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Welch Allyn, Syracuse University announce new plans for Blue Highway, LLC
Created in 2008 as a technology incubator of Syracuse University and Welch Allyn, Blue Highway, LLC, has flourished in its mission to research and incubate innovative health care technologies and concepts. Today, June 28, Welch Allyn announced that Blue Highway—a…
Syracuse University biologist discovers key regulators for biofilm development
They can be found everywhere—organized communities of bacteria sticking to surfaces both inside and outside the body. These biofilms are responsible for some of the most virulent, antibiotic-resistant infections in humans; however, scientific understanding of how these communities develop is…
Discovery by SU physicist alters conventional understanding of sight
A discovery by a team of researchers led by a Syracuse University physicist sheds new light on how the vision process is initiated. For almost 50 years, scientists have believed that light signals could not be initiated unless special light-receptor…
Burton Blatt Institute International Conference to focus on impact of Japanese earthquake on disabled
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University and the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics will hold a joint conference on SU’s campus June 29 and 30 on issues related to disability and economics. The University of Tokyo’s…
VA awards Burton Blatt Institute partner contract to examine employment of veterans
Thanks to a $483,000 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, in partnership with veteran-owned business Corporate Gray, will conduct substantial research to improve the hiring and retention of veterans by…
Communication and rhetorical studies graduate students to present research at national, international conferences
Eight graduate students from the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts have had their research selected for presentation at several upcoming national and international conferences, including the prestigious National Communication Association (NCA)…
TRAC: Rising immigration case backlog continues
According to an analysis of very timely court data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), despite the hiring of 44 additional immigration judges during the past 12 months, the number of cases awaiting resolution before the Immigration Courts has…
School of Education’s Dotger receives NSF award to design and test clinical simulations for the preparation of math and science teachers
Benjamin H. Dotger, assistant professor in Teaching and Leadership Programs in the School of Education, has been awarded a $449,898 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project titled “The Science and Mathematics Simulated Interaction Model (SIM).” The…
ExxonMobil Foundation provides grant to SU
The ExxonMobil Foundation has provided a grant in the amount of $49,542 to Syracuse University, representing ExxonMobil’s 3-to-l match of donations made to SU by ExxonMobil employees, retirees and surviving spouses under the foundation’s 2010 Educational Matching Gift Program. Harold…
Syracuse University scientists discover new hitch to link nerve cell motors to their cargo
With every bodily movement—from the blink of an eye to running a marathon—nerve cells transmit signals to muscle cells. To do that, nerve cells rely on tiny molecular motors to transport chemical messengers (neurotransmitters) that excite muscles cells into action….