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Warehouse Display Honors Design Alumnus for Innovative Headwear, Protective Sports Equipment
Witnessing a helmet-to-helmet collision sparked an idea for School of Design alumnus Bert Straus ’59, setting off a series of evolutions in headwear and protective sports equipment. Straus remembers watching the collision during a televised sports game. An image of…
The Road to Developing Sustainable Infrastructure
As the construction industry faces challenges in infrastructure maintenance, Syracuse University has established the Infrastructure Institute to develop new approaches to address these issues. Under the leadership of Director Min Liu, the Abdallah H. Yabroudi Endowed Professor in Sustainable Civil…
Nimisha Thakur Receives Newcombe Fellowship for Doctoral Research in India
Nimisha Thakur, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Awarded by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Newcombe Fellowship supports…
$1.25M Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Humanities-Oriented Project Focused on Pandemic Backlash and Public Health
A project that uses humanities methods to document and explore pandemic backlash and the experiences of public health officials has received $1.25 million in funding from the Mellon Foundation. The multi-university effort involves historians and public health scholars based at…
What’s Happening in CNY: Summer Festival Guide
Spending time in Syracuse for the summer and looking for something fun to do? We have rounded up a list of the festivals taking place in and around the Syracuse area. June St. Sophia’s Greek Cultural Festival Address: 325 Waring…
From Proposal to Publication: CNY Humanities Corridor Nurtures Faculty Scholarship
At the heart of academia, humanities faculty conduct vital work, exploring the depths of human experience, history and culture. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent federal agency established in 1965, stands as a key supporter of these…
Julia Fancher Named a 2024-25 Astronaut Scholar
Julia Fancher, a rising junior majoring in physics and mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, has been named a 2024-25 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF)….
‘Syracuse Statement’ Working Group Completes Work, Endorses and Delivers Final Statement
Syracuse University today announced that the working group charged with drafting and delivering the “Syracuse Statement” has completed its work. Following four months of engagement, which included nine forums and an all-campus survey, the working group has unanimously endorsed, signed…
A&S Biologist Calls for Protection and More Studies of Natural Time Capsules of Climate Change
Packrats, also known as woodrats, are the original hoarders, collecting materials from their environment to make their nests, called middens. In deserts throughout western North America, for instance, packrat middens can preserve plants, insects, bones and other specimens for more…
‘Most Recent Cyberattacks on Water Systems Won’t Be the Last’ Says iSchool Cybersecurity Expert
More government agencies are taking steps to shore up their cybersecurity measures. Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would step up inspections of water facilities that may be vulnerable to cyberattacks. Why are government agencies more at…