’s George Langford receives alumni award from Illinois Institute of Technology

Tuesday, May 19, 2009, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s George Langford receives alumni award from Illinois Institute of TechnologyMay 19, 2009Rob Enslinrmenslin@syr.edu George M. Langford, dean of Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has received the 2009 Professional Achievement Award from the Illinois Institute of Technology…

VPA’s DuBois to offer emotional examination of family relations in upcoming photography monograph

Thursday, April 30, 2009, By News Staff

VPA’s DuBois to offer emotional examination of family relations in upcoming photography monographApril 30, 2009Erica Blustesblust@syr.edu Doug DuBois began photographing his family in 1984, prior to his father’s near-fatal fall from a commuter train and his mother’s subsequent breakdown and…

Frontiers of Science lecture to explore evolution of poisonous plants

Thursday, January 29, 2009, By News Staff

Frontiers of Science lecture to explore evolution of poisonous plantsJanuary 29, 2009Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu The Spring 2009 Frontiers of Science Lecture Series will begin with “The Evolutionary History of Poison,” presented by Kari A. Segraves, assistant professor of biology, Wednesday, Feb….

World-renowned architect Francois Roche to speak at Syracuse Architecture

Thursday, October 9, 2008, By News Staff

Elaine Wackerow(315) 443-6004 Francois Roche, co-founder/director of R&Sie(n) Architects, Paris, and visiting professor at Columbia University, will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. His lecture, “BI[r]O- BO[o]T/Ecosophical…

SU Press author to discuss three major Iroquois elders in Sept. 28 lecture

Tuesday, September 16, 2008, By News Staff

SU Press author to discuss three major Iroquois elders in Sept. 28 lectureSeptember 16, 2008SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Laurence M. Hauptman, historian and author, will present a lecture about Iroquois history on Sunday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m. at the Onondaga…