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Professor Jian Tang Named a 2019 Distinguished Member by the Association for Computing Machinery

Thursday, November 7, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) named Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Jian Tang as a 2019 Distinguished Member for his outstanding scientific contributions to computing. All 2019 inductees are longstanding ACM members and were selected by their peers…

STEM

Beyond Lithium-Ion: Next Generation Battery Research Underway

Thursday, November 7, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

New smartphones, portable devices and electric cars may get a lot of the public’s attention but all of them are dependent on batteries to make them run. Most current devices use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries—technology that was first commercialized in the…

Campus & Community

Social Work Students Explore Lead Poisoning of Children at Policy Forum

Wednesday, November 6, 2019, By Michele Barrett

On Nov. 1, students in the School of Social Work in Falk College explored one of today’s major public health threats: lead poisoning of children in New York state and specifically, in Syracuse. Each year an estimated 1,800 children are…

Campus & Community

Elliot J. Stamler ’60 Makes Living Legacy Gift of $5.48 Million to Support Academic Strategic Plan

Wednesday, November 6, 2019, By Eileen Korey

When Elliot J. Stamler ’60 arrived at Syracuse University in the late 1950s, he was only 17 years old. Now 80, Stamler still recalls the words of Chancellor William P. Tolley, who welcomed the entering class at convocation in Hendricks…

Campus & Community

Boost the ’Cuse is Underway

Tuesday, November 5, 2019, By John Boccacino

Boost the ’Cuse: 44 Hours for Syracuse University is underway—and we need YOU to make these 44 hours of giving as legendary as the number itself. The #BoostCuse clock started at 4 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, as members of the…

Health & Society

New Study Links SNAP to Reduced Risk of Premature Death Among U.S. Adults, Including ‘Deaths of Despair’

Tuesday, November 5, 2019, By Jessica Smith

A new study published in the journal Health Affairs by researchers from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the University of Kentucky reveals that participation in the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reduces the risk…

Campus & Community

Robert ’59 and Diane Miron Make $7 Million Gift to Support Syracuse University Libraries, Stadium Project

Monday, November 4, 2019, By News Staff

Just days before the official launch of the largest fundraising campaign in the institution’s history, Syracuse University today announced a $7 million gift from Life Trustee Robert J. Miron ’59 and his wife, Diane. The gift, one of several seven-figure…

Campus & Community

Professor Emerita Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke Remembered

Monday, November 4, 2019, By News Staff

Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, Syracuse University professor emerita of law and an influential leader at Duke University, died Oct. 22. She was 72. A native of South Carolina, Reuben-Cooke was one of the first five African American undergraduate students at Duke University…

Campus & Community

Bethany Murphy ’20, Emma Ettinger ’17 Named Marshall Scholarship Finalists

Monday, November 4, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University senior Bethany Murphy and alumna Emma Ettinger ’17 have been named finalists for the Marshall Scholarship, one of the United States’ most prestigious nationally competitive scholarship awards. Both will interview for the scholarship in early November. Murphy, an…

Campus & Community

Applications Being Accepted for Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Funding

Friday, November 1, 2019, By News Staff

The Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program is offering up to $75,000 for faculty or student projects that advance Syracuse University’s goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, directly or indirectly, or through raising awareness on campus about climate…