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STEM

NSF I-Corps Comes to Syracuse University, Free Short Course Offered

Monday, September 10, 2018, By News Staff

The National Science Foundation I-Corps (NSF I-Corps) gives researchers the opportunity to combine their strong technical and scientific knowledge with an entrepreneurial mindset, with the goal of helping bring technologies to market. The Upstate New York I-Corps Node will bring…

STEM

Registration Open for Student, Community Participants in Sept. 14-15 ‘Call for Code’ Hackathon Focused on Using Technology to Improve Disaster Preparedness and Relief

Monday, September 10, 2018, By News Staff

On average, every day natural disasters will directly impact 80,000 people, costing the global economy more than $270 million. What if technology could help improve these figures? This is the premise of the global Call for Code initiative, a massive…

Physics World

Lifetime Expectancy May be Longer Than What We Expected

Saturday, September 8, 2018, By Essence Britt

Steven Blusk, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in the Physics World story “Charmed baryon puzzles particle physicists by living longer.” Blusk and others have taken the time to remeasure the charmed baryon. The…

STEM

Dean Liz Liddy Announces Retirement, Plans to Conclude Tenure as Dean of School of Information Studies

Friday, September 7, 2018, By News Staff

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Dean Liz Liddy has been a student, a professor, a dean (twice) and a member of the Chancellor’s executive team in her career at Syracuse University. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, and becoming…

STEM

ECS Leadership and Faculty Immersed in Diversity and Inclusion Learning and Strategy

Friday, September 7, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Faculty and staff from the College of Engineering and Computer Science participated in the Strategic Diversity Leadership Institute at the college’s annual faculty retreat in August. The intensive day-long workshop followed the completion of National Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy by…

Arts & Culture

‘Becoming International: Musings on Studying Abroad in America’ Book Launch with New City Community Press

Friday, September 7, 2018, By Julie Sharkey

The Syracuse University Libraries, English Language Institute (ELI) at Syracuse University and the New City Community Press are hosting a book launch event to celebrate the upcoming publication of “Becoming International: Musings on Studying Abroad in America.” The event will…

Health & Society

Call for Proposals for Lerner Center Faculty Fellows Grant Program

Thursday, September 6, 2018, By News Staff

The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is proud to announce its inaugural Lerner Center Faculty Fellows Grant Program. The Faculty Fellows Grant Program will fund at least two research/evaluation awards…

Campus & Community

Summer College: An Eye-Opening Experience

Thursday, September 6, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

Nazrun Chowdhury can’t believe that the Charles Hayden Foundation was willing to spend its money sponsoring “a kid from the Bronx.” The foundation provides grants that focus on helping youth develop the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in school…

STEM

Michael ’72 and Susan Thonis Establish Second Endowed Professorship of Earth Sciences

Thursday, September 6, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Tripti Bhattacharya, assistant professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences and an expert in climate science, has been named the Thonis Family Professor (II). The professorship has been endowed through the generosity of Board of Trustees…

Arts & Culture

Design Intelligence Ranks School of Architecture No. 4 of Best Undergraduate Programs Nationwide

Thursday, September 6, 2018, By News Staff

Once again, the Syracuse University School of Architecture ranks among the nation’s best schools for the study of architecture. In the 2019 rankings report, compiled by Design Intelligence, the definitive ranking source for schools in architecture, landscape architecture and interiors,…