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Public Health Chair David Larsen Receives Fulbright to Continue Research in Austria

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, By Matt Michael

When Falk College Department of Public Health Chair and Professor David Larsen was notified that he had received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach and continue his wastewater surveillance research at the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria this…

Campus & Community

Art Gallery Will Be Part of Jan. 21 Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration

Friday, January 12, 2024, By Dara Harper

Syracuse University’s 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will include an art gallery exhibition in Club 44 on the western concourse level of the JMA Wireless Dome. To express the celebration theme of “The Reach of the…

STEM

Study Reveals Wastewater Surveillance Is Key Tool in Keeping Schools Open During Public Health Emergencies

Friday, January 12, 2024, By News Staff

Wastewater surveillance is a potent tool in understanding COVID-19 transmission within school settings, according to a groundbreaking study led by epidemiologist David Larsen, professor and chair of public health in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. The research…

Business & Economy

Whitman School MBA Team Wins $50,000 First-Place Prize in Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Competition

Tuesday, December 19, 2023, By Dawn McWilliams

A team of Whitman School of Management students took first place over more than 500 teams from universities across the nation in the Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Competition, held at the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in November. Whitman’s…

Campus & Community

Ryan St. Jean Named a 2024 Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow

Monday, December 18, 2023, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Ryan St. Jean ’24, an international relations major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2024 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow. He is one of…

Campus & Community

Tanya Williamson Named Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s New Assistant Vice President

Thursday, December 14, 2023, By Kathleen Haley

Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Mary Grace Almandrez has announced the selection of Tanya Williamson as the inaugural assistant vice president in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Williamson, who currently serves as associate director of diversity, equity and…

Health & Society

Psychology Professor and Ph.D. Candidate Awarded NIH Grants for Alcohol-Related Research and Treatment

Friday, December 8, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Nearly 30 million people in the United States struggle with alcohol use disorder (AUD), which is characterized by impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences. Of that 30 million, less than 10%…

STEM

Bedrock of Success: Female Earth and Environmental Sciences Scholars Carry on a Legacy of Mentorship

Thursday, November 30, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

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…

Arts & Culture

Art History Professor Receives NFAH Fellowship for Work on Modern Pueblo Painting

Tuesday, November 21, 2023, By News Staff

Historically, studies of early 20th-century Pueblo painting focused on the role non-Native anthropologists, artists and patrons played in fostering and marketing Pueblo art. In the last two decades, there has been a shift in approach spearheaded by scholars in the…

STEM

Research Shows Wastewater Testing Improves Predictions for COVID-19 Hospital Admissions

Monday, November 20, 2023, By Matt Michael

Testing wastewater for COVID-19 provides a better forecast of new COVID hospital admissions than clinical data, according to a Syracuse University research team led by postdoctoral researcher Dustin Hill. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a burden on the U.S. health…