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Soling students to celebrate writing, editing, designing, publishing a book—in one semester

Tuesday, January 17, 2012, By News Staff

Proceeds from ‘Before Our Eyes: Inside the Changing World of Book Publishing’ to benefit ProLiteracy It is possible for a group of undergraduate students to write, edit, print, publish and market a book about the publishing industry all in one…

SyrFilmFest, Red House present ‘Science and Magic in Film’ series

Monday, January 9, 2012, By KC Duggan

SYRFILM INC. and The Red House Arts Center continue their collaboration on the series “Science and Magic in Film.” This four-part series takes place at the Red House Arts Center beginning this month, on the fourth Tuesday of each month….

iSchool and Microsoft partner on social networking experiment

Friday, December 16, 2011, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and Microsoft Corporation announce a partnership to better understand how Microsoft’s new social software So.cl can be used with students who have grown up with social software, study information science and design communication tools. So.cl…

It’s a queer world: Chancellor’s Leadership Project unites LGBT scholars, activists, artists from around the world

Thursday, December 15, 2011, By Rob Enslin

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, that the United States would consider gay rights when making future aid and asylum decisions, she acknowledged what scholars and activists have…

STEM

Hydrocarbon fuel cells show promise for micro power generation systems

Tuesday, December 6, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Jeongmin Ahn, assistant professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has published a review of Power Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (Power MEMS) in the high-impact combustion society journal Progress…

Ancient rocks provide clues for oxygen appearance in Earth’s atmosphere

Thursday, December 1, 2011, By News Staff

The appearance of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to an international team of researchers who investigated rock cores from the northwest region…

Aging Studies Institute established at SU

Friday, November 18, 2011, By News Staff

Interdisciplinary research institute will consolidate research, training on age-related issues Syracuse University has announced the formation of the Aging Studies Institute (ASI), a collaborative initiative of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the David B. Falk College…

Campus & Community

Burton Blatt Institute to co-host conference on genetic discrimination

Thursday, November 10, 2011, By News Staff

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University will co-host a conference on “Genetic Discrimination – Transatlantic Perspectives on the Case for a European-Level Legal Response.” Sponsored in partnership with the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National…

Health & Society

Student ambulance corps hosting College EMS Week events

Monday, November 7, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University Ambulance (SUA), the primary emergency medical response organization for the University area, will be hosting College EMS Week activities through Nov. 12 to raise public awareness. The events are designed to educate the campus and community about the…

‘Blue Gold’ documentary screening to be held Nov. 10

Friday, November 4, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Sustainability Division will host a “zero-waste” showing of the award-winning documentary film “Blue Gold: World Water Wars,” on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center. Admission is free and open…