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University College Brings Higher Ed Partners Together to Discuss Online Education Strategies

Thursday, December 4, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

University College hosted a full day informational seminar for 18 Central and Western New York State schools and colleges to discuss state authorization processes, organizational structures of online education and best practices for online education. The seminar, which took place…

Symposium on Indigenous Perspectives to Take Place Thursday, Friday

Monday, December 1, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse Symposium™ 2014: Perspective will close with a collaborative symposium, “Indigenous Perspectives on Museums and Cultural Centers” on Thursday, Dec. 4, and Friday, Dec. 5, to discuss how to effectively communicate an indigenous perspective on the history of museums as…

STEM

Elliot Douglas to Speak on STEM Topics

Monday, December 1, 2014, By News Staff

Elliot Douglas from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering  at the University of Florida and current chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)​ will present on two STEM education topics: ​An “Introduction to…

STEM

Does Your Smartphone Know the Real You?

Monday, November 24, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Ask someone what they use their smartphone for and they will likely provide examples of how they use it to connect with friends, family and work, take photos, listen to music, play games or get directions. Beneath it all, there…

Annual Charity Sports Auction on Dec. 6 Benefits Local Community

Friday, November 21, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Make-A-Wish Central New York will be the beneficiary of this year’s 10th Annual Charity Sports Auction, to be held Dec. 6 during the men’s basketball game against St. John’s at the Carrier Dome. Previous auctions have brought in as much…

STEM

Building a Better Filter to Improve Energy Efficiency

Friday, November 21, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Professor Jensen Zhang of the College of Engineering and Computer Science recently received funding to develop energy efficient, single-stage air filters for buildings from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Advanced Buildings Program. Currently, buildings use…

Veterans

Research to Assess How Tech May Aid Refugees, Veterans in Transitions

Thursday, November 20, 2014, By Diane Stirling

How do people get back to normal life when adjusting their perspectives, social relationships, identities and other everyday facets after experiencing major cultural and environmental disruptions? Could specific technologies be designed to help them? Those are questions School of Information…

Democratizing Knowledge Collective Receives Mellon Grant

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

“Just Academic Spaces” is the theme of a three-year, $500,000 project, organized and presented by the Democratizing Knowledge (DK) Collective in the College of Arts and Sciences and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Co-directed by professors Linda Carty…

INSCT, Moynihan Present Social Media Findings to Local Emergency Managers

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Ines Mergel, associate professor of public administration in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a senior research associate in the Center for Technology and Information Policy, has been leading a long-term research project on the use of…

Geologists Shed Light on Formation of Alaska Range

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Geologists in the College of Arts and Sciences have recently figured out what has caused the Alaska Range to form the way it has and why the range boasts such an enigmatic topographic signature.