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STEM

BioInspired Institute Partners With Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Thursday, October 7, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The BioInspired Institute focuses on leading-edge research in materials and living systems and trains students at the undergraduate and graduate level. When the United States faced a reckoning on racism and structural inequities, BioInspired’s faculty and staff asked, “How can…

Media, Law & Policy

Media and Tech Thought Leader Joins Newhouse as Professor of Advanced Media in Residence

Wednesday, October 6, 2021, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Students in the new media management master’s program at the Newhouse School now have the opportunity to learn and work with one of the country’s leading technology and digital media gurus. Shelly Palmer, CEO of The Palmer Group, is joining…

STEM

Arts and Sciences Physicist Part of a 5-University Team Programming Biological Cells to Design Futuristic Materials

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Jennifer Ross, professor and department chair of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is among a team of researchers that was recently awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design and create…

Campus & Community

A Legacy Gift and New Institute to Advance Innovation in Life Sciences and Business

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Eileen Korey

Charles (Charlie) and Carolyn Wheeler ’67 have been married and in business together for more than five decades. They have lived conservatively, which has allowed them to build an estate that achieves a shared dream—to help humanity for generations to…

Yahoo! Money

COVID vaccine mandates: The key question challenging United Airlines’ policy

Monday, October 4, 2021, By Lily Datz

Doron Dorfman, associate professor of law in the College of Law, was quoted in the Yahoo! Money article titled “COVID vaccine mandates: The key question challenging United Airlines’ policy.” Dorfman, who specializes health and employment law, says that the indefinite…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Reinforces Commitment to Faculty Pay Equity, Agrees to Class-Action Settlement

Friday, October 1, 2021, By News Staff

Four years ago, Syracuse University commenced a comprehensive exercise to assess whether full-time faculty were compensated equitably. The administration and University Senate commissioned a survey, and the Office of Institutional Research built and implemented a model that resulted in nearly…

Campus & Community

Newly Appointed University Professor Asks the ‘Big Questions’

Thursday, September 30, 2021, By Eileen Korey

“Beyond my wildest dreams.” That’s how sociology professor Jennifer Karas Montez describes her reaction to being named University Professor. The appointment is a prestigious distinction granted to faculty who excel in their fields and who have made extraordinary scholarly contributions…

Campus & Community

New Staff and Student Representatives Appointed to Board of Trustees

Tuesday, September 28, 2021, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Maithreyee (Mai) Dubé ’96, ’16, G’17 as staff representative to the Board of Trustees. Dubé, who brings significant experience leading diverse student programs and enrollment services, will serve a two-year term. The staff representative is…

Health & Society

Advancing Understanding of the Link Between Pain and Nicotine Consumption

Tuesday, September 28, 2021, By Eileen Korey

It is extremely rare for a pre-doctoral student to receive recognition and funding from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). That’s why Syracuse University psychology professor Joseph W. Ditre is so incredibly proud of doctoral…

Campus & Community

Undergraduate Research Grants Open New Opportunities for Students

Tuesday, September 28, 2021, By News Staff

Ashanti Hunter and Michelle Ho, inclusive early childhood and special education seniors in the School of Education, are engaged in research with Professor George Theoharis on the pipeline to educational leadership positions for women of color for building and school…