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Arts & Culture

Author Chris Stedman Will Share Quest to Bridge Gap Between Religious and Atheists

Thursday, January 31, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Chris Stedman, assistant Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University, will share his experience as an Evangelical Christian turned Atheist—one who is searching for ways to engage religious diversity—with the Syracuse University community on Tuesday, Feb. 5. “Faithiest: How an Athiest Found…

Campus & Community

Refugee Resettlement at Next Session of IRP

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The Feb. 7 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Helen Malina from the InterFaith Works Center for New Americans. Malina will discuss how the refugee resettlement program handles the task of creating new homes for families…

Health & Society

Gretchen Lopez Honored with Racial Justice Award

Monday, January 28, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

Gretchen Lopez, assistant professor of Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University’s School of Education, is the recipient of the 2013 Racial Justice Award given by InterFaith Works/Community Wide Dialogue to End Racism (IFW/CWD) of Central New York. She will…

Media, Law & Policy

Coder and Journalist Dan Schultz to Present ‘Hacking Journalism’ Feb. 6

Monday, January 28, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The second installment of the new Digital Edge Journalism seminar series in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will bring to campus Dan Schultz, a Knight-Mozilla Fellow at the Boston Globe. He will discuss “Hacking Journalism” on Wednesday, Feb….

STEM

Modifications of a nanoparticle can change chemical interactions with cell membranes

Wednesday, January 23, 2013, By News Staff

Researchers at Syracuse University’s Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are studying the toxicity of commonly used nanoparticles, particles up to one million times smaller than a millimeter that could potentially…

K. Matthew Dames Named Interim Associate Dean for Research Collections Scholarly Communication

Monday, January 14, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

K. Matthew Dames has been appointed interim associate dean for Research, Collections and Scholarly Communication (RCSC) at the Syracuse University Library. Dames, a member of the Dean’s Team in his capacity as director of the Copyright and Information Policy office,…

STEM

Wireless Grids Lab innovation featured in Emergency Management Magazine

Monday, December 3, 2012, By J.D. Ross

The November/December 2012 issue of Emergency Management magazine features the Wireless Grids Lab’s iDAWG: Intelligent Deployable Augmented Wireless Gateway technology. In an article covering emerging innovation, the iDAWG is highlighted for its ability to provide interoperable communications channels between many…

STEM

From atoms to satellites

Monday, November 19, 2012, By News Staff

Alumnus Alfred U. Mac Rae receives Distinguished Alumni Award While those who attended SU during the late 1950s may not have known his name, many recall the Ghost of Archbold Stadium, a.k.a. Alfred U. Mac Rae ’54, G’57, Ph.D. ’60….

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, October 24

Thursday, October 25, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A Time magazine and Carnegie Corporation poll report on higher education notes a recommendation from Syracuse University Chancellor Cantor on public and private colleges and universities sharing services and facilities. The S.I. Newhouse School of…

Arts & Culture

SU, Cornell mount landmark conference devoted to philosopher Walter Benjamin Oct. 31-Nov. 2

Tuesday, October 23, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its theme of “Memory-Media-Archive” with a two-day conference on the impact of the 20th-century German philosopher and social critic Walter Benjamin. Titled “Memoryscapes and Imageworlds: Archive, Architecture and Media after Walter Benjamin,” the program runs Oct. 31-Nov….