What Makes Syracuse University a Premier Research Institution: An Interview With Duncan Brown, Vice President for Research (Podcast)
Syracuse University has a reputation as a premier research institution, a destination university for faculty and students alike to pursue their ideas and creative activities on a campus that embraces and enhances that research culture.
As vice president for research, Duncan Brown supports and empowers Syracuse’s internationally recognized creative and scholarly excellence, advancing centers and institutes that are global leaders in their fields.
In this role, Brown helps faculty and students pursue research and creative activities across the natural sciences, humanities, engineering, education, arts, social sciences and law fields. Brown also leads the Office of Research and its component units, which serve as the backbone of the University’s research, scholarship and creative support enterprise. Collectively, these efforts help students and faculty expand their knowledge through innovation, creativity and discovery.
Brown, who is in his second year as vice president for research, has been a physics faculty member since 2007 and is an accomplished physics researcher, recognized as an international leader in gravitational-wave astronomy and astrophysics before taking on this latest position.
“The main vision is to empower and amplify and tell the stories of the amazing research that’s happening here and the amazing creative activities that our faculty are pursuing. Faculty really want to do research and creative activities, and they want to engage our students and our students want to be part of this,” says Brown, who also serves as the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences.
On this “’Cuse Conversation,” Brown elaborates on his vision for the research enterprise at Syracuse University, explains what makes Syracuse a premier research institution, examines the impact of the research being done by faculty and students and reveals where his passion for research came from.
Check out episode 156 of the “’Cuse Conversations” podcast featuring Brown. A transcript [PDF] is also available.
