Elementary students recently played a key role in helping teachers and teaching students learn. The children were part of a growing practice known as lesson study, in which teachers observe how students absorb STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subject material, and specifically the new state science curriculum. It was all part of a partnership between the School of Education and Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Counties BOCES.
The College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) has announced the appointment of Shikha Nangia as the Milton and Ann Stevenson Endowed Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering. Made possible by a gift from the late Milton and Ann Stevenson,…
Ten years ago, a faint ripple in the fabric of space-time forever changed our understanding of the Universe. On Sept. 14, 2015, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made the first direct detection of gravitational waves—disturbances caused by the…
While summer may bring a quiet calm to the Quad, the drive to discover at Syracuse University never rests. The usual buzz of students rushing between classes may fade, but inside the labs of the College of Arts and Sciences…
A new study looks at the physical forces that help shape developing organs. Scientists in the past believed that the fast-acting biochemistry of genes and proteins is responsible for directing this choreography. But new research from the College of Arts…
Baobao Zhang, associate professor of political science and Maxwell Dean Associate Professor of the Politics of AI, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for $567,491 to support her project, “Future of Generative Artificial Intelligence…
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