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ECS Professor Vir V. Phoha Named a 2018 AAAS Fellow

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Professor Vir V. Phoha of the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was awarded this prestigious honor for developing practicable foundations of behavioral…

STEM

New Site Offers Privacy Resources for Underserved Populations

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Diane Stirling

If you’re someone with disabilities needing help with your online privacy and computer access needs, a family member or practitioner who supports people with disabilities or a scholar seeking information about online privacy for underserved populations, a new information resource…

STEM

Ph.D. Student Earns American Heart Association Fellowship for Stem Cell Research

Monday, November 26, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Plansky Hoang ’15, a graduate research assistant in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), has been awarded a highly competitive and prestigious predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Hoang is a researcher in the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute—working…

STEM

Tavlarides Awarded DOE Grant for Nuclear Research on Capturing Radioactive Gases

Monday, November 26, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Nuclear power plants supply more than 30 percent of the world’s electricity, helping reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. However, with nuclear reactors operating around the globe, treating the waste they generate is an ongoing concern. For the past six…

Campus & Community

Open Forum Focuses on Search for New iSchool Dean

Monday, November 26, 2018, By News Staff

Members of the campus community are invited to attend an open forum on Monday, Nov. 26, from 2 to 3 p.m. in 111 Hinds Hall to offer input and ideas relating to the search for a new dean of the…

Campus & Community

4 Questions with Adam Peruta

Wednesday, November 21, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

This fall, Syracuse University launched the ’Cuse Challenge mobile app. To learn more about the app, and how it came to Syracuse, we asked Adam Peruta, the app developer four questions. In addition to developing the app, Peruta is an…

STEM

iSchool Researchers to Study Election-Related Misinformation on WhatsApp

Monday, November 19, 2018, By J.D. Ross

A pair of researchers from the Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have received a research award from the Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging service to study the issues of misinformation transmitted over the…

Campus & Community

Nominations Welcome for University’s 2019 Commencement Speaker

Monday, November 19, 2018, By News Staff

Members of the University community are invited to suggest a speaker for the 2019 Commencement. The speaker is chosen through an annual selection process that starts when students, staff, faculty, alumni and others in the community offer nominees via the…

Health & Society

Professor Maria Brown Leads Aging Studies Institute’s Community Collaboration to Benefit Older Adults Living at Home with Cognitive Decline

Monday, November 19, 2018, By Michele Barrett

A recently launched pilot project to screen for cognitive decline as part of routine community health services currently offered to older adults is expected to demonstrate the benefits of early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias (AD/D). One major…

Campus & Community

Foundations Scholarship Awarded to Five Undergraduate Students

Friday, November 16, 2018, By Currie Murch Elliot

Foundations, a student development series that started last year, assists students in building the foundation for essential life skills, including leadership, career development, financial wellness, community involvement, healthy relationships, self-care and physical health and nutrition.  Each semester, undergraduate students who…