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iSchool Welcomes Five New Faculty Members

Tuesday, June 14, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has added five new professors to the tenure-track faculty ranks. Each are exceptional scholars and will continue to burnish the top-ranked programs and award-winning research of the Syracuse iSchool. Daniel E. Acuna Acuna earned his Ph.D….

STEM

A Dynamic Data Driven Approach to Information Fusion

Friday, May 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Professors Biao Chen and Pramod Varshney and Associate Professors Yingbin Liang and Jian Tang in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, along with researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, have been awarded a multi-year grant from the…

STEM

Syracuse Physicists among Recipients of Breakthrough, Gruber Prizes

Thursday, May 26, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The honors keep rolling in for the Gravitational Wave Group in the College of Arts and Sciences. Based in the Department of Physics, the group’s 22 members are among the recipients of the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and…

Campus & Community

Honors Students Awarded Crown/Wise Funding for Capstone Projects

Friday, May 20, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

From determining the toxicity of certain chemicals in Onondaga Lake to the architecture of learning environments to a film about cross-cultural adoption, students in the Renée Crown Honors Program are going deep into their fields for their capstone projects and…

STEM

Physicist Awarded IBM Grant to Develop Quantum Computing

Wednesday, May 18, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to help develop quantum computing technology. Britton Plourde, associate professor of physics, is using a three-year, $900,000 grant from IBM to conduct research for the…

STEM

Senior Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Tuesday, May 17, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Joshua Woods, a senior chemical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and chemistry minor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The fellowship was…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Presents Feydeau’s ‘A Flea in Her Ear’

Friday, April 29, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

The Department of Drama concludes its 2015-2016 season with David Ives’ new version of French playwright Georges Feydeau’s bedroom farce “A Flea in Her Ear.” Directed by Stephen Cross, this production runs May 6-14 at the Storch Theatre in the…

Health & Society

Professor Sandra Lane Leads Efforts Linking Public Health Education, Social Determinants of Health

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Michele Barrett

A key to more effective strategies for improving health and healthcare, in particular for underserved individuals and communities, lies in educating current and future health professionals about the social determinants of health. The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies…

STEM

Bamin Khomami to Give BMCE Distinguished Lecture

Friday, April 22, 2016, By News Staff

Professor Bamin Khomami, Granger and Beaman Distinguished University Professor at the University of Tennessee, will give a Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Distinguished Lecture on Friday, April 29, at 1 p.m. in 105 Life Science Building. The topic is “From Single…

Arts & Culture

Two VPA Graduate Students Selected for 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

Wednesday, April 20, 2016, By Erica Blust

Ozan Atalan and Jeremy Santiago-Horseman were among 87 young artists and artistic duos selected from more than 2,000 applications from more than 80 countries.