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BioInspired Institute Awards 2 Cross-Institutional Project Grants
Syracuse University’s BioInspired Institute has awarded a new round of intramural grants to two interdisciplinary, cross-institutional research projects. One project looks at how polar fungi physically adapt to survive in extreme climate environments. Its researchers are working to determine how the…
Call for Volunteers: Syracuse Welcome 2023
Paved with such milestones as the tradition of Syracuse Welcome, being Orange is celebrating and empowering each unique student experience. “Syracuse Welcome not only ushers in the newest incoming student class but is a uniting campus celebration,” says New Student…
Junko Takeda and Merril Silverstein Named Chairs at Maxwell School
Two Maxwell School faculty members have been appointed department chairs: Junko Takeda and Merril Silverstein. Takeda, professor of history and Daicoff Faculty Scholar, was named interim chair of the Citizenship and Civic Engagement Undergraduate Program. She fills the vacancy left…
Utility Work Between College Place and the Quad to Begin This Week
Beginning this week, National Grid will undertake a natural gas pipe replacement project between College Place and the Quad, along the path between Sims Hall and Shaffer Art Building and Link Hall and Slocum Hall. The project begins today and…
Breedlove Readers Display Works at Community ‘ArtStory’ Event
The artwork of local teens was on display during a recent event hosted by professors Courtney Mauldin and Rochele Royster at Syracuse University’s South Side Communications Center. Participants in the event, “ArtStory: Love & Language,” were members of the Breedlove…
Registration Open for National Science Foundation I-Corps Innovation Course
Syracuse University will host a free, virtual U.S. National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) regional course this fall. The program is for university-based STEM researchers and early-stage startup founders who are interested in exploring the market potential of their…
Student Experience Welcomes Dawn Singleton as New VP of Student Transition, Access and Inclusion
The Student Experience division welcomed Dawn Singleton, Ed.D., as the new vice president of student transition, access and inclusion on July 1. Singleton joins the Syracuse University community from Rowan University where she served in multiple leadership roles over the…
George Saunders Honored With Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
Syracuse University professor and acclaimed fiction writer George Saunders received the 2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction at the National Book Festival on Saturday, Aug. 12, in Washington, D.C. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden presented Saunders with the…
Syracuse University to Offer Google’s New Cybersecurity Certificate
Syracuse University’s College of Professional Studies today announced it will offer Google’s new Cybersecurity Certificate. The Google Career Certificates prepare learners for in-demand fields including cybersecurity, data analytics, IT support, project management and UX design—with no experience required. This offering…
Amid the Rapid Rise of AI and Autonomous Systems, Maxwell Scholars Have a Pivotal Role
In early 2022, the City of Syracuse’s Surveillance Technology Working Group met to discuss a proposal from the police department to install street cameras that automatically scan license plates as an aid for investigating crime. While the technology had the…