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Campus & Community

Sustainability Spring Round Up: STARS Rating, Carbon Neutrality, Plastic Reduction and More

Friday, May 2, 2025, By Lydia Krayenhagen

Syracuse University has been recognized as a STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) Silver institution by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. STARS is a comprehensive rating system for colleges and universities to measure sustainability….

STEM

Biologist Reveals New Insights Into Fish’s Unique Attachment Mechanism

Wednesday, April 23, 2025, By Dan Bernardi

On a wave-battered rock in the Northern Pacific Ocean, a fish called the sculpin grips the surface firmly to maintain stability in its harsh environment. Unlike sea urchins, which use their glue-secreting tube feet to adhere to their surroundings, sculpins…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Providing Support to International Students, Ensuring Academic Continuity

Wednesday, April 23, 2025, By News Staff

Syracuse University is currently working to support three international students that have been affected by recent federal actions involving the revocation of visas or termination of legal status by the U.S. Department of State. The University was not notified in…

Campus & Community

Arts and Sciences Doctoral Student Wins at This Year’s Three-Minute Thesis Competition

Tuesday, April 22, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Ten graduate students competed in this year’s Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on April 4. The annual event, sponsored by the Graduate School, provides participants with the opportunity to share highlights of their research and scholarship in pithy, engaging presentations lasting…

Business & Economy

Women Leaders in Sports Helping to Create a Promising Future for Syracuse Students

Friday, April 18, 2025, By Matt Michael

One of the many benefits of the new partnership between the nationally recognized Women Leaders in Sports and the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics is the mentorship that Women Leaders in Sports executives are providing to Falk students….

Campus & Community

Major League Advice: Falk College Students Meet Baseball Legend Darryl Strawberry

Monday, April 14, 2025, By Matt Michael

As a teenager growing up in South Central Los Angeles, Darryl Strawberry taped a sign on his bedroom door saying that he was going to be a Major League Baseball player one day. At first, he didn’t really believe it….

Media Tip Sheets

Diving Deep Into the Fluoride Debate

Thursday, April 10, 2025, By Daryl Lovell

Fluoride in drinking water has become a highly charged topic in recent weeks. In March, Utah became the first state to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the state’s public water systems, a move praised by U.S. Health Secretary Robert…

STEM

A Winning Edge in Health and Wellness

Wednesday, April 9, 2025, By Dan Bernardi

With climate change and severe weather expected to intensify in the coming years, developing strategies for a resilient food supply is crucial. This involves understanding and developing crops that can withstand pathogens that cause diseases, one of the key areas…

STEM

A&S Chemist Develops Ultrasensitive Molecular Force Sensors

Thursday, March 27, 2025, By News Staff

Professor Xiaoran Hu in the College of Arts and Sciences has developed molecules that undergo mechanochemical transformations, which could be used to report nanoscale stress in plastics and help scientists study mechanobiology processes. Plastic components are commonly used in infrastructure…

Health & Society

‘Never Take No for an Answer’: Phyllis E. Greenberger ’64 Transformed the Landscape of Women’s Health Research

Wednesday, March 26, 2025, By Dan Bernardi

When Phyllis E. Greenberger ’64 walked the campus of Syracuse University as a student, she could never have imagined that nearly three decades later, she would be in the Oval Office, advocating for women’s health with United States President Bill…