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Getting to Know: Sarah Walton
Discovering life over a cup of tea Forget “Lonely Planet” travel guides, scholarly advice, National Geographic and preconceived notions about a place. When Syracuse University student Sarah Walton studied abroad in India, one of the most important lessons she learned…
New Student Group Aims to Make Wishes Come True
A group of Syracuse University students is embarking on a mission to fulfill the dreams and wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. Wishmakers on Campus is a new student organization with one goal in mind: raising money to allow an…
New book makes a case for why the U.S. is still on top and how it can stay there
Is the United States losing its dominant place in the world? In recent years there has been a growing “declinist” sentiment that the U.S. has lost legitimacy and power around the world due to a series of events—from the rise…
Modifications of a nanoparticle can change chemical interactions with cell membranes
Researchers at Syracuse University’s Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are studying the toxicity of commonly used nanoparticles, particles up to one million times smaller than a millimeter that could potentially…
Getting to Know: Cultural anthropologist Cecilia Van Hollen
While studying the lives of women living with HIV in South Asia, Maxwell School associate professor Cecilia Van Hollen recalls speaking with a young mother in Tamil Nadu, the southeastern state in India. “When neighbors ask me why I am…
SU community members react to Connecticut shooting
In the wake of the terrible events that took place in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, we asked some members of the Syracuse University community to give us their thoughts.
Flame Studies of Alternative Fuels for Power Generation, Transport and Industrial Safety Applications Seminar
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seminar Friday, Nov. 30, 2:15-3:10 p.m., Watson Theatre, Watson Hall by Jeffrey Bergthorson, associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal The Alternative Fuels Laboratory at McGill University uses state-of-the-art laser diagnostic and…
‘Unsteady Vortex Formation of Low-Aspects-Ratio, Bio-Inspired Propulsors’
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seminar Friday, Nov. 2, 2:15-3:10 p.m., Watson Theatre, Watson Hall Dr. Matthew Ringuette Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering The State University of New York at Buffalo In recent years substantial effort has been…
Q&A with Patricia Demyan, director of the Faculty/Staff Assistance Program
Patricia Demyan answers questions about Depression Screening Month (October). A brief online depression screening can be completed on the FSAP website. A more comprehensive screening is available in person at the FSAP office located at 111 Waverly Ave., Suite 215…
Guest lecturer to address moral impact of climate change on Nov. 9
Ethics and climate change is the theme of an upcoming lecture in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Stephen Gardiner, a renowned philosopher at the University of Washington in Seattle, will discuss “Geoengineering and Moral Schizophrenia” on Friday, Nov….