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Discovery Communications founder, chairman John S. Hendricks speaks Oct. 20 in University Lectures presentation

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 As founder and chairman of Discovery Communications, John Hendricks has dramatically expanded learning and education across the globe.  Hendricks will speak on “Modern Media and the Journey of Discovery” in a University Lectures presentation on Tuesday,…

Thousands of Syracuse city elementary students begin Say Yes after-school program

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, By News Staff

Susan Feightner(315) 443-1525 Nearly 2,000 Syracuse city school students in grades K-4 will begin the Say Yes After School Program on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The program began last year in the Corcoran quadrant with 800 K-3 students enrolled in the…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, October 12

Monday, October 12, 2009, By News Staff

Maxwell School’s Leonard Burman comments on taxes and size of government in National Journal

Campus & Community

Syracuse University named a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research

Monday, October 12, 2009, By News Staff

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security has named Syracuse University a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance-Research.

Health & Society

Richard Pound, long-time IOC member, founding chairman of World Anti-Doping Agency, to speak at SU Oct. 25

Monday, October 12, 2009, By Michele Barrett

With the recent selection of Rio de Janeiro as the host site for the 2016 summer games, long-time IOC member Richard Pound will share insider insights and perspective on the decision when he travels to Syracuse University on Oct. 25.

Physics department garners $4.5 million in federal stimulus funding

Friday, October 9, 2009, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-8085 Syracuse University’s Department of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences has received almost $4.5 million in grants from the National Science Foundation through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The grants will be used…

SU again receives strong marks in sustainability from Sustainable Endowments Institute

Friday, October 9, 2009, By News Staff

Sara Miller(315) 443-9038 In recognition of Syracuse University’s continuing engagement with the world as a leader in promoting and practicing sustainability, the Sustainable Endowments Institute has again given the University strong marks in its 2010 College Sustainability Report Card. According…

SU in the News: Friday, October 9, 2009

Friday, October 9, 2009, By News Staff

An op-ed on entrepreneurial decision making and the health care debate by Tom Lumpkin, the Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School, is featured in Newsday. And an op-ed on supporting local food entrepreneurs by Lynne Foster, product development…

SU in the News: Thursday, October 8, 2009

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Mitch Franklin, assistant professor of accounting practice in the Whitman School of Management, was quoted in a Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram article on changes in the personal credit card industry. Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular…

iSchool Professor Lee McKnight receives two-year $600,000 NSF grant for wireless grid project

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Margaret Spillett(315) 443-1069 Lee McKnight, associate professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) and co-founder of Wireless Grids Corp., and a team of researchers at SU have been awarded—along with Virginia Tech—a National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnership…