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Campus & Community

TRAC Co-Founder’s Groundbreaking Investigative Books Now Available Digitally

Wednesday, January 14, 2015, By Greg Munno

More than three decades ago, Random House published “The Rise of the Computer State,” David Burnham’s prescient book that predicted how computers would soon dominate politics, economics, law enforcement and the basic thinking of the American people. Long before the…

STEM

iSchool Mourns Former Faculty Member Marta Dosa

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies Professor Emerita Marta Dosa passed away on Thursday, Jan. 8. She joined the faculty in 1962, after receiving her master’s degree in library science from Syracuse in 1957, and served for 34 years. She was 91…

STEM

Research Finds In-Game Rewards Have No Effect on Learning

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By J.D. Ross

New research from School of Information Studies Associate Professor Jenny Stromer-Galley explores the role of in-game rewards and the impact they have on learning in educational games. In a paper set to be published in the April edition of Computers…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: Tully Center for Free Speech Director Roy Gutterman on Charlie Hebdo Violence

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Roy S. Gutterman, a graduate of the Newhouse School and the Syracuse University College of Law, is an expert on communications law and the First Amendment. He is director of Newhouse’s Tully Center for Free Speech. In the wake of…

STEM

Shining a Light on Quantum Dots Measurement

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By News Staff

Professor Shikha Nangia, in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, and Professor Ari Chakraborty, in the Department of Chemistry collaborated to understand how protein corona forms and what is different about the quantum dot before and after the formation of the corona.

Campus & Community

Posse Foundation President Deborah Bial to Visit Campus Jan. 26

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By News Staff

At Chancellor Kent Syverud’s invitation, Deborah Bial, president and founder of the Posse Foundation, will visit campus on Monday, Jan. 26. The Posse Foundation provides college access and youth leadership development opportunities to top public high school students from diverse…

Campus & Community

Office of the Board of Trustees Reorganizes to Enhance and Support University Governance

Monday, January 12, 2015, By News Staff

Richard L. Thompson, Chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees, today announced several appointments that will enhance the Office of the Board of Trustees and support the efficient governance of the University. Lisa A. Dolak, the Angela S. Cooney Professor…

STEM

Todorova Serves as Science Observer in UN Mercury Negotiations

Friday, January 9, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

In November, Assistant Professor Svetoslava Todorova of the College of Engineering and Computer Science participated in the sixth session of the United Nations mandated Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC) on Mercury in Thailand. The INC on Mercury has been instrumental in the…

Campus & Community

Apply Now for Project ENGAGE

Friday, January 9, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

The application period for Project ENGAGE, a fun, hands-on engineering immersion program for high-achieving middle school girls, is now open. Hosted by the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the program sparks a passion for engineering among middle school girls at…

STEM

Preview the New Collaborative Classroom

Thursday, January 8, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

The College of Engineering and Computer Science will open a state-of-the-art collaborative classroom this month. Students will work with peers and instructors to explore their class material in ways that aren’t possible in traditional classrooms. In this new space, instructors will design…