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Campus & Community

Life’s Refrain: Standing Up for the Underdog

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Every morning, Thelma Guenther Bonzek ’43 sits down at the upright piano in her sunny Syracuse home and plays a few songs. She pounds out the notes and sways to the music, nodding her head to keep time. At 5…

Campus & Community

Drones Is Topic at Thursday Morning Roundtable Dec. 7

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Eileen Jevis

“Drones: How Will They Impact Central New York?” will be the topic when Major General Mark “Hoot” Gibson, USAF (Ret.), CEO of NUAIR Alliance, and Craig Marcinkowski, director, Strategy & Business Development at Gryphon Sensors, speak at Thursday Morning Roundtable on…

STEM

Syracuse Bioengineering Alum Invents No. 1 Mouthpiece For Snoring

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Anyone who has ever tried to sleep near a person who snores knows how maddening it can be. However, that frustration is nothing compared to the health consequences the snorer faces. Snoring disturbs sleep and can eventually develop into sleep…

STEM

Costello Staniec Named Chair Of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Associate Professor Andria Costello Staniec has been selected as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering & Computer Science. Costello Staniec’s teaching and research are focused on applied environmental microbiology and engineering education. She holds a bachelor’s…

STEM

Exploring Fluid Dynamics in Virtual Reality

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Virtual reality has grown beyond the gaming world and is increasingly being used for a variety of applications—including education. Researchers in Assistant Professor Melissa Green’s Flow Visualization Lab in the College of Engineering and Computer Science are developing a way to apply it to…

STEM

Soundarajan Named SIAM Science Policy Fellow

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Assistant Professor Sucheta Soundarajan has been named a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Science Policy Fellow based on her interest in expanding participation in computer science among youth in rural areas. The SIAM Science Policy Fellowship Program helps early career researchers…

Health & Society

Ashley McGraw Architects Honored by American Institute of Architects for Design at Falk College

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Michele Barrett

The American Institute of Architects Central New York Chapter (AIA CNY) honored Falk College, its Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, and its architects, Ashley McGraw Architects, D.P.C. The group’s work in Falk Complex was cited for innovative…

Arts & Culture

Linguist Tackles Trauma, Mental Health, Forensics and Tastes

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Tej K. Bhatia has traveled the world connecting his expertise in linguistics with a broad array of related topics: trauma, mental health, forensics and tastes. Bhatia, professor of linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of South Asian…

Arts & Culture

Disability Cultural Center Hosts Poetry Reading

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Shannon Andre

On Thursday, Dec. 7, the Disability Cultural Center (DCC) is hosting a poetry reading in room 228B of Schine Student Center. The reading will take place noon-1 p.m. The reading features four poets, all of whom are also members of the…

Arts & Culture

Expert in Russian Art Joins Department of Music and Art Histories

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Samuel Johnson has joined the College of Arts and Sciences as the newest faculty member of the Department of Music and Art Histories.  He is currently teaching the history of photography, but his research on the art of the Russian…