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Discovery Communications founder, chairman John S. Hendricks speaks Oct. 20 in University Lectures presentation
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
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…
SU in the News: Monday, October 12
Maxwell School’s Leonard Burman comments on taxes and size of government in National Journal
Syracuse University named a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research
The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security has named Syracuse University a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance-Research.
Richard Pound, long-time IOC member, founding chairman of World Anti-Doping Agency, to speak at SU Oct. 25
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
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
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
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
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
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…