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STEM

Syracuse Awarded $3.7 Million for Particle Physics Research

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are closer to understanding what happened after the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The High-Energy Physics (HEP) Group in the…

Health & Society

Professor to Address Educational Disparities in U.S. Adult Health

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Educational disparities in U.S. adult health are the focus of a presentation by a Syracuse University professor at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Philadelphia. Jennifer Karas Montez, professor of sociology in the Maxwell School…

Veterans

Sociologists Link Service-Connected Disability to Veteran Mortality Disadvantage

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The impact of service-connected disability (SCD) on the U.S. veteran mortality rate is the subject of a presentation by a trio of Syracuse University professors at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Philadelphia. Scott Landes,…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Presents ‘Rodin: The Human Experience/Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections’

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries is presenting “Rodin: The Human Experience/Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections,” on view beginning Aug. 16 and continuing through Nov. 18 in the Shaffer Art Building. Organized by Judith Sobol, curator of…

Veterans

Nontraditional Students – Like Vets – Face Unique Challenges Heading Back to School

Tuesday, August 14, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

As parents, students and educational institutions focus on the start of a new semester, nontraditional students like veterans are often overlooked. Student veterans are likely to be older than peer classmates, married, have children and work full or part-time jobs…

STEM

Back to the Future of Climate Change

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers at Syracuse University are looking to the geologic past to make future projections about climate change. Christopher K. Junium, assistant professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the lead author of a study…

STEM

Nangia’s Research Featured on Journal of Physical Chemistry Cover

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Associate Professor Shikha Nangia’s research on the blood-brain barrier is prominently featured on the cover of the Aug. 2 Journal of Physical Chemistry B. The paper, “Self-Assembly Simulations of Classic Claudins—Insights into the Pore Structure, Selectivity, and Higher Order Complexes,” is…

Campus & Community

University College Invites Faculty, Staff to Centennial Celebration Picnic

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

University College invites Syracuse University faculty and staff to a picnic on Friday, Sept. 7, from 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. in the lot behind the UC building, 700 University Ave., to celebrate 100 years of providing education and support to part-time…

The Washington Post

The Belarusian Government Cracks Down on Investigative Reporters

Saturday, August 4, 2018, By Essence Britt

Cheryl Reed, assistant professor at the Newhouse School, wrote an article for the Washington Post entitled Belarusian media is ‘on the edge of survival’ amid crackdown Reed writes an article explaining the outstanding consequences investigating reporters are facing in Minsk, Belarus….

Media, Law & Policy

Retired Judge Martha Bellinger ’72 Recalls Lifetime of Breaking Down Gender Barriers, Rallying For LGBT Rights

Friday, August 3, 2018, By Rob Enslin

March 12, 1968. Another stark afternoon in Central New York, as Martha Bellinger ’72 and her parents wrap up a campus tour of Syracuse. The visit is mostly a formality for the future journalism major, thanks to her high school…