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STEM

Scott Pitnick Appointed Weeden Professor

Wednesday, May 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Professor Scott Pitnick, a highly accomplished evolutionary biologist in the fields of sexual selection, reproductive genetics and speciation, has been appointed the inaugural Weeden Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. The professorship, appointed by the dean, will support…

STEM

Rules to Cut Carbon Emissions Also Reduce Other Air Pollutants

Tuesday, May 27, 2014, By News Staff

Setting strong standards for climate-changing carbon emissions from power plants would provide reductions in other air pollutants that can make people sick and harm the environment, according to a new study by scientists at Syracuse University and Harvard.

STEM

Student Presented with Dream Award Scholarship on National Television

Friday, May 23, 2014, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) sophomore Charlene Hinton was presented with a Dream Award Scholarship by television show host Katie Couric in an appearance on Couric’s talk show program. Hinton was also a recent recipient of the Chancellors Award for…

Campus & Community

Meeting of the Minds in the ACC

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

In a year of first-time matchups for Syracuse University as a new member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Stephen DeSalvo ’14 and Kelsey Monteith ’14 brought their game to another ACC first.

Arts & Culture

In One Era and Out the Other

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, By Rob Enslin

With its ability to simulate real-world listening environments, such as crowds and noisy restaurants, the Hearing Aid Fitting/Demonstration room owes much of its “wow” factor to an Audioscan Hearing Aid Analyzer, a typewriter-sized tool used to quickly and accurately fit hearing aids.

Arts & Culture

Scholar Investigates ‘Media-Savvy Evangelicalism’

Monday, May 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The intersection of church and cinema is the subject of a major article by a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences. Deborah Justice, the Carole and Alvin I. Schragis Faculty Fellow in the Department of Art and…

Arts & Culture

‘Inner Fish’ Author to Deliver Fall Milton Lecture

Monday, May 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Neil Shubin, a nationally renowned paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and science writer, will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Shubin—author of the bestselling “Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of…

Arts & Culture

Farewell Remarks and Reception to Be Held in Langford’s Honor

Friday, May 16, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

After six years at the helm of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dean George M. Langford will officially step down in June, but not before his esteemed colleagues, loyal staff and friends have the opportunity to send him off…

Arts & Culture

A Lesson in Literacy

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Sophia Bravo’s commitment as a Syracuse University Literacy Corps tutor always goes back to one thing. “It’s the kids. Always, always, always the kids,” Bravo ’16 says.

Campus & Community

University Scholar Speaks for the Students

Monday, May 12, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Molly Linhorst ’14 poses the question, “Where were you when you when you felt most a part of something larger than yourself?”