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Campus & Community

University Lectures 20th Season Showcases Actor/Activist Wilmer Valderrama, ‘1619 Project’ Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renowned Designer Thom Filicia

Wednesday, August 19, 2020, By Kevin Morrow

The University Lectures series celebrates its 20th season this fall with three stellar speakers: actor, producer, singer and activist Wilmer Valderrama (“That ’70s Show,” “NCIS”) on Sept. 22; Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The New York Times’…

STEM

A&S Researchers Lay the Groundwork to Reconstruct Global Climate through Earth’s History

Thursday, August 13, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

A key component when forecasting what the Earth’s climate might look like in the future is the ability to draw on accurate temperature records of the past. By reconstructing past latitudinal temperature gradients (the difference in average temperature between the…

Campus & Community

Research Informs Libraries COVID-19 Practices

Tuesday, August 11, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Syracuse University Libraries has modified several policies and services for the upcoming semester to ensure the safety of library employees, students and faculty. Adjustments have been made in accordance with recommendations and research provided…

STEM

NSF Grant Funds Research of Curvature and Symmetry

Friday, August 7, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

What does the surface of a desk and the surface of a beach ball or bagel have in common? The answer is, if you zoom in close enough on each item, they all look flat. Of course, we all know…

STEM

Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Faculty Member Receives Grant to Research the Potential of Laser Technology for Printing Lung Interfaces

Friday, July 24, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Human lungs are intricate 3D structures with air sacs surrounded by blood vessels with a gap between them that can be less than one micrometer (as a frame of reference, human hair is about 100 micrometers wide). This minuscule gap/membrane…

STEM

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant for Gravitational Wave Research

Sunday, July 12, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has been awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the universe using gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are ripples in…

STEM

A&S Researchers Study the Amount of Carbon Dioxide Released at the East African Rift System

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Calculating Earth’s carbon budget is vitally important in the effort to track global warming and climate change. The carbon budget is the cumulative amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions permitted over a period of time to keep the Earth’s atmosphere…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Professor Named Upjohn Research Initiative Grant Recipient

Wednesday, June 24, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

The jury for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Upjohn Research Initiative has announced five grant recipients of its Upjohn Research Initiative, including Nina Sharifi, assistant professor in the School of Architecture. Sharifi will receive $25,000 to research and produce…

USA Today

“Would resuming or halting the NBA season help the league’s efforts to fight racial inequality?”

Tuesday, June 16, 2020, By Lily Datz

African American Studies Department Chair and Associate Professor Herb Ruffin was interviewed by USA Today for the article “Would resuming or halting the NBA season help the league’s efforts to fight racial inequality?” The article weighs whether NBA players should…

Agence France-Presse

“America’s original sin: Floyd death prompts historical soul-searching.”

Saturday, June 13, 2020, By Lily Datz

Assistant Professor of Political Science Steven White, from the Maxwell School, was interviewed by Agence France-Presse for the article “America’s original sin: Floyd death prompts historical soul-searching.” The article focuses on rethinking race in American history. “I think for a…