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Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, August 15

Wednesday, August 15, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Articles in the Watertown Daily Times, North Country Now (Potsdam, N.Y.) and the Central New York Business Journal reported on Clarkson University joining Syracuse University as a satellite campus of the SU Industrial Assessment Center…

Media, Law & Policy

Disability law expert named distinguished professor

Monday, August 13, 2012, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Dean Hannah Arterian recently announced that Professor Arlene Kanter was named the Bond, Schoeneck & King Distinguished Professor at Syracuse University College of Law for 2012-14. Kanter teaches courses on U.S., comparative and international disability law and policy; education and…

Veterans

IVMF partners with US Business Leadership Network to further advance service-disabled veterans in employment and entrepreneurship

Monday, August 13, 2012, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) is pleased to announce a partnership with the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN®) focused on service-disabled veterans in employment and entrepreneurship. The partnership will advance joint initiatives undertaken by…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, August 13

Monday, August 13, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Tacoma Weekly reported on Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup, a program to help transitioning service members and veterans become entrepreneurs. The pilot program was launched by the Institute for Veterans and…

Campus & Community

Timothy Eatman and Scott Peters named Imagining America co-directors

Monday, August 13, 2012, By Jamie Haft

Syracuse University and Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA) announce the appointments of Timothy K. Eatman and Scott J. Peters as IA co-directors, effective Aug. 1. “With Eatman and Peters as directors, IA will continue to advance…

Veterans

IVMF announces appointment of VMI’s Roger Thompson as senior fellow

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By News Staff

Continuing its commitment to leveraging the national resources of higher education in service to the nation’s veterans and military families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has announced the appointment of Roger Thompson, professor of…

STEM

WiGiT’s iDAWG communications elements progressing to field test

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Technology improving interoperability of public emergency response communication devices with each other—and with cell phones, CB radios and walkie-talkies—is continuing development this summer, providing a testing ground for planners and experiential learning for School of Information Studies students. Hardware and…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, August 3

Friday, August 3, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Asian Age and Medical Daily reported on the recent findings by a team of researchers in The College of Arts and Sciences that found in the sperm competition of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), slower and/or…

Campus & Community

Lil O’Rourke elected to CASE board of trustees

Thursday, August 2, 2012, By News Staff

Lil Breul O’Rourke ’77, G’04, secretary to the Syracuse University Board of Trustees and vice president of principal gifts, has been elected to the CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) board of trustees. O’Rourke will serve as the…

STEM

For sperm, faster isn’t always better

Wednesday, August 1, 2012, By News Staff

New study by Syracuse University scientists uncovers a reproduction conundrum When it comes to sperm meeting eggs in sexual reproduction, conventional wisdom holds that the fastest swimming sperm are most likely to succeed in their quest to fertilize eggs. That…