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The Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs has issued a call to academic deans and department heads to submit faculty nominations for the Judith Seinfeld Distinguished Fellows Award. The award, which carries a $10,000 restriction-free grant for honorees,…

A century after Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, the National Science Foundation will gather scientists from Syracuse University, Caltech, MIT and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration to update the scientific community on efforts to detect them.

Malaria is a worldwide menace. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 500,000 individuals died from malaria in 2013 alone. While treatments for the disease exist, cures can also take a hefty physical toll. Professor of chemistry…

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has returned from a prestigious appointment at Goethe University (GU) in Frankfurt, Germany. Chandra Talpade Mohanty—Distinguished Professor and chair of women’s & gender studies (WGS), as well as Dean’s Professor of…

In the new rankings, which are issued twice a decade, Syracuse moved from an “R2” designation in 2010, denoting a “higher research activity,” to an R1 designation, which is the top research class a university can be awarded.

Dennis Deninger, professor of practice in sport management at Falk College and professor of practice for television, radio and film at the Newhouse School, offers insight into the rising popularity of football. Are public attitudes toward football changing? “Every December…

Dennis Deninger, professor of practice in sport management at Falk College and professor of practice for television, radio and film at the Newhouse School, offers insight into the rising popularity of football. Are public attitudes toward football changing? “Every December…

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong theme of “Networks” with a visit by an expert on rhetoric, technology and research. Clay Spinuzzi, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, will deliver a lecture titled “Three Networks Walk into…

The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) at Syracuse University announced the winners of its inaugural University-Industry Seed Funding Competition. This unique program provides New York State companies with an opportunity to receive up to $50,000 in leading-edge University-based…

Elizabeth Droge-Young has long been fascinated by the mysteries and motivations behind sexual selection. But the promiscuity among females of one particular species—the red flour beetle—had her particularly stumped. These beetles would mate multiple times over the course of a…