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Campus & Community

Committee Co-Chairs, Members Named to Lead Search for the Next Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Thursday, September 1, 2022, By News Staff

Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter today announced the members of the search committee charged with identifying the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Lois Agnew will continue to serve as interim dean…

New Research: “Reimagine Fire Science for the Anthropocene”

Wednesday, August 24, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

As wildfires cause increasing devastation worldwide, dozens of fire experts across the nation are joining together in calling for a more strategic and interdisciplinary approach to pursuing wildfire research and protecting vulnerable communities. The paper, “Reimagine Fire Science for the…

STEM

SparkCharge CEO Josh Aviv ’15, G’17 Introduces President Biden L’68 Before CHIPS, Science Act Signing

Friday, August 12, 2022, By John Boccacino

The White House’s famous Rose Garden turned Orange on Tuesday afternoon as Josh Aviv ’15, G’17, the founder and CEO of SparkCharge, introduced President Joseph R. Biden Jr. L’68 before a packed crowd outside the White House. Aviv, who launched…

Health & Society

Professor Dotger Awarded NSF Grant to Promote Data Sciences and STEM Workforce Development Through a Clinical Simulations Model

Friday, August 12, 2022, By Martin Walls

Professor Benjamin Dotger, director of the Syracuse University School of Education’s (SOE) Center for Experiential Pedagogy and Practice (CEPP), has been awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to design and study an instructional model to enhance data science…

Health & Society

Human Development and Family Science Students Discover ‘Healing Power of Optimism’

Tuesday, July 26, 2022, By Matt Michael

For Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics rising juniors Nathalia Kobrosky and Jayde Kahn, participating in a Life is Good Playmakers online course this past spring was a crucial step toward their career goals of helping children navigate life’s…

STEM

Donald Siegel Honored as the 2022 Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist

Monday, July 18, 2022, By News Staff

The American Geosciences Institute has recognized Donald I. Siegel, professor emeritus in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, with the 2022 Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal. Siegel is acclaimed for his decades…

Arts & Culture

The Art of Science: Students Participate in University’s First-Ever Bio-Art Class

Friday, July 8, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Somewhere deep inside a laboratory on the Syracuse University campus, students gather in a dark room, the only light coming from the glow of a computer. The pixels on the screen visualize an up-close view of a cell, uncovering a…

Campus & Community

Two Arts and Sciences Professors Receive Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards

Tuesday, July 5, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Two professors in the College of Arts and Sciences were among 41 researchers from around the country selected as recipients of 2022-23 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). Eric Coughlin, assistant professor of physics,…

STEM

Biology and Earth and Environmental Sciences Departments Come Together on Diversity and Engagement Initiatives

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, By News Staff

In 1948, Professor James Hope Birnie became Syracuse University’s first African American faculty member in biology, teaching here until 1951. He was also one of its first biology faculty members to be supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)….

Veterans

Senior Q&A: Tony Ruscitto ’22 Puts a New Mission on His Horizon

Monday, May 16, 2022, By Stephanie Salanger

Q: How was your experience getting to Syracuse University? A: I’m a Syracuse native, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2013, out of high school. After five years of military service, I saw a crossroads. At 23 I realized…