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George Saunders Elected to Academy of Arts and Letters
George Saunders G’88, professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences and acclaimed author, has been elected into the membership of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Saunders is one of 12 individuals from the arts, literature…
Daniel McDowell on Trump’s Proposed Tariff Changes
Daniel McDowell, assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School, offers insight on the political and economic repercussions of President Donald Trump’s proposed 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
Researchers Close to Understanding Disease Mechanisms of ALS
Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) are making strides in understanding the disease mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Carlos A. Castañeda, assistant professor of biology, chemistry and interdisciplinary neuroscience, and Thuy…
Graduate Student Seth Delisle Helps to Engineer Faceoff Wins for Syracuse Men’s Lacrosse
On a typical Tuesday morning, Seth DeLisle, mechanical and aerospace engineering graduate student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, is working on complex differential equations that measure the lift and thrust a helicopter needs to fly. “The classes…
Winners of Plowing Through the Data Hackathon Announced
The winners of the Plowing Through the Data Hackathon, powered by AT&T, were announced in a ceremony held at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and attended by City of Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh. The hackathon, organized by the iSchool, the City…
Students Travel to Albany to Advocate for Student Aid
Hundreds of young people voiced their support of student funding during the recent New York Student Aid Alliance Advocacy Day in Albany. Anthony Obas ’20 made sure he was one of them. “Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to go last year,…
Biologists Discover Link Between Protein in Brain, Seizure Suppression
Seizure suppression is the focus of an original research article by two members of the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences—and they have the pictures to prove it. James Hewett, associate professor of biology, and Yifan Gong,…
Huang Awarded NSF I-Corps Grant for Technology Commercialization Research
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Yun Huang has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps program to explore commercialization of Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon technology that she has developed. The I-Corps program prepares academic researchers to extend their…
MSNBC Political Analyst/Host Joy-Ann Reid to Speak for University Lectures in April
In addition to her work on MSNBC, including hosting “AM Joy” Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon ET, Reid is a columnist for The Daily Beast and teaches the Newhouse School course Race, Gender and Media at SU’s Fisher Center in Manhattan.
Pi Day 2018: Bite-Sized Pieces of Nerd Culture Highlight Larger Trend
Pi Day will be celebrated on March 14, 2018. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159….