STEM
‘A Day with Virginia Valian’ to explore underrepresentation of women in STEM fields
Syracuse University’s Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) will host Virginia Valian, one of the leading experts on gender equality in the academy, on the SU campus on Friday, April 16.
Team led by SU professor discovers new technique to engineer nanoscale templates
A team led by Syracuse University researcher Radhakrishna Sureshkumar has discovered a new and broadly applicable technique to engineer nanoscale templates.
LCS alumnus Patrick Magari will share his experiences during annual Nunan Lecture and Research Day April 9
Patrick J. Magari ’85, G’90, Ph.D. ‘92, owner and principal engineer of Creare Inc., will present this year’s Nunan Lecture in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science.
Syracuse University students’ company, Brand-Yourself.com, named one of top 10 finalists in $200,000 Emerging Business Competition
Brand-Yourself.com, a Web 2.0 company created by a team of Syracuse University students, is among 10 semi-finalists vying for $200,000 in New York’s Creative Core® Emerging Business Competition.
Syracuse iSchool invites interested SU community members to hear about 2010 South by Southwest
The iSchool invites all interested students, faculty and staff members to “Tomorrow Happened Last Week … But It’s Happening Again Friday!” from 4- 6 p.m. on March 26 in the Innovation Studio, 011 Hinds Hall.
Syracuse iSchool hosts ‘Girls are I.T.’ event to introduce local Girl Scouts to information technology
On Saturday, March 6, the Syracuse University School of Information Studies hosted 39 Girl Scouts from cities across Central New York.
Syracuse University physicists play key role in effort to find dark matter
A team of scientists from the international Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment, which includes physicists from Syracuse University, has identified two events in a new analysis of experimental data that have characteristics consistent with particles that make up dark matter.
Syracuse iSchool doctoral student granted access to U.S. research facility supporting Nobel Prize-winning scientists studying climate change
John D’Ignazio, Ph. D. student in the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool), was accepted into the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Graduate Visitor Program.
SU students enter regional business competitions
Syracuse University has the most submissions to this year’s Central Upstate Regional Alliance Business Plan Competition, making up 39 percent of student business ideas in the running for $5,000. SU also has three teams entered in the $200,000 Emerging Business Competition.
iCaucus awards first Raymond von Dran Award to Drexel’s Toni Carbo
During an awards banquet Feb. 5 at the 2010 iConference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Syracuse iSchool Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy presented the first ever Raymond F. von Dran Award to Toni Carbo.