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STEM

Professors Look to Geologic Past to Predict Future Environmental Conditions

Wednesday, June 22, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Earth scientists are using an NSF grant to study the link between elevated temperatures and precipitation in ancient Antarctica.

STEM

SU-ESF Faculty Win EPA Grant to Advance Appreciation for Onondaga Lake

Tuesday, June 21, 2016, By Carol Boll

Faculty from Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF have won a $91,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help teachers and students better understand and appreciate the unique cultural and ecological significance of Onondaga Lake. Drawing on both scientific and…

Business & Economy

Q&A: Brexit Vote and the Possible Economic Impacts

Tuesday, June 21, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

British citizens have a weighty decision this week. Stay in or leave the European Union (EU), the economic and political union composed of 28 European countries that they have been part of for decades. Each side of the “Brexit” question…

STEM

Student Intern Learns, Assists in Summer Renovation, Construction Projects on Campus

Monday, June 20, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Between the end of the spring semester and the start of fall classes, the campus comes alive with a different kind of energy. Busy crews work to renovate, build up and beautify the University to prepare for the return of…

STEM

Syracuse to Host International ‘Active and Smart Matter’ Conference

Wednesday, June 15, 2016, By Amy Manley

The breathtaking intersection of science and art will be celebrated this month at Syracuse University as part of a unique international conference. The four-day event, titled “Active and Smart Matter: A New Frontier for Science and Engineering,” will bring together…

STEM

Research Indicates Right Whales Have Individual Voices

Thursday, June 9, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

The sounds were recorded using suction-cup acoustic tags attached to the animals to see whether their sounds could be used to tell the whales apart.

STEM

Physicists Awarded $1.1 Million Grant

Wednesday, June 8, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Members of the High Energy Theory Group in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support their work in theoretical particle physics and cosmology. Most…

STEM

Snapchat Pioneer: Evan Garber ’10 Finds Success in Social Media

Tuesday, June 7, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Since it launched in 2011, Snapchat has established itself as one of the top social media platforms, especially among young people—so much so that it recently leapfrogged Instagram as the preferred social media platform among teens, according to Piper Jaffray’a…

STEM

Educator and Activist

Tuesday, June 7, 2016, By Renée Gearhart Levy

José Vilson ’04 is on his way to the U.S. Department of Education to meet with Secretary of Education John King and participate in a national summit on teacher diversity. The middle school math teacher has a lot to say…

STEM

A Dynamic Data Driven Approach to Information Fusion

Friday, May 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Professors Biao Chen and Pramod Varshney and Associate Professors Yingbin Liang and Jian Tang in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, along with researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, have been awarded a multi-year grant from the…