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STEM

Professor Qinru Qiu Named Distinguished Professor

Monday, April 22, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) Professor Qinru Qiu has been named a distinguished professor by the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS). Qiu previously received the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGDA Distinguished Service Award and the National…

Campus & Community

Thomas M. Keck Named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow

Monday, April 22, 2024, By Cort Ruddy

Thomas M. Keck, professor of political science and Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, has been named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow. Keck was included among a diverse class recognized by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation as…

Campus & Community

NSF Grant Advances Planning for Community College Engineering Pathway Program

Monday, April 22, 2024, By Diane Stirling

The development of a new pathway program for community college students interested in engineering recently got a boost from a $100,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) planning grant. The pathway program, “Roadmap Into Syracuse Engineering Undergraduate Programs and the Profession” (“RISEUP2”),…

Campus & Community

Creating Identity and Building Community Through Writing

Monday, April 22, 2024, By News Staff

When students in the College of Arts and Sciences enroll in Associate Professor Patrick Berry’s class on writing and rhetoric, they likely think, correctly, that they will learn the foundations of good writing across various genres. However, they may not…

STEM

Undergraduate Spearheads Study Using Physics to Understand How Cells Self-Sort

Sunday, April 21, 2024, By News Staff

Erin McCarthy ’23, physics summa cum laude, is a rarity among young scientists. As an undergraduate researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics, she guided a study that appeared in March 2024 in Physical Review Letters….

Campus & Community

5 Honorary Degrees to Be Presented at 2024 Commencement

Friday, April 19, 2024, By News Staff

An award-winning journalist, a hall of fame basketball coach, a nationally recognized library conservationist, a global financial executive and a renowned computer scientist will be recognized with honorary degrees from Syracuse University at the 2024 Commencement on Sunday, May 12,…

Campus & Community

Libraries’ Earth Day Events Highlight Plastic Collection Materials

Friday, April 19, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Plastics. They’re lightweight, durable, flexible, inexpensive. They’re moldable, extrudable, pressable. They’re colored and clear; they’re dinnerware, jewelry, vinyl siding, military supplies, toys and thousands more things. In the early half of the 20th century, the availability of polymers and fossil…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Provides Updates to University Senate on Shared Governance Related to Honorary Degrees, Benefits, Sustainability and Athletics

Thursday, April 18, 2024, By News Staff

Thank you, Professor Reed. Can we all clap for the professor? Twenty-five days to Commencement. It’s hard to believe and package it. Today I’m going to be very brief. I do want to note with great sorrow the passing last…

Campus & Community

Department of Public Safety Seeking Community Feedback

Thursday, April 18, 2024, By News Staff

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) in collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, is currently conducting an online survey to learn from campus community members about their experiences with and perspectives on public and campus safety. The…

Business & Economy

5 Students Use Couri Hatchery to Prepare for New York Business Plan Competition

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, By Dawn McWilliams

This semester, five University students working at the Couri Hatchery Student Business Incubator at the Whitman School of Management made it through the regional level of the New York State Business Plan Competition (NYBPC), an intercollegiate event designed to help…