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A Natural Curiosity: Biology Professor Demystifies Science for Students
Professor of Biology Scott Pitnick has an infectious enthusiasm for biology. “I was always obsessed with animal behavior and insects,” he explains. His long-standing love for life science has led to a soon-to-be-published paper with 19 undergraduate coauthors, as well…
Memory Is All in the Wrinkles. Or Is It?
That many animals have naturally wrinkle-free brains but are still able to learn complex tasks suggests wrinkles aren’t all there is to intelligence.
Architecture Dean Michael A. Speaks Named as Juror for Taiwanese Design Competition
Michael A. Speaks, dean at Syracuse University School of Architecture, is among a distinguished group of 11 jurors who will select the winner of a competition to design a new terminal at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport. The competition is hosted…
Plants Cope with Climate Change at the Gene Level
Climate change can influence everything from pine beetle outbreaks in the Rocky Mountains to rising sea levels in Papua New Guinea. In the face of a rapidly changing earth, plants and animals are forced to quickly deal with new challenges…
Film and Screen Studies Eye Cast Changes at Syracuse
The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences is getting ready for its proverbial close-up, thanks to recent core faculty developments. Roger Hallas, associate professor of English, has been appointed convener of the department’s burgeoning film and…
Publisher of National Catholic Reporter to Deliver Borgognoni Lecture Oct. 5
On the heels of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States, Thomas C. Fox, publisher of the National Catholic Reporter (NCR), will deliver the Joseph and Amelia Borgognoni Lecture in Catholic Theology and Religion in Society. Titled “Pope Francis and…
Senior’s Larger-Than-Life Artwork on Display with Closing Reception Sept. 29
The artwork of Julie Pratt, a senior painting major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Art, is being presented during the month of September at the Art Gallery at May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, 3800 E….
UVP Presents ‘We Were Never Human,’ a Year-Long Program of Exhibitions and Events
Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work are presenting “We Were Never Human,” a year-long program at UVP and partner organizations that will feature the work of established and emerging artists who explore the shifting idea of what…
Pulse Announces Show Offerings with Discounted Tickets
The Pulse Performing Arts Program, managed by the Office of Student Activities in Student Affairs, is offering a limited number of discounted tickets to performances, exhibitions and events in the performing and visual arts in the surrounding area. The Syracuse…
Silverstein Awarded Two Grants to Investigate Religious Engagement in Later Life
The John Templeton Foundation awarded a $1.49 million grant to Merril Silverstein, the Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging, for a three-year study entitled, “Religious Transitions, Transmissions and Trajectories Among Baby-Boomers and their Families.” Additionally, the National Institutes of Health…