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Veterans

Institute for Veterans and Military Families takes part in veteran working group at Clinton Global Initiative meeting

Wednesday, June 29, 2011, By News Staff

History suggests that the economic and social challenges faced by the more than 2.5 million Americans who have served our country in uniform since 2001 will be formidable upon their transition from military service to civilian life . In order…

STEM

Who killed Sly Vox?

Tuesday, June 28, 2011, By Cyndi Moritz

Who killed rock ‘n’ roll star Sly Vox? Was it his ex-bandmate and ex-fiancée, Ivory Keyz? Fired security chief Hound Dawg? South American singer A. Capella, who accused Vox of stealing music and lyrics? Or was it one of the…

Campus & Community

SU students invited to be reporters of Scholarship in Action

Tuesday, June 28, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Division of Student Affairs has launched OrangeReport—student-driven news told through video or blog about Scholarship in Action. OrangeReport invites SU students to share with the campus community, and beyond, how they are spending their summer vacation as it…

STEM

Welch Allyn, Syracuse University announce new plans for Blue Highway, LLC

Tuesday, June 28, 2011, By News Staff

Created in 2008 as a technology incubator of Syracuse University and Welch Allyn, Blue Highway, LLC, has flourished in its mission to research and incubate innovative health care technologies and concepts. Today, June 28, Welch Allyn announced that Blue Highway—a…

STEM

Syracuse University biologist discovers key regulators for biofilm development

Friday, June 24, 2011, By News Staff

They can be found everywhere—organized communities of bacteria sticking to surfaces both inside and outside the body. These biofilms are responsible for some of the most virulent, antibiotic-resistant infections in humans; however, scientific understanding of how these communities develop is…

STEM

Discovery by SU physicist alters conventional understanding of sight

Friday, June 24, 2011, By News Staff

A discovery by a team of researchers led by a Syracuse University physicist sheds new light on how the vision process is initiated. For almost 50 years, scientists have believed that light signals could not be initiated unless special light-receptor…

Health & Society

Burton Blatt Institute International Conference to focus on impact of Japanese earthquake on disabled

Wednesday, June 22, 2011, By News Staff

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University and the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics will hold a joint conference on SU’s campus June 29 and 30 on issues related to disability and economics. The University of Tokyo’s…

Campus & Community

SU Abroad Executive Director Jon Booth to retire

Wednesday, June 22, 2011, By News Staff

After 17 years at SU Abroad—11 as deputy director and the past six as executive director— Jon Booth will step down as executive director on Oct. 1 and work with leaders in Academic Affairs to support the transition of SU…

Campus & Community

Graduate student shares passion for science with middle school students during Science Horizons Summer Program

Wednesday, June 22, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

When Nadia Essi was selected as the only eighth-grade student from Levy Middle School to attend a science camp at Syracuse University, she was excited to learn more about a subject she had come to love. “My fifth-grade teacher, Mrs….

Arts & Culture

Mark Linder named inaugural Chancellor’s Fellow in the Humanities

Monday, June 20, 2011, By News Staff

Mark Linder, Syracuse Architecture associate professor, has been named the inaugural Chancellor’s Fellow in the Humanities beginning in August. This position marks the critical place of architecture within the humanities. It will offer new avenues for programming with the Humanities…