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Syracuse University is contributor to Discovery Communications upcoming ‘CURIOSITY’ project
Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 Syracuse University faculty are engaging with Discovery Communications in the development of a landmark, 60-episode television series that will explore the fundamental questions and underlying mysteries of our time. “CURIOSITY: The Questions of Our Life” will…
Discovery Communications founder, chairman John S. Hendricks speaks Oct. 20 in University Lectures presentation
Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 As founder and chairman of Discovery Communications, John Hendricks has dramatically expanded learning and education across the globe. Hendricks will speak on “Modern Media and the Journey of Discovery” in a University Lectures presentation on Tuesday,…
‘New generation’ architect to lecture at Syracuse Architecture
Audrey Matlock will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Physics department garners $4.5 million in federal stimulus funding
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
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
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…
Application deadline for Interdisciplinary Research Group Faculty Fellows is Oct. 15
The Interdisciplinary Research Group in the College of Visual and Performing Arts is seeking faculty members from around SU to participate in a seminar on the theme of “Journeys of Interdisciplinary Observation.”
SU Women’s Choir hosts seventh annual Invitational Women’s Choir Festival Oct. 17; event culminates with free concert
The Syracuse University Women’s Choir will host the seventh annual Invitational Women’s Choir Festival on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Setnor School.
SU in the News: Thursday, October 8, 2009
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
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…