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Gift Will Fund Professorship, Research in Energy and Environmental Policy

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Dana Cooke

A $250,000 gift from Maxwell School alumnus James Ajello ’76 MPA will create a new professorship in energy and environmental policy while supporting interdisciplinary research projects in that field. The gift, with an initial term of five years, also funds…

STEM

Researchers Close to Understanding Disease Mechanisms of ALS

Thursday, March 8, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) are making strides in understanding the disease mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Carlos A. Castañeda, assistant professor of biology, chemistry and interdisciplinary neuroscience, and Thuy…

Business & Economy

How Might Trump’s Stiff Tariffs Impact the Cost of Your iPhone?

Thursday, March 8, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Pres. Trump is expected to formally sign off on stiff and sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports today. Jason Dedrick is a professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, who researches the globalization of information technology….

Campus & Community

Winners of Plowing Through the Data Hackathon Announced

Wednesday, March 7, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The winners of the Plowing Through the Data Hackathon, powered by AT&T, were announced in a ceremony held at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and attended by City of Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh. The hackathon, organized by the iSchool, the City…

Campus & Community

Students Travel to Albany to Advocate for Student Aid

Tuesday, March 6, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Hundreds of young people voiced their support of student funding during the recent New York Student Aid Alliance Advocacy Day in Albany. Anthony Obas ’20 made sure he was one of them. “Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to go last year,…

STEM

Biologists Discover Link Between Protein in Brain, Seizure Suppression

Tuesday, March 6, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Seizure suppression is the focus of an original research article by two members of the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences—and they have the pictures to prove it. James Hewett, associate professor of biology, and Yifan Gong,…

Health & Society

White House Too Focused on Commerce Side of Opioid Crisis, Says Public Health Expert

Thursday, March 1, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

The White House hosted a summit on March 1 to update Americans on the ways the Trump administration is fighting the opioid epidemic. Dessa Bergen-Cico is an associate professor in the Department of Public Health and coordinator of the Addiction…

Campus & Community

One University Awards Ceremony to Be Held April 20 in Hendricks Chapel

Thursday, March 1, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University will hold its annual One University Awards ceremony on Friday, April 20, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. A reception will follow in the Jack and Laura Hanhausen Milton Atrium in the Life Sciences Complex. Two major University…

STEM

Interdisciplinary Student Team Develops ‘Farm to Flame’ Plan for Energy Grids Powered by Farm Waste

Wednesday, February 28, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

When Will McKnight’s grandfather and uncle devised a process for converting farm waste to power, their goal was a simple one. “They wanted to replace wood pellets that produce smoke and toxins—that’s where the idea came from,” says McKnight ’18….

STEM

M. Cristina Marchetti Named Director of Soft and Living Matter Program

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, By Carol Boll

Cristina Marchetti, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor and Distinguished Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed director of the University’s Soft and Living Matter Program. Marchetti, who was nominated by her colleagues in…