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Physicists Use Grant Award to Facilitate Teacher Training
Two physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have received a grant award designed to strengthen the teaching of high school physics throughout the region. Allen Miller, professor emeritus of physics, and Sam Sampere, an instructional lab manager, have received $7,500 from the John…
Pianist/Conductor Fleisher to Speak, Perform, Teach during Four Days of Appearances
Local audiences will have numerous opportunities to see, hear and enjoy legendary pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher when he visits Syracuse University for a series of events from Sept. 29-Oct. 2.
Indoor Mapping Project Attracts Funding from Google
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Yun Huang has received funding from Google’s Faculty Research Awards Program that will help her continue research on an indoor mapping project. The award of $38,514 is for Huang’s work on the research initiative “General…
Apply Now for 2015 Homecoming Court
Since the first queen was crowned in 1962, Homecoming has been a way for Syracuse University seniors to show their Orange Pride. Each year, Homecoming Court is made up of a group of students who actively show their pride in…
‘Food Foolish’ Author to Speak at CoE
John Mandyck ’89, G’92, chief sustainability officer of UTC Building and Industrial Systems and the co-author of the book “Food Foolish” will be speaking about the hidden connection between food waste, hunger and climate change at the Syracuse Center of…
Kathy Obear to Speak Oct. 2; Lead Student Diversity Summit Training Oct. 3
The Division of Student Affairs will bring Kathy Obear to campus for a keynote address and training on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3. The keynote address on Friday, Oct. 2, is scheduled from 3:30-4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel, with a…
Washington Post Chief Correspondent Dan Balz to Visit Newhouse Sept. 29
Dan Balz, award-winning chief correspondent at the Washington Post, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Sept. 29. He will discuss the 2016 presidential campaign in a question-and-answer session with Joel Kaplan, associate dean for professional…
Knight Foundation Recognizes SpeakEZ Efforts with Prototype Grant
The Knight Foundation Prototype Fund has recognized the work of a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member and several classes of his students in creating a system to help a refugee population use mobile phones to more easily communicate…
Syracuse Hosts EMPOWER Advisory Committee
Last April, an interdisciplinary team of University professors was awarded $3 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a new graduate-level training initiative called the Education Model Program on Water-Energy Research (EMPOWER). Before EMPOWER gets underway, the University…
Syracuse University and Le Moyne College Select 2015 Faculty Sustainability Fellows
Sherburne Abbott, vice president for sustainability initiatives at Syracuse University, and Steven Affeldt, director of the McDevitt Center at Le Moyne College, have announced the 2015 Faculty Sustainability Fellows. The fellows from each institution will gather for a series of…