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One Goldwater Scholar, Three Honorable Mentions Named

Monday, May 9, 2016, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Four Syracuse University nominees for the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship were recently recognized. Jessica Toothaker, a junior majoring in biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was named as a 2016 Goldwater Scholar. Three students were recognized with Goldwater Honorable…

STEM

Testing the Waters

Tuesday, May 3, 2016, By Amy Manley

A student in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded the 2016 Central New York Association of Professional Geologists (CNYAPG) grant for student research. Emily Baker, a geology graduate student working in Associate Professor Laura Lautz’s lab, was…

Campus & Community

Gorovitz to Receive SUNY Honorary Degree May 22

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized by the State University of New York (SUNY) for his contributions to medical science. Samuel Gorovitz, professor of philosophy and former dean of Arts and Sciences, will receive…

STEM

New President of National Academy of Sciences to Speak on Climate Interventions

Monday, April 11, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

The president-elect of the National Academy of Sciences will address the growing problem of climate change at a special event co-hosted by the Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) program and the Department of Earth Sciences in the College of…

Campus & Community

Travesti Rage: Political Articulation of Argentina’s Sexual Dissidence Movements

Monday, April 11, 2016, By News Staff

On April 11, from 12:30-2 p.m. in 319 Sims Hall, the Latino-Latin American Studies Program will present “Travesti Rage: Political Articulation of Argentina’s Sexual Dissidence Movements,” a public lecture by Carlos Fígari, professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires; researcher, CONICET (Argentina’s…

Campus & Community

Speakers to Discuss Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Moral Injury and Military Veterans

Tuesday, April 5, 2016, By News Staff

A research colloquium on “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Moral Injury and Military Veterans: What Do We Need to Know, and Why?” will be held Saturday, April 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Reilley Room, fourth floor Reilly Hall,…

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Moral Injury and Military Veterans: What Do We Need to Know, and Why?

Tuesday, April 5, 2016, By News Staff

“Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Moral Injury and Military Veterans” is a research colloquium, free and open to the public. When: Saturday, April 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: Reilley Room, 4th floor Reilly Hall, Le Moyne College. Free parking…

STEM

Langmuir Spotlights SU Nanotechnology Research

Thursday, March 31, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Nanoparticles are used in a wide range of applications, including targeted drug delivery, biosensing, imaging and catalysis. When they are paired in solutions with surfactants—chemical compounds that determine surface tension—they are even able to form stable suspensions that can trap…

Arts & Culture

Earth Science Professor Discusses Pavlof Volcano Eruption, Says It’s Not Over Yet

Monday, March 28, 2016, By Keith Kobland

The eruption of Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano has sent ash spewing 37,000 feet into the atmosphere, and Earth Science Professor Jeffrey Karson says, it’s not over yet. Karson is a geologist, and works in collaboration with Assistant Art Professor Robert Wysocki…

STEM

The Human Trace

Thursday, March 24, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The great anthropologist Loren Eiseley once compared mankind to a twisted stem of wisteria—a “rooted vine in space” on an immense, if not impossible journey. It’s one that each of us must attempt, regardless of outcome. This is the premise…