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Health & Society

Can Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy Help Prevent Autism and Schizophrenia?

Thursday, October 17, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

The neocortex, or “thinking brain,” accounts for over 75% of the brain’s total volume and plays a critical role in humans’ decision-making, processing of sensory information, and formation and retrieval of memories. Uniquely human traits such as advanced social behavior…

Health & Society

At Maxwell School, the Conversation About Citizenship Gains Fresh Perspective

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, By Jessica Smith

For nearly a century, in the north entrance to the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a lone statue of President George Washington greeted all who entered the school. A former farmer, land surveyor, American Revolutionary War hero and…

Arts & Culture

‘Reflect the People Who Visit’: Arts Education Alumna Helps Make the MOST More Inclusive

Wednesday, October 9, 2024, By News Staff

Since 2008, the Upstate Medical University Life Sciences exhibition at Syracuse’s Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) has fascinated millions of visitors. With giant reproductions of human body parts, it allows mini pathologists to explore internal anatomy and organs common…

Health & Society

Maxwell School Strengthens Longtime Partnership With International City/County Management Association

Wednesday, October 9, 2024, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has formalized an agreement with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) that promotes collaboration between faculty, staff, students, alumni and ICMA members. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) detailing the agreement signed this…

Syracuse University Impact

Making Higher Education Accessible to All: The Global Impact of InclusiveU (Podcast)

Tuesday, October 8, 2024, By John Boccacino

The White House. Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The New York State Capitol building in Albany. These are just some of the places an enthusiastic delegation from Syracuse University’s InclusiveU program have traveled over the years, meeting with policymakers, politicians…

Campus & Community

Advice for Students Who Want to Get Involved Without Burning Out

Monday, September 30, 2024, By John Boccacino

The start of the academic year is an exciting time for students at Syracuse University. Catching up with friends. Embracing new opportunities in the classroom and the community. Figuring out how to make a difference on campus. For many Orange…

Campus & Community

5 Questions With Diversity and Inclusion’s New Director of Learning and Development Carrie Murawski

Friday, September 27, 2024, By Kathleen Haley

Carrie Murawski started a little over two months ago in her role as the inaugural DEIA director of learning and development for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). Already immersed in expanding learning experiences on campus to advance diversity,…

STEM

The Building Blocks of Future Smart Materials

Wednesday, September 25, 2024, By News Staff

How do cells take the shape they do and perform their functions? The enzymes and molecules that make them up are not themselves living—and yet they are able to adapt to their environment and circumstances, come together and interact, and…

Health & Society

Guarding Against Cyberbullies: Instructional Design Students Offer Interventions for a Widespread Issue

Tuesday, September 24, 2024, By News Staff

With nearly half (46%) of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 reporting being targets of cyberbullying—according to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey—instructional design master’s degree students Tavish Van Skoik G’24 and Jiayu “J.J.” Jiang G’24 have developed a process…

Health & Society

Big Data Holds Key to Understanding Human Behavior

Thursday, September 19, 2024, By News Staff

Researchers increasingly analyze gigantic volumes of digital information to understand how and why individuals and groups of people conduct their lives the way they do, both during ordinary days and under extreme stress such as disease outbreaks or social unrest….