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“A Circumscribed Victory for Opponents of the Executive Order”
Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, comments on the ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court refusing to reinstate the administration’s travel ban. “The per curiam ruling by the Ninth…
Vice Chancellor and Provost Wheatly Announces Vice President for Research Search Committee Members
Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele G. Wheatly today announced the members of the search committee for the next vice president of research. The vice president of research oversees the Office of Research, supporting and leading Universitywide efforts to sustain and…
Coming Back Together Student Co-Chairs Selected
Planning for the Office of Program Development’s Coming Back Together (CBT) 2017 reunion, held every three years and due this September, is well underway. As anyone who has attended will tell you, the preparation involved is significant because it includes…
University Hosts Sixth Annual Blood Battle Challenge
Syracuse University students are among the many students throughout the United States who help the Red Cross fulfill its lifesaving mission by donating blood. In fact, approximately 20 percent of the millions of blood donations made every year come from…
How Machine Learning Is Changing Crime-Solving Tactics
Modern forensic DNA analyses are crucial to crime scene investigations; however the interpretation of the DNA profiles can be complex. Two researchers from the Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) have turned to computer technology to assist complicated profile…
Registration Open for Financial Wellness Webinar for Faculty and Staff
Invest 30 minutes to check-in on your financial well-being. Join us on February 17 for a lunchtime webinar that will help you learn how to create a realistic spending plan as well as help you start to develop a savings…
Maija Tammi—Art Photographer and Communicator of Science
Photography serves as an accurate means to convey what we observe within a specific context or contexts. From its early days, photography has served an important double role in the recording and communication of science and as art form. Maija…
University Launches Center for Learning and Student Success
A new Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) to better support students in their academic endeavors has officially opened this semester on the third floor of E.S. Bird Library. The center unites the Tutoring and Study Center with the…
Geochemist Breathes New Life into ‘Great Oxidation Event’
A researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences is providing fresh insights into the “Great Oxidation Event” (GOE), in which oxygen first appeared in the Earth’s atmosphere more than 2.3 billion years ago. Christopher Junium, assistant professor of Earth…
Physicist Joseph Paulsen Receives CAREER Grant from NSF
Joseph Paulsen, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has been awarded a five-year Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation. The project, titled “Ultrathin sheets on curved liquid surfaces:…