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Registration Open for National Science Foundation I-Corps Innovation Course

Thursday, July 13, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University will host a free, virtual U.S. National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) regional course this fall. The program is for university-based STEM researchers and early-stage startup founders who are interested in exploring the market potential of their…

Health & Society

Professor, Graduate Student to Examine Impact of Food Assistance on Maternal and Infant Health

Thursday, July 13, 2023, By News Staff

Sarah Hamersma, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, and graduate student Mitch McFarlane, have received a $75,000 grant from Tufts University to support their examination of the impacts of food assistance on maternal and infant health. The funding…

Campus & Community

Forrest J Ackerman Papers Now Open for Research

Wednesday, July 12, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is pleased to announce that the processing of the Forrest J Ackerman papers has been completed and the collection is now open for research. Forrest J Ackerman (1916-2008), American science fiction author,…

STEM

A&S Physicists Design Technology Used to Discover New Information About What the Universe Is Made Of

Tuesday, July 11, 2023, By News Staff

College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) physicists just launched a new tracking device to research the fundamental forces and particles in the universe. The device, known as the Upstream Tracker, was installed at the renowned European Organization for Nuclear Research…

Campus & Community

Being Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable: How Award-Winning Photojournalist Serhii Korovayny G’21 Covers the War in Ukraine

Monday, July 10, 2023, By John Boccacino

As Russian bombs were striking targets across Ukraine and with the war in its infancy in early 2022, Serhii Korovayny G’21 could think of only one way to help his country: he picked up his camera and started documenting the…

Health & Society

Leonese Nelson Reflects on 2 Decades Chairing STEP/CSTEP Conferences

Monday, July 10, 2023, By Martin Walls

The 2023 Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) and Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) spring conferences were bittersweet for Leonese Nelson. Once again, she worked 18-hour days to present two statewide showcases of student work, timed just a…

Campus & Community

A Blueprint for Engaged Humanities: Maggie Sardino Featured in Humanities for All

Friday, July 7, 2023, By Kerrie Marshall

Recent graduate Maggie Sardino ’23 authored an article, Discovering My Passion for Public Arts & Humanities, featured recently in Humanities for All, an online initiative of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA) Foundation highlighting higher ed-based humanities projects. She graduated in May 2023…

Health & Society

A Machine Learning Approach to Freshwater Analysis

Thursday, July 6, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

From protecting biodiversity to ensuring the safety of drinking water, the biochemical makeup of rivers and streams around the United States is critical for human and environmental welfare. Studies have found that human activity and urbanization are driving salinization (increased…

STEM

Professor Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Test Boreal Forests’ Blood Pressure

Thursday, June 29, 2023, By News Staff

Boreal ecosystems, dotted by subarctic lakes, are the world’s northernmost forests. The boreal biome is the largest on Earth, stretching across Alaska, Canada, Russia and Scandinavia. These forests of spruce, fir and pine help regulate the global climate by sequestering…

Arts & Culture

Southborough to the Stage: Bandier Program Student Hits High Note in First Year

Wednesday, June 28, 2023, By News Staff

A high note of musician Padma Mynampaty’s first year at Newhouse might have been entertaining the crowd during her first live show with a full band at Syracuse’s Westcott Theater. “It’s one of my favorite things just seeing everyone sing the…