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Chemistry Professor Presents New Research on Anti-Obesity Drug
An experimental anti-obesity drug could reliably curb appetite and normalize blood glucose levels without causing nausea and vomiting, which are frequent side effects of current weight-loss and diabetes drugs. The new peptide treatment not only reduces food consumption but also…
Mowers Endow Newhouse Professorship of Persuasive Communications
Eric Mower ’66, G’68 can still name individual professors he had more than 60 years ago as a student at Syracuse University. “I have indelible memories of professors who thrilled me,” says Mower. Interestingly, the most memorable ones for him…
Career Services’ 2022 Outcomes Report Shows a Professional Renaissance and Student Success
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across nations in 2020, it became growingly evident that the unrolling of this unprecedented event also ushered in historic aftermaths yet to be discovered. Wielding the power to impact future generations yet to come, the…
Weissman Scholarship Recipient April Lopez Shares Late Professor’s Vision of Food Justice
April Lopez says she was drawn to Syracuse University’s food studies master’s program because of its vision of food justice. That vision was shaped in large part by Syracuse Professor Evan Weissman, a tireless advocate for equity in the food…
iSchool Associate Professor Receives Fulbright to Conduct Research in the ‘Silicon Valley’ of India
When Ingrid Erickson began teaching at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) in 2017, she encountered something different about the students in her classroom—many, if not most, of them were from India. This was a change from the students she…
‘A Giant in Her Field’: Falk College Colleagues Remember Professor Emerita Alice Sterling Honig
Alice Sterling Honig, professor emerita of child and family studies (now the Department of Human Development and Family Science) in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, died March 7, 2023. She was 93. Honig earned a…
College of Professional Studies Appoints Noura Allen as Director of Diversity and Inclusive Excellence
The College of Professional Studies announces the appointment of Noura Allen as director of diversity and inclusive excellence. Allen will lead, develop and implement strategies to align the College of Professional Studies’ diversity, equity, inclusion and access (DEIA) initiatives. Allen…
3rd Thonis Endowed Professorship Announced: The Multiplier Effect in Philanthropy
On the drive from his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to his alma mater in Syracuse, New York, Michael G. “Mike” Thonis ’72 says he counts rock formations, knows all their geological names and notices “as they suddenly become very dark…
Maxwell Professor Thomas Perreault Receives Fulbright Specialist Award
Thomas Perreault, professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named a Fulbright Specialist, an honor that connects faculty in the U.S. with institutions worldwide. For six weeks this summer, Perreault…
University Remembers Professor Emerita Nancy Weatherly Sharp
Nancy Weatherly Sharp, professor emerita in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and former University mace bearer, died on Feb. 12. She was 86. Sharp was born in Illinois and raised in Missouri. She studied journalism at the University…