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‘It’s a Hard Call’: Professor Sabrina Butler Discusses Process Addictions, Smartphones and School Bans
Across the United States, school administrators, parents, and students—as well as public health officials, attorneys, and teachers unions—are debating whether or not to limit or even ban the use of smartphones and similar devices in schools “from the first to…
Future Therapeutic Strategies May Depend on Creative Scientific Approaches Today
Before any scientific question can be answered, it must be dreamed up. What happens to cause a healthy cell or tissue to change, for instance, isn’t fully understood. While much is known about chemical exposures that can lead to genetic…
Does Fear and Anxiety Get People to the Polls?
Reporters looking for an expert to discuss issues around the election and the ongoing anxiety and fear permeating society, please see comments from Shana Gadarian, professor of political science at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and co-author of “Anxious…
The Rise of Misinformation and AI: Developing Tools to Detect What’s Real and the Impact on Upcoming Elections (Podcast)
With the increase of misinformation and disinformation on the internet and social media, our brains struggle to process what we’re seeing and whether an image, a video clip or a story is real or not. Faculty members Jenny Stromer-Galley and…
Tool to Enhance the Taste and Texture of Sourdough
When millions of people went into lockdown during the pandemic, they went in search of new at-home hobbies to help cure their boredom. Among them was making sourdough bread. In addition to being sustainable for its use of natural ingredients and traditional methods…
The Honorable Langston C. McKinney L’71 Courtroom Dedication to be Held on Oct. 30
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 4:30 p.m., political, legal and civic leaders from across the state will gather at the Honorable James C. Tormey, III Criminal Courts Building at 505 South State Street, Syracuse, for the dedication of The Hon….
2024 Gartner Ranks Whitman’s Supply Chain Management Graduate Program Among Top 25
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management was named by Gartner Inc. as one of the top 25 in the country for its supply chain management (SCM) program, earning a No. 22 ranking in graduate programs. Gartner sent out individualized…
Public Health Message From Dr. Karen Nardella
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As we head into the cold and flu season, we are seeing an increase in cases of various respiratory illnesses and other seasonal ailments. These include COVID, strep throat, atypical pneumonia “walking pneumonia,” sinus infections,…
How to Build a Better Sourdough Starter
In a newly-published paper, “Genomics and synthetic community experiments uncover the key metabolic roles of acetic acid bacteria in sourdough starter microbiomes,” researchers at Syracuse University College of Arts and Science examine how certain strains of bacteria, and specifically the…
Chancellor Syverud Updates University Senate on Benefits and Intercollegiate Athletics
I’m just going to quickly update on two things from the last meeting. One is benefits and just to say that two situations we were facing that were mentioned at the last meeting are still true. The first one, health…