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Arts & Culture

Gallery director, curator Laura Blereau to present lecture Sept. 21

Thursday, September 16, 2010, By Erica Blust

Laura Blereau, the curator and director of bitforms gallery in New York City, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium in the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building.

STEM

Syracuse University on Foursquare enables students and campus visitors to meet up with friends, learn about places, take advantage of special offers

Thursday, September 9, 2010, By News Staff

SU has established a presence in Foursquare, a popular location-based social media environment.

Media, Law & Policy

‘Barack Obama and 21st Century Politics’ breaks down revolutionary movements behind president’s campaign

Wednesday, September 8, 2010, By News Staff

A new book by Horace Campbell looks at the economic, political, and social forces that converged to form Obama’s electoral revolution.

Arts & Culture

Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities focuses on Afghanistan, Vietnam wars

Wednesday, September 8, 2010, By News Staff

George Packer, critically acclaimed author and staff writer for The New Yorker, will present “An American Dilemma: Obama, Afghanistan and Vietnam” at 4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16.

Four distinguished alumni to be honored with Arents Awards Oct. 15

Tuesday, September 7, 2010, By News Staff

The awards will be part of the Orange Central celebration.

STEM

LCS’s Heng Yin awarded NSF grant to fight against malicious code

Tuesday, September 7, 2010, By News Staff

After completing his Ph.D. in 2009, Heng Yin went straight to work preparing his grant proposal, “Mining Operating System Semantics: Techniques and Applications.” For this proposal, Yin has received a $427,000 grant from the NSF to fight against malicious code.

Campus & Community

New campus composting program in full swing, reduces food waste

Friday, September 3, 2010, By News Staff

A new composting program is diverting several tons of food waste away from SU Food Services’ dumpsters each month and returning it back to its organic origins.

Oakleaf’s paper selected among ALA LIRT’s Top 20 of 2009

Friday, September 3, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Information Studies Assistant Professor Megan Oakleaf wrote one of the 20 best library instruction articles of 2009, according to the American Library Association Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT). The committee reviewed more than 200 published articles on the topic before crafting its list.

Campus & Community

2010 Goon Squad continues the long tradition at SU

Thursday, September 2, 2010, By News Staff

The Goon Squad is a tradition at Syracuse University that dates back to the 1940s. The Goon Squad consists of volunteer upperclassmen who assist new students and their families as they move into residence halls and at other events throughout…

SU art and design faculty showcase work in ‘Pliable Planes’ at The Warehouse

Thursday, September 2, 2010, By Erica Blust

Five members of the School of Art and Design faculty in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will showcase their work in “Pliable Planes: Cloth & Beyond” Sept. 7-29 at the Design Gallery at The Warehouse.