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Professor sent to hospital
By Megan Preston
Upperclassmen taking critical writing at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications missed a familiar face when they sat down for class last week. Bill Glavin, a professor for more than 30 years, was admitted into Crouse Hospital on Friday, Aug. 24 for the "mother of all nosebleeds," said Melissa Chessher, magazine department chair.
N.Y.'s Fair Lady
By Katie Walsh
Hillary Clinton is in town. The state's Democratic senator and 2008 presidential hopeful spent Friday afternoon at the fair garnering support from voters. After hosting a 500-seat luncheon in the Empire Room, Clinton emerged to a cheering crowd, shaking hands with her supporters before beginning a tour of the fair.
Former Nextel CEO elected next board chairman
By Matt Reilly
John Chapple can relate to the students who lived in the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center during their freshmen year in 2005, because he, too, was a "Skytop refugee" in the 1970s. As an undergraduate political science major, Chapple and others were slated to live in the newly built Skytop building. Yet when they arrived on campus, the building was incomplete, and they were forced to scramble for housing. Now, more than three decades later, Chapple will take on issues like student housing as the newly elected chairman of SU's Board of Trustees. Chapple will be chairman-elect for a year and will work with current president John Couri during the transition which will commence in May 2008.
U of Illinois to build world's fastest super computer
By Stephanie Musat
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will soon be the home of the fastest computer in the world. The computer, dubbed Blue Waters, will be built on the university's campus after being chosen by the National Science Board (NSB) for its academic excellence in science and engineering.
Google: Infinity and Beyond
By Frank Pallotta
When Google was first introduced in 1997, it allowed users to search for anything they would ever need to find on Earth. Then, with the creation of Google Earth, users were allowed to look at anything on Earth, from the Eiffel Tower to their own backyards. Now, with Google Earth's new extension, Google Sky, the company has bypassed the boundaries of Earth and allows its users to search solar systems, galaxies and beyond.
