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STEM

From atoms to satellites

Monday, November 19, 2012, By News Staff

Alumnus Alfred U. Mac Rae receives Distinguished Alumni Award While those who attended SU during the late 1950s may not have known his name, many recall the Ghost of Archbold Stadium, a.k.a. Alfred U. Mac Rae ’54, G’57, Ph.D. ’60….

STEM

iSchool’s It Girls Retreat shows high school girls possibility of careers in technology

Monday, November 19, 2012, By News Staff

It’s Monday afternoon, Nov. 12, and the main hallway of the iSchool is filled with unusual activity—approximately 92 high school girls from across the country, along with several of their parents, are getting ready to showcase their final projects as…

Business & Economy

Whitman School’s MBA program ranked #55 by Bloomberg Businessweek

Friday, November 16, 2012, By News Staff

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University earned the #55 spot in Bloomberg Businessweek’s biennial ranking of top MBA programs. The ranking, now in its 24th year, includes 81 schools globally. “We’re very pleased that Bloomberg Businessweek…

Arts & Culture

Paperback writers (and hardcover ones too): SU’s creative writing program turns 50

Thursday, November 15, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Raymond Carver said that the secret of good writing wasn’t talent—there’s plenty of that around, he added—but a person’s ability to put his signature on everything he does.

Arts & Culture

Grammy-winning country music artist is next in Raymond Carver Reading Series

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By News Staff

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell will present the next installment of the Fall 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 5:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by a question-and-answer session from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event…

Arts & Culture

New exhibition showcases VPA’s graduate program in museum studies

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By Erica Blust

Museum studies students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts will give the public an opportunity to learn more about the graduate museum studies program in the new exhibition “Museum Studies: What We Do,” Nov. 14-Dec. 12 on the…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Food, Inc.’ documentary screening to be held Nov. 15

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By News Staff

How much do we really know about the food we buy at local supermarkets? Take a peek under the veil of our nation’s highly mechanized food industry in the final movie of the SUstainable CommuNitY Film Series. The Academy Award…

Campus & Community

Seminar: Robust Heuristic GP Optimization for Synthesis Realization and Diagnosis

Monday, November 12, 2012, By News Staff

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seminar ROBUST HEURISTIC GP OPTIMIZATION FOR SYNTHESIS REALIZATION AND DIAGNOSES Date and Time: Friday, Nov. 16, 2:15-3:10 p.m., Watson Theatre, Watson Hall by Sayed M. Metwalli, PhD., PE, Life Fellow ASME, Fellow SME Professor…

Prediction app created by SU team available for download

Monday, November 12, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University student entrepreneurs are making their mark, and the latest to do that is PsyQic. PsyQic, which allows users to share predictions on sports, politics, TV shows, movies, business, science, environment, technologies and more, is now available for iOS…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School, W2O Group partner to form Center for Social Commerce

Friday, November 9, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and W2O Group, an independent global network of leading communications counseling firms, today announced the creation of the W2O Group Center for Social Commerce, focusing on imparting industry-leading skills and acumen to students,…