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Physics Department’s Alison Patteson Named Cottrell Scholar
College of Arts and Sciences Assistant Professor Alison Patteson has been recognized with a 2023 Cottrell Scholar award, a prestigious national honor that ranks her among the country’s best faculty researchers and teachers from the fields of astronomy, chemistry and…
Mellon Foundation Recognizes Syracuse Black/Arab Racial Justice Research Project
Two faculty members of The College of Arts and Sciences are the recipients of an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for research on race and racialization, social justice and community engagement. Associate Professors Carol Fadda and Dana Olwan’s project “Black-Arab…
Grants Available for Scholarly Projects on Racial Wealth Gap
Grant funding is available to Syracuse University Ph.D. (or equivalent) scholars who have compelling projects that examine the issue of the racial wealth gap in the United States. The awards are part of a new social justice initiative and one…
Researchers Reject 30-Year-Old Paradigm: Emergence of Forests Did Not Reduce CO2 in Atmosphere
It’s hard to imagine our planet without trees. From providing wildlife habitat to reducing erosion and absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, trees play an important role in maintaining a livable environment. But trees haven’t been around forever. Over…
School of Architecture Faculty Member Honored With Best of Design Award
The Architect’s Newspaper (AN) recently announced the winners of its 10th annual Best of Design Awards, a unique project-based awards program that showcases great buildings, unbuilt proposals, interiors and installations. Iman Fayyad, assistant professor in the School of Architecture, won…
Information Session Jan. 18 on MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Symposium Research Submissions
A virtual information session will be held Wednesday, Jan. 18, to offer information and a forum for questions for researchers wanting to submit proposals for presentations at the inaugural MetLife Foundation-Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium. The information session will…
5 Faculty Awarded New York State Council on the Arts Grants
Five Syracuse University faculty members have won highly competitive awards from the New York State Council on the Arts—a record in the number of awards in a single year for Syracuse University in its 20 years of participation with the…
Hamid Ekbia, Ph.D., Appointed Director of Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Hamid Ekbia, professor of informatics, cognitive science, data science and international studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has been appointed as University Professor at Syracuse University and will serve as the next director of its Autonomous Systems Policy Institute…
3 Faculty Members Attain Prestigious IEEE Fellow Recognition
Three faculty members have been recognized as Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for 2023, a high professional honor conferred on less than 0.1% of the organization’s membership annually. Wenliang (Kevin) Du and Vir Phoha, both…
SABR Award Leads to Major League Job for Sport Analytics Student
Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca is credited for saying that “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” In other words, we make our own luck. And that’s exactly what Falk College sport analytics major John Asel ’23 did this…