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STEM

A&S Professor Looks to Geologic Past to Predict Climate’s Future

Wednesday, September 5, 2018, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is part of a team of scientists studying monsoon activity in North America’s Sonoran Desert from approximately 20,000 years ago. Tripti Bhattacharya, assistant professor of Earth sciences in A&S, is…

STEM

Civil and Environmental Engineering Students Tour Glacial Deposit Site

Tuesday, September 4, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Slow moving glaciers and the deposits they left behind thousands of years ago have defined the landscape and geology of Upstate New York. Those deposits also provide a fascinating opportunity to study different variations of soils and rocks. On Aug….

Health & Society

Marvin ’63 and Helaine ’65 Lender Establish Multidisciplinary Center for Social Justice with $5 Million Gift

Tuesday, September 4, 2018, By News Staff

Syracuse University alumnus Marvin Lender ’63 and his wife Helaine (Gold) ’65 have turned their lifelong commitment to social justice and greater understanding among people into the establishment of a multidisciplinary center, managed and housed in the School of Education….

Campus & Community

‘A Peace of My Mind’ Exhibition to Spark Conversation on Peace, Common Good

Tuesday, September 4, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In 2009, award-winning  photographer John Noltner set out on the road looking for an answer to one question. Over the next three years, he traveled 40,000 miles, through 46 states across the country, asking people from diverse backgrounds and experiences…

The Hill

President Trump’s Chaotic Week

Sunday, September 2, 2018, By Essence Britt

Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Institute for Public Affairs in the Maxwell School, was quoted in an article in The Hill “For Trump, this week has been anything but sleepy.” If there’s one thing to…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Launches 18th Season with Authors George Saunders and Margaret Atwood, Artist Robert Shetterly

Thursday, August 30, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

This fall, the University Lectures series welcomes distinguished authors George Saunders (“Lincoln in the Bardo,” “Tenth of December”) and Margaret Atwood (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Alias Grace”) and—in collaboration with the Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship, and Public Responsibility—accomplished portrait…

Campus & Community

‘We Remember Them’ Exhibition Honors Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 on 30th Anniversary

Thursday, August 30, 2018, By Julie Sharkey

Syracuse University Libraries’ fall exhibition, “We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103,” commemorating those lost 30 years ago in the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988, opens with a reception on…

Campus & Community

Whitewater Rafting, Downhill Biking and More with Recreation Services This Fall

Wednesday, August 29, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Summer and fall at Syracuse University bring an energized spirit to campus that fuels a jam-packed schedule of enjoying the sunny weather while it is here. The folks at  the Department of Recreation Services know how to make the most…

STEM

NSF Grant Will Allow Acuna to Study Optimization of Scientific Peer Review Process

Wednesday, August 29, 2018, By Diane Stirling

Deficiencies in the scientific community’s centralized peer review process can impact more than a researcher’s career. Faults in the process can ultimately affect the kinds of scientific discoveries that are made, the distribution of information about findings, the technology innovations…

CNBC

Next Trade War Target: Cannabis Consumption Markets

Tuesday, August 28, 2018, By Essence Britt

Mary Lovely, professor of economics in the Maxwell School, was quoted in stories about tariffs and the trade war in several outlets, including CNBC. The United States and China are in an ongoing trade war that currently affects aluminum, steel, solar panels…