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SU in the News: Thursday, September 17, 2009
Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commented on the future of soap operas in a Cleveland Plain Dealer article on the end of “Guiding Light.” He…
Five distinguished alumni to be honored with Arents Awards
Jaime Winne Alvarez(315) 443-3784 Five distinguished Syracuse University alumni representing excellence in the areas of civil liberties and women’s rights, international business and law, the performing arts, social activism and literature will be honored with George Arents Awards during the…
Senior Amy Rabideau receives prestigious 2009 Astronaut Scholarship award
Judy Holmes(315) 443-8085 Syracuse University senior Amy Rabideau is among 18 students nationwide to receive the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s 2009–10 scholarship award. The $10,000 scholarship is presented to top science and engineering students who exhibit exceptional performance, initiative and creativity…
Federal Gear Up, Syracuse City School District host Class of 2013 ceremony and orientation
Eileen Jevis(315) 443-3527 GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) and the Institute of Technology in the Syracuse City School District hosted an opening ceremony and orientation for the district’s ninth-graders—the Class of 2013—on Sept. 3. Students,…
SU in the News: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Research by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) was cited in a CNN Money article on mortgage fraud prosecutions. The CNY Speaks Initiative, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and Gregory Munno, adjunct instructor in the Newhouse…
New antimicrobial webs developed by Syracuse University researchers sterilize medical implants for up to 14 days, reduce chance of infection
SU News Services(315) 443-3784 Treatment of hospital-related infections in the United States costs up to $11 billion a year, and about half of those infections are related to medical devices implanted in patients. Until now, efforts to control drug-resistant biofilms…
Maxwell, Newhouse schools to co-host international journalists as part of U.S. Department of State program
Jaime Winne Alvarez(315) 443-3784 Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will jointly host a delegation of nine North Africa journalists from Oct. 1-7 as part of the U.S. Department of…
Jeffrey Saltz to discuss JPMorgan Chase Technology Center at SU in Sept. 17 Speaker Series presentation
Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 The JPMorgan Chase & Co. Fall 2009 Speaker Series at Syracuse University will kick off on Thursday, Sept. 17, with a discussion by Jeffrey Saltz on “Technology in Action! The JPMorgan Chase Technology Center at SU.”…
Students to document life in Skaneateles during annual multimedia workshop sponsored by SU’s Newhouse School
Wendy S. Loughlin(315) 443-2785 Some 40 multimedia (photography, video, audio and writing) students from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will turn their attention to the local town of Skaneateles this month, spending the weekend of Sept. 25-27…
Martin J. Whitman’s book named in Top 25 for investment strategy
Amy Schmitz(315) 443-3834 A 2000 book authored by Martin J. Whitman ’49, an alumnus of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University and the namesake of the Whitman School, has been named in the top 25 of must-read investment…