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Health & Society

‘The First Scramble for Africa’: Maxwell Professor Unearths England’s First Outpost

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, By News Staff

Back in 2019, Syracuse University archaeologist Christopher DeCorse was part of a team that made an unexpected discovery during fieldwork in coastal Ghana. While excavating the ruins of the 17th-century Dutch Fort Amsterdam, the researchers from Syracuse, the University of…

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‘This Is an Exciting Time for Labor’ Says Syracuse Sociology Professor and Labor Studies Expert

Thursday, October 5, 2023, By Daryl Lovell

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers went on strike on Oct. 4, making it one of the largest in the healthcare industry in U.S. history. Gretchen Purser is an associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship…

STEM

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Bing Dong Awarded as IBPSA World Fellow

Wednesday, October 4, 2023, By Kwami Maranga

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Professor Bing Dong has been awarded as an International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) World Fellow for his research contributions, mentoring and outreach within the field. The IBPSA Fellow is awarded to individuals who have…

STEM

Mathematics Professors Receive NSF Grants to Study Algebra

Wednesday, October 4, 2023, By News Staff

Two professors in the College of Arts and Sciences were awarded grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their ongoing work with homological algebra. Professor Claudia Miller’s project is titled “Homological approaches to differential forms, differential operators and transfer…

Health & Society

Maxwell Professor Kristy Buzard Explores Gender Disparities in Economics

Tuesday, October 3, 2023, By News Staff

Kristy Buzard, associate professor of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is part of a research team that recently received funding from the Women in Economics and Mathematics Research Consortium to investigate the mechanisms that contribute…

STEM

A&S Chemistry Professor Receives Award From the American Chemical Society

Friday, September 29, 2023, By News Staff

Robert Doyle, Dean’s Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and associate professor of pharmacology at SUNY Upstate Medical University, received the 2022 American Chemical Society Central New York Section Award in the field of chemistry…

STEM

iSchool Professors, Students Honored With ALISE Awards

Friday, September 29, 2023, By Anya Woods

Two students and three professors from the School of Information Studies (iSchool) were recently honored with prestigious awards from the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). Assistant Professor LaVerne Gray was awarded the Norman Horrocks Leadership Award for demonstrating outstanding leadership…

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Law professor available to discuss ruling that Trump committed fraud for business properties

Thursday, September 28, 2023, By Ellen Mbuqe

Reporters looking for a legal expert to help explain the issues facing the Trump businesses after a judge ruled  that former President Donald Trump committed fraud by inflating the value of his assets, please see comments below from legal professor…

Campus & Community

New Student Association Leaders Aim to Get More Students Involved

Thursday, September 28, 2023, By John Boccacino

Neither Will Treloar ’24 nor Yasmin Nayrouz ’24 possessed any previous experience as student government leaders when they stepped onto the Syracuse University campus as first-year students three years ago. Now in their final year at Syracuse, Treloar and Nayrouz…

STEM

Setting the Agenda in Biology Research: 2 Professors Join NIH Peer Review Committees

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, By News Staff

The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is known as the “gateway” for National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications. Expert peer review groups—also called study sections—formed by the CSR assess more than 75% of the thousands of research grant applications…