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Deep-Energy Retrofits Research Yields Promising Cost Savings, Human Well-Being Outcomes
Modifying and upgrading building enclosures and mechanical systems in older, multi-family apartment buildings can achieve net-zero energy-use efficiencies and help inhabitants lower energy costs, breathe better air and live more comfortably—changes that have wide application for state and national climate-change…
Applications Open for SOURCE Explore, an Undergraduate Short-Term Research Experience
The Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (SOURCE) is offering a short-term research experience for first- and second-year undergraduate students, SOURCE Explore, on four Fridays from January through March. SOURCE Explore introduces curious students with no prior research…
CritQuant: School of Education Faculty and Students Join a Movement to Disrupt Traditional Research Methods
A group of School of Education faculty and graduate students are part of a growing movement in academia that is re-evaluating long-held assumptions about research design. Critical Quantitative Theory seeks to disrupt the traditional dichotomy between quantitative and qualitative research…
Rachel Steinhardt Awarded NSF Grant to Study Brain Chemistry
Rachel Steinhardt, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation for her project, Chemical Tools for Bio-Orthogonal Neuromodulation. One of the most perplexing challenges in neuroscience is how to explain…
From Quad to Commission: Kristen Northrop Reflects on Raising 2 US Army Officers at Syracuse University
While her sons were training to become officers in the military, Kristen Northrop had a rare vantage point to observe their development from her office at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Two of Kristen’s three sons, William Northrop…
$3M Awarded to Hydronic Shell Technologies to Pilot New Building Technology in Syracuse
The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE) is pleased to announce that Hydronic Shell Technologies is the recipient of a $3 million grant from the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge. A nationwide competition administered by Enterprise Community…
Bedrock of Success: Female Earth and Environmental Sciences Scholars Carry on a Legacy of Mentorship
In the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES), women have served as leaders and mentors dating back to the early 1980s, a time when the field was predominantly comprised of men. The legacy of…
Syracuse Views Fall 2023
We want to know how you experience Syracuse University. Take a photo and share it with us. We select photos from a variety of sources. Submit photos of your University experience using #SyracuseU on social media, fill out a submission…
A&S Physicist Awarded 2 NIH R01 Grants for Cutting-Edge Biosensor Design Work
The National Institutes of Health’s R01 grants are among the organization’s oldest and most prestigious awards presented to investigators conducting biomedical research. With only around a 20% success rate per application, receiving just one of these highly selective grants in…
University to Host Conference that Addresses Legal and Theological Theory of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery
A series of 15th- and 16th-century papal edicts continues to shape policies that include land usage and mineral extraction across the globe and undergird notions of white supremacy and religious extremism. In 1823, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the edicts,…