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Humanities Data Mining Subject of ‘Issues in Digital Scholarship’ Talk
Peter Leonard, librarian for digital humanities research at Yale, will give a talk titled “Making Sense: Data-Mining Large Collections of Digitized Cultural Material,” on Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. Leonard’s…
School of Ed. Offers 12-month Master’s Degree Options for Grade 7-12 Teachers
The School of Education will offer new and revised graduate teacher preparation programs for grades 7-12 in English, mathematics, science (biology, chemistry, Earth science or physics), or social studies in a condensed configuration, beginning in 2015. Admitted students with bachelor’s…
Hemsley’s ‘Going Viral’ Wins Annual ASIS&T Book Award
A faculty member whose research and writing regarding the components and characteristics of virality in the online media space is having that scholarship recognized with one of two best book awards at the annual meeting of the Association of Information Science…
SALTQuarters Gallery Presents Fermented Freedom
You are invited to celebrate Harriet Tubman with bread baking, work song singing and writing! Nov. 8, 1-5 p.m. SALTQuarters Gallery 115 Otisco St., Syracuse “The Underground Railroad was a fugitive trail that tended to erase itself; we are unlikely…
Artist and Critical Musicologist Explores T-Pain’s Use of Sonic, Cinematic Strategies
The sonic and cinematic strategies of hip-hop producer and rapper T-Pain are the subject of a forthcoming scholarly article by James Gordon Williams, a new faculty member of the College of Arts and Sciences. An assistant professor of African American…
CSD’s Newest Faculty Member Awarded $557,000 NIH Grant
Jonathan Preston G’02, G’08 may be new to the Syracuse University faculty, but he’s no stranger to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). Preston first stepped onto campus as a graduate student 13 years ago. Today, he is…
Physicist Receives $1.17 Million NIH Grant to Create ‘Nanobiosensors’
Liviu Movileanu, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.17 million grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Movileanu will…
Geologist Reveals Correlation Between Earthquakes, Landslides
A geologist in the College of Arts and Sciences has demonstrated that earthquakes—not climate change, as previously thought—affect the rate of landslides in Peru. The finding is the subject of an article in Nature Geoscience (Nature Publishing Group, 2014) by…
Syracuse Scholar: Nick Danyluk
When the installation of Windows 8 was complete on Nick Danyluk’s laptop, he discovered with disappointment that the interface was geared toward monitors with touch screens, which was not something his computer featured. In this scenario, most people would seek…
Live Virtual Conference: ‘Accessing Higher Ground’
All SU faculty and staff are invited to the virtual version of “Accessing Higher Ground,” a live, web-based conference focused on accessible media, web and technology, presented by the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD). The 17th annual conference…