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Syracuse University Ever since their discovery in 1984, the burgeoning area of research looking at quasiperiodic structures has revealed astonishing opportunities in a number of areas of fundamental and applied research, including applications in lasing and sensing. Quasiperiodic structures, or quasicrystals, because of their unique ordering of atoms and a lack of periodicity, possess remarkable crystallographic, physical and optical properties not present in regular crystals. In the...
Syracuse University Researchers at Syracuse University’s Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are studying the toxicity of commonly used nanoparticles, particles up to one million times smaller than a millimeter that could potentially penetrate and damage cell membranes. In a recent article published along with cover art in the leading journal Langmuir entitled “Effects of nanoparticle charge and shape anisotropy...
Govsphere – SU collaboration to research private clouds, cyber security, and green IT infrastructure Syracuse, NY (PRWEB) December 14, 2012 Govsphere Inc., a dynamic and rapidly growing government consulting firm based in Syracuse, New York, today announced that it is expanding its academic research partnership with Syracuse University (SU) through a $10,000 donation to the Center for Convergence and Emerging Networking Technologies (CCENT) laboratory. The contribution will allow SU...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) recently announced changes in the company's Public Affairs Department. Erin DiPietro was named manager, executive communications; Courtney Boone was named manager, media relations; and Sarah Cassella was named public affairs representative II. DiPietro and Boone will continue to report to Chuck Rice, general manager - Public Affairs, and Cassella will report to Boone. The changes were effective Nov....
NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- World Harmony Productions announced today the artist line-up for the ONE WORLD CONCERT--a historic celebration of peace, music and common ground--coming to the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University on Tuesday, October 9(th), 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Expected to be one of the largest gatherings of international artists ever to travel to the region, this special benefit concert immediately follows a public talk by the Dalai Lama and features an original...
SEATTLE, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Syracuse University Library today unveiled their new website highlighting the Summon web-scale discovery service from Serials Solutions(®), a ProQuest(®) business. Librarians expect the robust search solution to improve access to the library's vast collection. Students and staff will experience simplified discovery of many types of resources across multiple disciplines. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120802/DE50885) (Photo:...
ORLANDO, Fla., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is working with Syracuse University to help college students build computing skills to manage traditional and new systems in large global enterprises. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) As business value creation increasingly shifts to software, the skills needed to tackle disruptive technologies like cloud and mobile computing, particularly for enterprise-class, large...
MCLEAN, Va., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) announced today that it has appointed Larry Kramer president and publisher of USA TODAY, effective immediately. Kramer, founder of MarketWatch and a 40-year media industry veteran, currently serves as a media consultant and adjunct professor of Media Management at the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. He will report to Gracia Martore, president and chief executive officer of Gannett, and be...
NEW YORK, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of the International Center of Photography announced today that it has selected Mark Robbins, Dean of the School of Architecture and Senior Advisor on Architecture and Urban Initiatives at Syracuse University, to be the next Executive Director of ICP. The decision is the culmination of an international search that began in August 2011, after Willis E. "Buzz" Hartshorn, Executive Director since 1994 and Ehrenkranz Director...
Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn. A new study by a Syracuse University biologist has found that the leaves of invasive plants continue to function in the fall, long after their native cousins have hunkered down for the winter. The findings are counter to conventional wisdom, which held that plants living under...
