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STEM

Varshney to receive IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award for pioneering work in wireless technology

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Professor Pramod K. Varshney in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, an engineer whose pioneering and continuing contributions to distributed detection techniques and data fusion methods have fueled the success of wireless sensor networks benefiting aerospace, defense…

Arts & Culture

Greytak’s ‘Archaeology of a Woman’ awarded a Gold Remi Award

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, By Erica Blust

Sharon Greytak, professor of practice in film in VPA’s Department of Transmedia and an independent filmmaker, had her newest dramatic feature film “Archaeology of a Woman“ awarded a Gold Remi Award at the 45thWorldfest-Houston International Film Festival. Greytak’s lead actress,…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell geography professor Don Mitchell to receive Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography Award

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

Don Mitchell, Maxwell Distinguished Professor of Geography, had a date with a king on April 24. Mitchell received the Anders Retzius Medal in Gold from His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, on Vega Day, which celebrates geography and…

Landscape of Urban Education lecture series presents ‘Hip Hop Genius: Remixing Pedagogy, School Design and Leadership’ with author Sam Seidel

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education’s Landscape of Urban Education series will present “Hip Hop Genius: Remixing Pedagogy, School Design and Leadership” on Thursday, April 26, at 4 p.m. in Watson Theater. The lecture will be led by Sam Seidel, author of…

Media, Law & Policy

Two anthropology Ph.D. students receive major NSF fellowships

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, By News Staff

Melinda Gurr and Lauren Hosek, both second-year doctoral students in anthropology, have received highly prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The awards support advanced graduate study for three years, at $30,000 per year. In selecting Gurr and Hosek, the…

Campus & Community

NEW! Summer Institute for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

The Online Learning Services (OLS) group of Information Technology and Services (ITS) will offer its inaugural Summer Institute for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning (SITETL) to be held this summer in two separate week-long sessions in
order to accommodate different schedules.

Campus & Community

Tonight’s ‘Manufactured Landscapes’ documentary screening moved to Heroy Geology Lab Auditorium

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, By News Staff

Because of a scheduling conflict, the multiaward-winning documentary “Manufactured Landscapes” will be screened on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Heroy Geology Lab Auditorium.

Campus & Community

Science, technology and sustainability speakers at SUNY-ESF

Thursday, February 23, 2012, By News Staff

Upcoming lectures in the Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions Lecture Series will address science, technology, water, agriculture and sustainability.

Media, Law & Policy

Rubinstein co-authors article for Anthropology Today

Thursday, February 16, 2012, By News Staff

Robert A. Rubinstein, professor of anthropology and international relations in the Maxwell School, recently co-authored the article “‘Material Support’ U.S. anti-terrorism law threatens human rights and academic freedom,” which was published in Anthropology Today in February. The federal law prohibiting…

School Media Program ranks first for student services, technology

Tuesday, January 10, 2012, By J.D. Ross

The masters degree in library and information science with school media specialization offered by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) has been ranked first in the Student Services and Technology category of the U.S. News and World Report Top Online Education…