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Chlorine gas attacks in Aleppo are “crimes against humanity” says former war crimes prosecutor
David Crane, Professor of Practice at Syracuse University College of Law, founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and co-founder of the Syrian Accountability Project said the recent chlorine gas attacks on civilians amounts to “war crimes.”…
Biologist Awarded NIH Grant to Study Link Between Early-Development Stress, Adult Disease
A biologist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a grant to study the link between early-development stress and adult disease. Assistant Professor Sarah Hall is using a $446,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to…
Syracuse Hosts International Conference on Representation Theory
More than 200 scholars and students from around the world will descend on the Syracuse University campus for the 17th biennial Workshop and International Conference on Representations of Algebras (ICRA). For the first time in ICRA history, meetings will take…
Call for South Asia Center FLAS Academic Year 2016-17 Applications
Application Process Reopened Syracuse University’s South Asia Center announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship Application Deadlines: Graduate Students: Monday, August 15, 2016 by 11:59 pm EST Undergraduate Students: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 by 11:59 pm EST The…
Ultrasound Used in Speech-Language Pathology
Jonathan Preston, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders in the College of Arts and Sciences, and clinical researcher at Syracuse University, discusses the use of sonogram technology used at the Gebbie Clinic to help diagnose and treat speech sound…
Physicists Awarded NSF Grant to Study Cancer-Cell Behavior
M. Lisa Manning, M. Cristina Marchetti and Jennifer Schwarz have been awarded a three-year, $686,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to apply principles of soft-matter physics to cancer therapy.
Four Distinguished Alumni to Be Honored at 2016 Arents Ceremony
The recipients are Jim Brown ’57, James Cunningham ’74, Dr. Robert Jarvik ’68, H’83 and Arielle Tepper Madover ’94.
Researchers Confirm Marine Animals Live Longer at High Latitudes
Researchers in the Department of Earth Sciences have shown that high-latitude bivalves live longer and grow slower than those in the tropics. Their findings are the subject of an article in the “Proceedings of the Royal Society B” (The Royal…
Tesla Seeks to Become More than a Car Company
This week, electric car company Tesla confirmed its intention to merge with SolarCity, a solar energy firm. Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla and co-founder and chairman of SolarCity. Gary Witt, professor of finance practice, offers some insights into Tesla’s…
How Sunglasses Became Cool for the Summer
Sunglasses—the ultimate accessory in cool—became a necessity in the early 20th century with the advent of cars and more time to spend outside. They evolved into a statement of style.