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Mary Kiernan Inducted into American Academy of Chefs

Tuesday, August 8, 2017, By News Staff

In July, Associate Teaching Professor Mary Kiernan was inducted into the American Academy of Chefs (AAC), the honor society of the American Culinary Foundation (ACF). The ACF was established in 1929. Today, the professional chefs’ organization boasts 17,500 members and…

Campus & Community

Students Awarded Top Prizes for Honors Capstone Projects

Tuesday, August 1, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

For students in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, the honors capstone project can be a challenge to complete. The project typically requires intensive research, writing, professional or creative work over the course of already busy junior and senior years….

STEM

High School Students Join SU Labs as Summer Research Interns

Monday, July 31, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

For six weeks, Lucy Lagenberg wasn’t just a rising senior at Fayetteville-Manlius high school—she was a research assistant in Professor Charles Driscoll’s environmental engineering lab in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, using advanced equipment to analyze mercury levels in…

STEM

Geologist Offers New Clues to Cause of World’s Greatest Extinction

Monday, July 31, 2017, By Rob Enslin

James Muirhead, a research associate in the Department of Earth Sciences, is the co-author of an article in Nature Communications titled “Initial Pulse of Siberian Traps Sills as the Trigger of the End-Permian Mass Extinction.”

STEM

Biochemists Link Synthetic Compound to Hunger-Hormone Production

Thursday, July 27, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

New research suggests that a man-made cousin of a small molecule found in olive oil can disrupt the hunger-signaling pathway. Researchers identified this promising new target by screening a library of roughly 1,600 small molecules for potential disruptors. Because the…

Campus & Community

Colorful Mural Taking Shape on Side of Nancy Cantor Warehouse

Thursday, July 27, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

A 105-foot by 20-foot painted mural—”Always Advance”—has emerged on a west-facing, street-level wall of the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, at a major, high-traffic interesection in downtown Syracuse. It’s one of 11 new pieces of permanent art that began to be installed…

Campus & Community

University Announces $40 Million Financial Aid Fundraising Initiative

Wednesday, July 26, 2017, By News Staff

Today, Syracuse University launched an ambitious fundraising effort focused specifically on raising $40 million for scholarships and other forms of financial aid in the next two and a half years. The “Invest Syracuse” fundraising effort is part of Invest Syracuse:…

Campus & Community

Four Accomplished Alumni to Receive Arents Awards During Orange Central

Tuesday, July 25, 2017, By John Boccacino

The Arents Award, Syracuse University’s highest alumni honor, honors the legacy of George Arents, a successful manufacturer who served on the Syracuse University Board of Trustees from 1930 until his death in 1960.

STEM

Student Venture Chosen for Prestigious Medical Device Innovation Challenge

Monday, July 24, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

ModoScript, founded by College of Arts and Sciences student David Zuleta ’18, is the only student startup selected as a winner in the statewide Medical Device Innovation Challenge (MDIC).  Seven ventures, including ModoScript, were selected for the prestigious MDIC acceleration…

STEM

Alumnus Posthumously Named to National Mining Hall of Fame

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum (NMHFM) in Leadville, Colorado, will posthumously honor an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences. Vincent E. McKelvey ’39, a noted research geologist who directed the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1971-77, is part of…