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Five Things To Know About January’s Total Lunar Eclipse
This month’s rare total eclipse will be the last one visible from the United States until 2022. Walter Freeman is an assistant teaching professor in the Physics Department at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Freeman answers five questions…
Syracuse University Shows Strong Presence at Student Veteran National Conference
Recently, a group of Syracuse University students, composed of 17 student veterans, two ROTC cadets, one military spouse and two students from the University Student Association, attended the Student Veterans of America (SVA) National Conference in Orlando, Florida. The student…
Syracuse Intensifies Search for New ‘Ghostly’ Particles
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) are playing an important role in a multinational neutrino experiment that could lead to major breakthroughs in the study of the universe. Mitch Soderberg, associate professor of physics, oversees a group…
ISchool Professor Lee McKnight Contributes to Pew Research Report on Future of Artificial Intelligence
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Lee McKnight has contributed his opinions on the changes coming to the artificial intelligence (AI) field in a recently published Pew Research Center report titled “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans.” Published…
Concept to Design Library ‘Critical Catalog’ Earns ASIS&T Best Paper Proposal Award
A paper describing a proposal to create a new type of library catalog—one that, in the way it uses metadata, acts as an “affirmative action” system to advocate for diversity and expose library users and readers to resources from populations…
Growing the Science of Sustainability: Molecular Biologist Nina V. Fedoroff ’66 Expounds on Importance of GMOs, Science Literacy
Nina V. Fedoroff ’66 has built a career on defying the odds. From working her way through college as a single mother to being the first to clone and characterize maize transposons (bits of DNA that hop from place to…
Guiding Syracuse Students Along Their Path to Becoming Media Entrepreneurs
Though Sean Branagan ’80 aspired to be a magazine writer when he entered the Newhouse School, he discovered his calling elsewhere—in the fast-evolving field of digital media and interactive marketing. A self-described “instigator, entrepreneur, educator and startup coach,” Branagan brought…
When memes attack democracy
Social media expert and Syracuse University faculty member Jennifer Grygiel is available to discuss the latest findings in the newly-released Disinformation Report. Assistant Professor of Communications at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Jennifer Grygiel says that this shows a memetic…
ITS Staff Member Builds Beds for Families in Need
Jon Wright doesn’t particularly consider himself a woodworker. But his skills—and those of his close knit group of friends—have created beloved pieces of furniture for many delighted young people in the community. Wright, a support analyst with the University’s Information…
Physicist Applies Nanotechnology to Detect Protein-Protein Interactions
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences hopes to improve cancer detection with a new and novel class of nanomaterials. Liviu Movileanu, professor of physics, creates tiny sensors that detect, characterize and analyze protein-protein interactions (PPIs) in blood…