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Health & Society

CSD’s Newest Faculty Member Awarded $557,000 NIH Grant

Wednesday, November 5, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Jonathan Preston G’02, G’08 may be new to the Syracuse University faculty, but he’s no stranger to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). Preston first stepped onto campus as a graduate student 13 years ago. Today, he is…

Campus & Community

Falk Grad Studies Information Session Nov. 15

Tuesday, November 4, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University faculty, staff and current students will welcome potential graduate students interested in the Falk College’s graduate programs in child and family studies, public health, marriage and family therapy, nutrition science, social work and sport management during a special…

STEM

Physicist Receives $1.17 Million NIH Grant to Create ‘Nanobiosensors’

Tuesday, November 4, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Liviu Movileanu, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.17 million grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Movileanu will…

Health & Society

Jennifer Wilkins Updates First U.S. Regional Food Guide

Tuesday, November 4, 2014, By Michele Barrett

Thanks to farmers’ markets, farm-to-school programs and community-supported agriculture, locally grown foods are more readily available—and more in demand. People want to know where their food comes from. How is it grown? What steps are involved in its processing? Evidence…

STEM

Geologist Reveals Correlation Between Earthquakes, Landslides

Tuesday, November 4, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A geologist in the College of Arts and Sciences has demonstrated that earthquakes—not climate change, as previously thought—affect the rate of landslides in Peru. The finding is the subject of an article in Nature Geoscience (Nature Publishing Group, 2014) by…

Veterans

Gen. Martin Dempsey Discusses Leadership in Challenging Times

Monday, November 3, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the 18th chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, shared his thoughts on global security challenges, the qualities of a good leader and the importance of a life in public service as part of a lecture Friday at Dineen Hall.

Open Enrollment Begins Nov. 3

Friday, October 31, 2014, By News Staff

Open Enrollment, the annual period when Syracuse University staff, faculty and other eligible individuals make their benefit choices for the coming year, begins Monday, Nov. 3, and continues through Friday, Nov. 14. There is good news to share for 2015,…

Campus & Community

HathiTrust Research Center Seeks Proposals for Collaborative Projects

Friday, October 31, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The HathiTrust Research Center is seeking proposals for Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS) projects that utilize the HathiTrust Digital Library and Research Center computational tools to address scholarly research questions. Examples of such collaborations include, but are not limited to: running…

Middle Eastern Studies Program Names New Director

Thursday, October 30, 2014, By News Staff

Karin Ruhlandt, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and James Steinberg, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, have announced that Assistant Professor of Political Science Yüksel Sezgin has been named director of the Middle Eastern…

STEM

Ryan Milcarek’s NASA Experience Fuels Inspiration

Thursday, October 30, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Ryan Milcarek spent mornings over a long weekend in May dining with astronauts. There were brief introductions—Where are you from? What do you study?—But the conversation quickly turned to combustion and fuel cells. Over eggs and coffee, veteran astronaut Jerry…