Search Results for: ,YST

Health & Society

Lender Faculty Fellow Bhan Examining Social Justice Implications of Artificial Intelligence Weaponry

Monday, September 26, 2022, By Diane Stirling

How do artificial intelligence weapons systems transform war and surveillance activities and accentuate the social and political vulnerabilities of humans to violence? That is the question Mona Bhan, associate professor of anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public…

Health & Society

Professor Conducting First National Survey on Reproductive Health Experiences of Deaf Women

Monday, September 26, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

As limits to women’s reproductive rights swirl in the national news, one researcher at Syracuse University is engaged in a groundbreaking nationwide study on the reproductive health experiences of Deaf and hard of hearing women. Corrine Occhino, assistant professor in the…

Campus & Community

Special Collections Research Center Awards Two Faculty Fellows Grants for 2023-24

Monday, September 26, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) has awarded two Faculty Fellows grants for the 2023-2024 academic year. LaVerne Gray, assistant professor in the School of Information Studies, and Julia White, associate professor in the Department of Teaching and…

Arts & Culture

The Breedlove Readers Book Club Gears Up for Fall 2022 Series

Friday, September 23, 2022, By Martin Walls

The Breedlove Readers, a teen book club run by Courtney Mauldin, assistant professor of educational leadership in the School of Education, is getting ready to welcome its fourth cohort of middle and high school Black girls who are fans of…

Media, Law & Policy

A Conversation With Congresswoman Liz Cheney to Be Held Oct. 3

Thursday, September 22, 2022, By Jessica Smith

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs welcomes Congresswoman Liz Cheney to campus on Monday, Oct. 3, for a conversation with Syracuse University faculty, staff and students. As Wyoming’s sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Cheney sits…

Arts & Culture

Engaged Humanities Network Awards Grants to Faculty and Students for Collaborations With Syracuse Community

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

When Brice Nordquist founded the Engaged Humanities Network (EHN) in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) in 2020, one the main ideas guiding its mission was to build and foster relationships between members of Syracuse University and the surrounding…

Media Tip Sheets

PITCH: Expert on DNA evidence available for comment on Anand Syed case

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

This week Anand Syed, the subject of the Serial podcast that cast doubt on his guilt in a murder case, walked out of prison after prosecutors recommended that his conviction be vacated. A judge overturned his murder conviction in the…

STEM

Blackstone LaunchPad Accepting Applications for Ideas Competition and Chance to Win $4,000 in Prizes

Monday, September 19, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad is hosting an Ideas Competition on Friday, Oct. 7, from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Whitman Atrium (Grand Flaum Hall) at 721 University Ave. The Ideas Competition is open to all Syracuse University and…

STEM

NSF, Department of Energy Grants Enable Physicists to Continue Cutting-Edge Research in Neutrino Discovery

Sunday, September 18, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

You may not know it, but every second 100 billion extremely tiny, invisible subatomic particles called neutrinos pass through every square centimeter of your hand. Physicist Mitch Soderberg says the reason you didn’t notice is because they rarely interact with…

STEM

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Continue Gravitational Wave Detector Research

Sunday, September 18, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

In March 2023, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is set to begin its fourth yearlong observational period. Scientists on site in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana, have spent the last two years on hardware and software upgrades to…