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STEM

Polymer Puts New Medical Solutions within Reach

Tuesday, December 8, 2015, By News Staff

Researchers, particularly those in the medical field, have been searching for a way to combine the properties of liquid crystallinity with those of hydrogels. Liquid crystals are characterized as having the fluidity of liquid but some of the order of…

STEM

Deep Core of African Lake Gives Insight to Ancient Lake Levels, Biodiversity

Tuesday, December 8, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Earth sciences professor Christopher Scholz and former Ph.D. student Robert Lyons have an unprecedented glimpse into the past of a lake with explosive biodiversity.

Campus & Community

Annual Clements Internship Award Application Now Open

Monday, December 7, 2015, By Gerard McTigue

Career Services has announced that the application for the annual Mark and Pearle Clements Internship Award has now opened. This award enables students to undertake unique, self-cultivated internships that may otherwise be financially impossible. Clements interns usually spend the summer…

Campus & Community

Dino Babers Named 30th Head Football Coach at Syracuse University

Saturday, December 5, 2015, By News Staff

During his accomplished 30-year football coaching career, Dino Babers’ name has been synonymous with winning. Known for his teams’ offensive prowess, respected for his keen sense for recruiting and mentoring top-tier student-athletes, and lauded by many for his ability to…

STEM

Engineers Take Italy

Thursday, December 3, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Few places are as suitable for higher learning as Florence, renowned as the epicenter of the Renaissance. This past spring, a group of second-year students studying aerospace, civil, environmental and mechanical engineering participated in a new study abroad opportunity at…

Media, Law & Policy

Call for Entries: Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting

Thursday, December 3, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Entries for the $5,000 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting for 2015 coverage are now being accepted by the Newhouse School. Entries can be submitted online at http://tonerprogram.syr.edu. The deadline is Jan. 18, 2016. The Toner Prize recognizes outstanding…

Campus & Community

Scholar Spotlight: Adeyemi Adediran ’16

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Adeyemi Adediran transferred to Syracuse University from a university in his home country of Nigeria in 2014. A philosophy major, he won that department’s Peterfreund Prize for undergraduates this past summer. He spent the summer volunteering at a community center…

Arts & Culture

Carver Series Presents Novelist Elissa Schappell Dec. 9

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

The last reading for the fall semester in the Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences will be by novelist, columnist and contributing editor for Vanity Fair Elissa Schappell. On Wednesday, Dec. 9, Schappell will participate…

Veterans

Student Veterans Hold Food Drive at Syracuse University, Le Moyne College

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By News Staff

The Student Veterans Organization (SVO) of Syracuse University and the Student Veterans Association (SVA) of Le Moyne College are partnering with Clear Path for Veterans in an effort to provide meals to veterans in the community by organizing a food…

How Anxiety about Terrorist Attacks Could Change Our Politics

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By Keith Kobland

In the wake of the devastating month marked by the downing of a Russian passenger plane, simultaneous suicide attacks in Beirut and coordinated attacks in Paris, American fears of terrorism are likely to increase. That in turn could shape policy…