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University Lectures series to present special conversational panel discussion on Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Wednesday, September 1, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The long-term impacts of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be explored in a special University Lectures presentation at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 26.

Campus & Community

Campus labs give packaging waste a second life

Monday, August 30, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University laboratories are keeping one of the most “eco-unfriendly” materials out of the waste stream. The labs recently stopped trashing polystyrene foam, better known as Styrofoam, and instead are now giving the non-biodegradable packaging material a second life through recycling.

Art-in-Motion presents free citywide performance Sept. 11 to highlight neighborhood creativity

Friday, August 27, 2010, By News Staff

The performance is entitled “Art-in-Motion.”

STEM

SU professor awarded NSF grant to design more secure Web browsers

Friday, August 27, 2010, By News Staff

Wenliang Du, professor of computer science in the L.C Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has received a $471,970 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore ways to make web browsers a safer environment for information gathering and dissemination.

Campus & Community

Syracuse International Film Festival announces October programs

Thursday, August 26, 2010, By News Staff

SYRFILMFEST has announced its lineup of special event programming for October.

SU in the News: Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Wednesday, August 25, 2010, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Immigration information from SU’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is featured in the Houston Chronicle and the Dallas Morning News in articles on the Department of Homeland Security reviewing thousands of pending immigration cases and…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, August 25

Wednesday, August 25, 2010, By News Staff

Nanobiotechnology research on accelerating algae growth is covered in several web-based science sites

STEM

Syracuse University research team uses nanobiotechnology-manipulated light particles to accelerate algae growth; may be a key to creating efficient biofuel production

Tuesday, August 24, 2010, By News Staff

Scientists and engineers seek to meet three goals in the production of biofuels from non-edible sources such as microalgae: efficiency, economical production and ecological sustainability. A team led by Syracuse University’s Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has uncovered a process that is a promising step toward accomplishing these three goals.

Campus & Community

Chancellor’s Leadership Award catalyzes project, conference on transnationalizing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) studies

Tuesday, August 24, 2010, By News Staff

On Sept. 23-25, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Studies Program at Syracuse University will host an inaugural conference, “Transnationalizing LGBT Studies” that will cross geographic and cultural borders to explore LGBT scholarship and activism from a transnational perspective.

Syracuse iSchool assistant professor awarded IMLS grant to assess information literacy

Monday, August 23, 2010, By News Staff

Working with a three-year grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services, Megan Oakleaf will develop and test rubrics that evaluate student learning.