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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…

Thorne, Chan appointed resident librarians in Learning Commons at Syracuse University Library

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin (315) 443-9788 Syracuse University Library has announced the appointment of Fantasia Thorne and Tina Chan as Learning Commons resident librarians. Thorne joined the library on Sept. 1. She received her M.L.I.S. from Simmons College in 2007 and…

Opportunity will be knocking this Sunday for South, West Side families

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

Susan Feightner(315) 443-1525 Say Yes to Education staff and volunteers will join forces this Sunday, Oct. 11, with 40 Below and other community organizations to canvass West and South Side neighborhoods. Volunteers will speak one-on-one with families about the many…

STEM

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

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By News Staff

A team of researchers at SU has been awarded, along with Virginia Tech, a National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation two-year grant totaling $600,000 for the Wireless Grid Innovation Testbed.

Campus & Community

Thorne, Chan appointed resident librarians in Learning Commons at Syracuse University Library

Thursday, October 8, 2009, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Library has announced the appointment of Fantasia Thorne and Tina Chan as Learning Commons resident librarians.