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STEM

Two College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Members Earn NSF CAREER Awards

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Denver Whittington, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, and Weiwei Zheng, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, are principal investigators for separate five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a…

STEM

Syracuse University and UC Berkeley Researchers Team Up to Develop 3D Human Heart Model Showing How Cardiac Cells Fail to Adapt to a Pathological Mechanical Environment

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

To better understand heart diseases, doctors and scientists are constantly trying to understand how cardiac tissue in the human heart is affected by its changing environment. Specifically, researchers have wanted to better understand how cardiac cells adjust themselves depending on…

Media, Law & Policy

How to Decipher the News to Find the Facts

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

Nine months to go till the November presidential election. How do you wade through the political rhetoric and potential biases and falsehoods from various information outlets to get to the real facts? Longtime journalist and Newhouse School adjunct professor Tom…

Arts & Culture

Artists: It’s Time for On My Own Time

Monday, February 24, 2020, By News Staff

Submissions are now being accepted for Syracuse University’s On My Own Time (OMOT) exhibition. Any full- or part-time faculty or staff member is eligible to submit artwork in the categories of painting, ceramics, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, photography, collage/assemblage, fiber art,…

Campus & Community

University College Announces Commencement Speaker

Monday, February 24, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

The University College Commencement Celebration for part-time students will take place on Thursday, May 7, at 6 p.m. at the new National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel & Gayle D’Aniello Building. Jeffery Mangram will be the keynote speaker. Mangram…

Campus & Community

Hacking Your Workday

Monday, February 24, 2020, By Eileen Korey

One of the nation’s oldest business schools, the Martin J. Whitman School of Management has produced thousands of graduates who forge successful paths in all aspects of the business world, from accounting and finance, to entrepreneurship and marketing, to real…

Campus & Community

Five Ways to Bust Through a Late-Winter Workout Slump

Monday, February 24, 2020, By Jen Plummer

We’re in that time of year when the shine of (and often, commitment to) New Year’s resolutions has dulled, but the renewed energy that spring weather brings is still, optimistically, a few weeks away. It can be tough to remain…

Health & Society

How Couples Stay Together

Monday, February 24, 2020, By Eileen Korey

Recently, Professor Joseph Fanelli received an Amazon delivery he wasn’t expecting. It was a watering can for plants. It was also an expression of love—the kind of action that makes a loving relationship endure. “I had been in my workshop…

Health & Society

Syracuse University, CNY Care Collaborative Inc. Launch Care Coordination Certificate Program

Monday, February 24, 2020, By Michele Barrett

An enhanced training program, funded by the Central New York Care Collaborative (CNYCC) and developed by Falk College’s School of Social Work in partnership with the CNY Regional Planning Consortium (RPC), and other state and local stakeholders, will benefit frontline…

Veterans

From Ghana, With Duffle Bag

Monday, February 24, 2020, By Leah Lazarz

It’s not every day a student arrives on campus with their whole life tucked away into a single military duffle bag, but for Kelvin Nyamalor, a student veteran at Syracuse University, that was exactly how he arrived. “I came here during the…