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Business Manager Phil Sarna to Speak Jan. 27
Phil Sarna, managing director of PS Business Management LLC, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium (Room 007), located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The…
Hillary Clinton to Deliver Keynote at Toner Prize Celebration March 23 in Washington
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the award celebration for the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting March 23 in Washington, D.C. The Toner Prize, sponsored by the S.I. Newhouse School of…
Retired Professor of Painting Ludwig Stein Dies
Ludwig Stein, revered professor of painting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Art, died on Tuesday, Jan. 13, in Cancún, Mexico. He was 76. Stein, who had recently retired and moved to Oneonta, N.Y., taught…
Geologists Receive Federal Grant to Study Tectonic Uplift
Earth scientists in the College of Arts and Sciences have received a major grant to test a new technique for measuring tectonic uplift. Gregory Hoke, assistant professor of Earth sciences, and Devin McPhillips, a postdoctoral research associate, are the recipients…
Community Folk Art Center Presents Black History Month Kick Off Concert
Community Folk Art Center will begin the celebration of Black History Month in collaboration with WAER, by hosting a Black History Month Kick Off Concert on Friday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. The concert will feature singer/songwriter Lydia Caesar and…
Faculty, Students Train India’s Future Engineers to Reduce Energy Footprint
Rapid economic growth in India has led to a spike in energy consumption, placing a serious strain on the country’s grid and energy supplies. Blackouts and brownouts are common and widespread. Worse, limited resources often make it impossible to generate…
Nicholson to Speak at Game Design Conference
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Scott Nicholson, an expert in meaningful gamification, transformative games, facilitating learning through games and play in non-classroom settings, and a game designer himself, has been invited to address the IndieCade East conference in…
iSchool Announces MLIS ‘Expect More’ Scholarship Program
A new initiative at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) offers an enriched graduate education experience to students who want to become leaders in librarianship and develop skills that are applicable to a wide range of 21st-century careers that are…
Q & A: Christopher Faricy on the State of the Union Address
From the economy to the war on terror, President Obama touched on a wide range of issues during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Christoper Faricy, assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School and author of…
University Receives $3.2M to Develop Localized Heating and Cooling Systems
The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Delivering Efficient Local Thermal Amenities (DELTA) program will develop localized heating and cooling systems and devices to expand temperature ranges within buildings. The program plans to provide $30 million to support 11…