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International researchers will join Syracuse University celebration of life, work of pioneering indoor air quality researcher P. Ole FangerDecember 08, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Two prominent international researchers in indoor air quality — Pawel Wargocki of Denmark and Shin-ichi Tanabe of…

DPS unionized staff approve contractDecember 08, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Syracuse University’s unionized Department of Public Safety (DPS) employees approved a proposed three-year agreement by a 32-6 margin. A total of 52 DPS staff members were eligible to vote. The contract…

Call for entries for Newhouse School’s 2007 Mirror Awards under way, website establishedDecember 06, 2006Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has established the Mirror Awards to recognize excellence in media industry reporting. The call for…

VPA Dean’s Gallery hosts exhibition of works by SU professor, illustrator John ThompsonDecember 06, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Dean’s Gallery at Syracuse University will host “John Thompson: A Traveler’s Glimpse of India,” an…

Point of Contact celebrates 30 years of publishing with anniversary anthology co-published with SU PressDecember 06, 2006Tere Paniaguatpaniagu@syr.edu The Point of Contact Gallery recently hosted a 30th-anniversary bash in which luminaries from the literary and academic communities gathered to commemorate…

Winkler tells tale of ambivalence, discord through 17th-century theatrical musicDecember 05, 2006Roxanna Carpenterrocarpen@syr.edu Disorder provides fertile ground for Amanda Eubanks Winkler’s scholarship, so much that while examining a favorite topic — early English music and society — she needed to…

Lighting of LawrinsonDecember 05, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The Office of Residence Life hosted the annual Lighting of Lawrinson event on Tuesday, December 5. During this event, the 600 students of Lawrinson Hall utilized their windows to make a winter design…

Nominees sought for Beyond Compliance AwardDecember 04, 2006Cynthia J. Moritzcjmoritz@syr.edu Nominations are being accepted for the Beyond Compliance Award, presented by the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee (BCCC); the Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies; the disability Law Society;…

Plourde’s research on superconducting quantum bits featured in current issue of Science MagazineDecember 01, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu In the future, it may be possible to construct quantum computers capable of solving many problems that are intractable on even the most powerful…

Kassam to speak on CNY Reads book selectionNovember 30, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Tazim R. Kassam, associate professor of religion, chair of the Department of Religion in The College of Arts and Sciences and a historian of religions specializing in Islamic…