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Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute Appoints New Director
James A. Hewett, associate professor of biology and neuroscience in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the newest director of the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI). He succeeds Kevin Sweder, professor of forensic science, who is…
Vital Signs Monitor Device ‘Prioritage’ Wins 2018 Invent@SU Competition in New York City
After seeing news coverage of natural disasters and mass casualty incidents where victims outnumber responding EMTs, bioengineering student Angelica O’Hara ’19 and biochemistry student Ibnul Rafi ’18 wanted to find a way to help first responders monitor numerous patients at…
Division of Marketing and Communications to Align Strategy, Structure to Advance University’s Vision, Mission and Priorities
This week, Dara Royer, senior vice president and chief communications officer at Syracuse University, announced a reorganization of the Division of Marketing and Communications. As part of Syracuse University’s ongoing efforts to ensure its future as a distinctive, global research…
INSCT Hosts State Board of Elections Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise
On June 7 the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) hosted one of a series of statewide exercises that focus on cybersecurity preparedness and response to threats to New York State election systems. These first-of-their-kind tabletop exercises are sponsored…
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Jozef Zwislocki Dies
Jozef J. Zwislocki of Fayetteville, New York, died on May 14 at the age of 96. He was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of neuroscience at Syracuse University and a Doctor Honoris Causa at both the University of Adam Mickiewicz in…
Nina Kohn Testifies to Senate Special Committee on Aging and Social Security Administration
On April 18, College of Law Associate Dean for Research and Online Education and David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law Nina A. Kohn testified in Washington, D.C., on guardianship abuse and reform and financial decision-making for people with disabilities….
Service Dog Helps Vision, and Writing
Stephen Kuusisto, a University Professor of cultural foundations of education in the School of Education, was recently featured in a PBS News Hour story. The video story detailed the relationship Kuusisto recently built with a new service dog, which not only taught…
Goode Pushes Back on Climate Change Critics
Erica Goode, a visiting assistant professor in the newspaper and online journalism department in the Newhouse school, published an article in the New York Times about climate change and the toll it is taking on the polar bear population. She…
Writing with Light, Hosein Receives Career Award
In the never-ending process of optimizing a solution to a problem, everything matters, particularly the materials one uses to fix the problem. And the more complex the solution, the more advanced the materials. One has to choose materials that are…