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Health & Society

Can Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy Help Prevent Autism and Schizophrenia?

Thursday, October 17, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

The neocortex, or “thinking brain,” accounts for over 75% of the brain’s total volume and plays a critical role in humans’ decision-making, processing of sensory information, and formation and retrieval of memories. Uniquely human traits such as advanced social behavior…

STEM

‘Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future’ Exhibition Comes to Syracuse

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, By Emma Ertinger

When it comes to sustainable construction materials, there’s no contest: mass timber buildings require less heavy equipment, save on labor costs and take less time to install than concrete and steel. By utilizing mass timber, the construction industry can utilize…

Health & Society

Tina Nabatchi Gives Keynote Address at Oxford’s Social Outcomes Conference

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, By News Staff

Tina Nabatchi, professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was a keynote speaker at the annual Social Outcomes Conference 2024, hosted in hybrid format by the Blavatnik School of Government at…

Campus & Community

Celebrating Alumni and Student Entrepreneurs at ’CUSE50 2024

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, By Christine Grabowski

For the second year in a row, the University will honor Orange ingenuity with two days of celebration, networking and a friendly pitch competition as part of the ’CUSE50 Alumni Entrepreneur Awards. The honorees make up an impressive group of…

Syracuse University Impact

University and Community Partners Help WCNY Form New Spanish-Language Radio Station

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, By Diane Stirling

An important resource never before available to the greater Central New York and Mohawk Valley region—a Spanish-language radio station—has come to fruition through an initiative shaped by PBS affiliate WCNY and a number of community members, including several faculty and…

Health & Society

At Maxwell School, the Conversation About Citizenship Gains Fresh Perspective

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, By Jessica Smith

For nearly a century, in the north entrance to the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a lone statue of President George Washington greeted all who entered the school. A former farmer, land surveyor, American Revolutionary War hero and…

Media, Law & Policy

IDJC’s ElectionGraph: Surge in Negative Ads After Summer Assassination Attempt

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, By News Staff

The number of negative ads on Facebook and Instagram in the U.S. presidential race surged after a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump despite calls from both major parties to tone down heated rhetoric, according a new ElectionGraph…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Students Win Visionary International Design Competition

Monday, October 14, 2024, By Julie Sharkey

A team of fifth-year School of Architecture students have won first prize at this year’s Home of the Next Century: Home2124 international design competition for their project, “The Domestic Nomad,” which reimagines domesticity in a contemporary context. In this fourth…