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New research: how political bias impacts believing sexual assault victims
New research from Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications reveals a relationship between political biases and attitudes about sexual assault. Authored by assistant professor Rebecca Ortiz and PhD student Andrea Smith, the article “A social identity threat perspective on why partisans…
Forensic Scientists Design the First Machine Learning Approach to Forensic DNA Analysis
As the field of forensics evolves, more complex evidence is being processed with greater precision, sensitivity and speed than ever before. To give a real-life example, consider a bank robbery where the perpetrator uses a pen, available to all customers,…
College of Law Taps Executive Lily Yan Hughes as New Head of Career Development
The College of Law has announced that Lily Yan Hughes has joined the college as assistant dean for career development. In this role, Hughes will lead the implementation of an innovative, comprehensive job placement and career development strategy for law…
Air Pollution Can Lead to Chemical Reactions
Cliff Davidson, Thomas and Colleen Wilmot Professor of Engineering and Environmental Engineering Program Director, was interviewed for the WESA-FM (Pittsburgh) story “Why Are The Globes On The Sixteenth Street Bridge Different Colors?” Davidson, who spent over 30 years studying air…
Syracuse University’s First NIH S10 Grant Funds State-of-the-Art Microscope
For the first time in Syracuse University’s history, a department has received a prestigious S10 Instrumentation Grant from the National Institutes of Health. The S10 program, which supports the purchase of high-tech instruments to enhance research of NIH investigators, funded…
‘Does ‘Faith-Based’ Include People Without a Religious Faith?’
Does “faith-based” include people without a religious faith? Mark Brockway is a faculty fellow in religion and political science at Syracuse University. Brockway wrote a research-based piece for The Washington Post’s politics blog, Monkey Cage, in which he discusses how…
Why are we still debating the use of masks?
Doron Dorfman, associate professor at Syracuse University College of Law, is available to speak to the media on issues surrounding laws and the use of face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Professor Dorfman studies the intersections of health…
Trouble in Haiti: Professors Provide Insight Into Past, Present and Future of Caribbean Country
This week, Haitian president Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his home, and his wife was injured in the attack. Haitian authorities have begun to arrest and detain suspects. Some have been killed. The assassination has thrown the country into further…
Housing Committee Announces Results of Review, Acquisition of The Marshall
Updated apartments and suite-stye units for undergraduates living on campus, and additional housing on South Campus for juniors and seniors, graduate students and others are just some of the priority items in Syracuse University’s new housing strategy. The strategy, which…
Syracuse University Experts on Vaccine Hesitancy
On Tuesday, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the US, said “The Delta variant is currently the greatest threat in the U.S. to our attempt to eliminate Covid-19.” The good news, he said, is that the…