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Student Submissions Sought for University Union-Sponsored Film Festival
University Union has announced its first Syracuse University Film Festival on April 4-6. Student submissions will be accepted through March 9 in four categories: trailers, animation, music videos and short films. All submissions should be sent to uufilmsubmissions@gmail.com. Winners will…
SU Chemist Gets ‘Best Idea Grant’
Top-notch ideas drive today’s knowledge-based world. James Hougland has one, and he has been awarded a “Best Idea Grant (BIG)” from the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR) to support his research. Hougland, an assistant professor of chemistry in The College…
Campus-wide Coat Drive to Benefit Rescue Mission
It’s officially fall, making it the perfect opportunity to pay it forward as you clean out closets and transition to the new season. Hendricks Chapel and the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs within the Division of Student Affairs are…
A Classroom of Promise
Five SU students traveled to South Africa for an SU Abroad course on the socio-economic development and educational system in the pre- and post-apartheid eras.They came back with much more and left behind a lasting impact on some young minds.
Chemist to Study ‘Orally Effective Therapy’ to Fight Obesity
Robert Doyle will experiment with ‘gut hormone’ and vitamin B12 A chemist in The College of Arts and Sciences has received a federal grant to study the oral administration of PYY3-36, a peptide that inhibits food intake by naturally switching…
SU Chemists Develop ‘Fresh, New’ Approach to Making Alloy Nanomaterials
Potential applications include gas storage, heterogeneous catalysis and lithium-ion batteries Chemists in The College of Arts and Sciences have figured out how to synthesize nanomaterials with stainless steel-like interfaces. Their discovery may change how the form and structure of nanomaterials…
Chemists Design ‘Smart’ Nanoparticles to Improve Drug Delivery, DNA Self-Assembly
A team of chemists in SU’s College of Arts and Scientists has used a temperature-sensitive polymer to regulate DNA interactions in both a DNA-mediated assembly system and a DNA-encoded drug-delivery system. Their findings, led by Associate Professor Mathew M. Maye…
Stage Set for Promising Careers
It’s 20 minutes before show time, a time when one would expect nerves to be at their peak. Rachel Slotky ’15 and Ethan Butler ’16 deal with it like a couple of seasoned professionals. “Oh, there are butterflies,” says Slotky. “I like them because it keeps me on my toes.” It’s all part of the learning experience for the pair at Syracuse Stage.
Benjamin Wagner, ‘Mister Rogers & Me’ Documentary Filmmaker, to Speak at SU
Benjamin Wagner ’93 is coming to campus as part of the Alumni Speaker Series. The Newhouse and College of Arts and Sciences alumnus will discuss his career and his documentary “Mister Rogers & Me” March 20.
Magical Mishaps, True Love Collide in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
In Shakespeare’s hands, magic and romance and the very midsummer madness make for intoxication, enchantment and rollicking, frolicking comedy. Get on your mud boots and your donkey ears, ’cause it’s off to the woods with four eager, young lovers, a…