Search Results for: ,SEA

STEM

Professor Jianshun ‘Jensen’ Zhang Named Executive Director of Syracuse Center of Excellence

Tuesday, June 28, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University has named a new executive director to lead the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) in Environmental and Energy Systems. Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang, a longtime professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), begins in that role…

Campus & Community

Professor Corrine Occhino Awarded Grant to Promote ASL Among Deaf Refugees

Monday, June 27, 2022, By Martin Walls

Corrine Occhino, an assistant professor with a dual appointment in the School of Education and College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded an SU Engaged Humanities Mini-grant for a project to serve Deaf refugees learning American Sign Language (ASL)….

Campus & Community

Behind the Greens With Drumlins’ Peter McPartland

Friday, June 24, 2022, By Abby Haessig

As the 2022 golf season gets into full swing, Drumlins Country Club Golf Course Superintendent Peter McPartland is up with the sun, leading his crew and tending to the greens, with his puppy, Bogey, by his side. “Pete is most…

Campus & Community

Tips for Managing Your Spring (Achoo!) Allergies

Friday, June 24, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Runny nose. Scratchy throat. Watery, itchy, red eyes. Cough, cough. Aaaaaahh-chooooo! What’s up with you? It’s likely you’re suffering from outdoor seasonal allergies. In the Syracuse-Central New York region, a place regularly cited as fairly high on the nation’s list…

Campus & Community

9 Faculty Members Presented NSF CAREER Awards

Friday, June 24, 2022, By Diane Stirling

A total of nine Syracuse University faculty members have received CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development program during the 2021-22 academic year. This is the largest number of the prestigious NSF awards earned in…

Media Tip Sheets

Faculty expert reflects on 80th anniversary of Holocaust publication

Thursday, June 23, 2022, By Vanessa Marquette

Saturday, June 25th marks 80 years since the Daily Telegraph published about the mass murder of Jews during the Holocaust, but it was on the fifth page of a six-page issue. The Guardian describes it as “one of its greatest…

STEM

Hidden in Plain Sight: A&S Biologists Say Southern Right Whale Habitat Choice is Key to Keeping Young Calves Safe

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Sitting on a beach looking out to sea, it may seem unusual to spot one of the world’s largest animals swimming in shallow, coastal, 30-foot-deep waters. But each winter, female southern right whales migrate thousands of miles to bay habitats…

Veterans

IVMF’s Armstrong Delivers Congressional Testimony on Veteran Mental Health

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, By Austin Philleo

Nicholas J. Armstrong, Ph.D., managing director, research and data for the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on June 15. Armstrong testified in…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad to Host Arts Entrepreneurship Accelerator for Creatives This Summer

Friday, June 17, 2022, By News Staff

Creative business coach Peter DePasquale ’12 (dual B.F.A. in arts education and printmaking), as well as an M.F.A. (printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) will be leading a four-week intensive boot camp accelerator to help students…

Campus & Community

Father’s Day Podcast and Q&A With Dino Babers, Head Football Coach

Wednesday, June 15, 2022, By John Boccacino

On the football field, Dino Babers is known as the passionate head coach of the Syracuse University football team, the charismatic leader who has delivered his share of emotional pre- and post-game speeches. But beyond the wins, beyond his ability…