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New Director of Native American Studies Program Named
The Native American Studies Program in The College of Arts and Sciences has a new director. Formerly a visiting faculty member at the University of Notre Dame, Scott Manning Stevens will lead the college’s rapidly growing interdisciplinary program in Native…
Physics Professor Lisa Manning Named Sloan Research Fellow
M. Lisa Manning, assistant professor of physics in The College of Arts and Sciences, studies the mechanics of how biological cells move and grow, and how granular materials fail. As an early career scientist, she is being recognized for her…
VPA Students Exhibit Work in ‘Common Language’
Eight undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are exhibiting work in the show “Common Language” through Saturday, Feb. 22, on the first-floor wall of the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The students showing…
Grad Student Wins First place in White House News Photographers Association Student Video Contest
Taylor Baucom, a graduate student in the Newhouse School’s Department of Multimedia Photography and Design (MPD), won first place in the White House News Photographers Association’s “2014 Eyes of History” student video contest, in the sports category. Her winning video,…
Getting to Know: Kevin Heffernan
Kevin Heffernan has always been excited about exercise. In high school and college he was active in many sports, and his sports training led to a love of weight lifting. His earliest research focused on weight training and the health…
Physicist’s Proposal in Quantum Computing Receives $2.25 Million in Funding
“The Big Bang Theory” is one of television’s most popular shows, but if you’re interested in physics, cutting-edge research and high IQs, you need to look no further than the Department of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences….
Physicist’s Work with Quarks May Resolve Unanswered Questions about Universe
A physicist in The College of Arts and Sciences has helped determine that colliding quarks and electrons “know” the difference between left and right.
A Change in Weather
Artist and VPA Associate Professor Sam Van Aken was curious about the effects of weather on body and mind. So he is transforming the atmosphere inside the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute’s (MWPAI) Museum of Art in Utica—at least for a little while.
Transmedia Visiting Artist Jacqueline Goss to Speak
Transmedia visiting artist, Jacqueline Goss will give a talk Jan 21, at 2 p.m. in Shemin Auditrorium in the Shaffer Art Building. Goss likes stories about people who set out to objectively measure or chart something and then fail in…
Freeman Hrabowski Named 2014 MLK Keynote Speaker
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), will be the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Pursuing the Dream: Above All Odds” on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, in…