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Health & Society

National Institute of Health Awards SU Psychologist $2 Million Grant

Friday, February 14, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The statistics are staggering and the impact on children and their families can be overwhelming. But, one psychologist in The College of Arts and Sciences is preparing to embark on a significant research project that may generate insights that will…

STEM

Article by SU Biologist Reveals When It Pays to Be a Lover, a Fighter, or Both

Thursday, January 23, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A biologist in The College of Arts and Sciences has determined that, during reproduction, a male animal can be a lover, a fighter, or both. Stefan Lüpold, a research assistant professor specializing in behavioral ecology and sexual selection in animals,…

STEM

Biologist Develops Method for Monitoring Shipping Noise in Dolphin Habitat

Tuesday, December 3, 2013, By Rob Enslin

A biologist in The College of Arts and Sciences has developed a system of techniques for tracking ships and monitoring underwater noise levels in a protected marine mammal habitat.

STEM

Biologists Confirm Role of Sperm Competition in Formation of New Species

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By Rob Enslin

‘Current Biology’ article marks culmination of six years of research Biologists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have confirmed that reproductive isolation, a critical step in the formation of new species, can arise from diversifying sperm competition. Their…

Rubinstein: Anthropologists Should Contribute to National Security Discussion

Friday, March 8, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Robert Rubinstein is generally known as a peaceable guy. The Maxwell School professor of anthropology and international relations is soft-spoken. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. He was a cofounder of the Commission on Peace and Human Rights of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.

Media, Law & Policy

Getting to Know: Cultural anthropologist Cecilia Van Hollen

Tuesday, January 15, 2013, By News Staff

While studying the lives of women living with HIV in South Asia, Maxwell School associate professor Cecilia Van Hollen recalls speaking with a young mother in Tamil Nadu, the southeastern state in India. “When neighbors ask me why I am…

STEM

Hydrologist named fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Wednesday, December 5, 2012, By News Staff

Donald Siegel, professor of Earth Sciences in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is one of the nation’s most well known, respected and admired hydrologists. His discoveries that much of the world’s potable groundwater found deeper than 600 feet…

Arts & Culture

‘Tribal fusion’ dancer and anthropologist explore collective identity of the arts Oct. 18 at SU

Monday, October 8, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Event follows keynote address by undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs Syracuse Symposium, whose theme this fall is “Memory-Media-Archive,” continues with a joint program featuring a dance performance by Donna Mejia and a lecture by anthropologist William…

Award-winning ecologist to present 2012 Life Sciences Lecture ‘Is Mother Nature Short Sighted?’

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By News Staff

Hanna Kokko, laureate fellow at Australian National University, will present “Is Mother Nature Shortsighted?” for the 2012 Jack and Pat Bryan Life Sciences Lecture at Syracuse University. The lecture, which will begin at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 1, in the…

SU’s Ray Smith Symposium concludes with residencies by art historian, musicologist

Monday, March 12, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences concludes its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment” with mini-residencies by art historian Diane Wolfthal (March 29-30) and musicologist Linda Phyllis…