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Arts & Culture

‘Someone Falls Overboard’: University Professor Stephen Kuusisto Co-Authors Book of Pandemic Poetry

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By Jen Plummer

Setting the scene … It’s spring of 2020. The world has been shut down for a period of weeks or months (you stopped keeping track at some point). You are living with a disability—perhaps you’re blind or you have a…

Campus & Community

Gift Supports Professorship to Inspire Generations of Engaged Citizens

Monday, January 31, 2022, By Jennifer Congel

Shana Kushner Gadarian has been named the inaugural Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking, a position funded with a generous gift by its namesake. Inspired by her own experiences with “the best professors,” alumna Merle…

Media, Law & Policy

Professors Discuss Elder Abuse and Restorative Justice at Webinar

Tuesday, January 25, 2022, By News Staff

Older adults are vulnerable to abuse and financial exploitation, particularly if they are socially isolated, and standard approaches often intensify that isolation by severing family relationships to prevent further abuse. As the population ages and the number of cases of…

Media, Law & Policy

The Gift of a Professorship to Inspire Generations of Engaged Citizens

Tuesday, January 25, 2022, By Eileen Korey

When the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs opened in 1924, it included a citizenship curriculum for all undergraduates in the liberal arts. Thirty years later, Merle Goldberg traveled from her home in Maryland to Syracuse University, hoping for…

NPR

Computer science professor comments on 5G tech rollout

Thursday, January 20, 2022, By Lily Datz

M. Cenk Gursoy, professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering & Computer Science, spoke with several outlets about the recent rollout of 5G technology including NPR, USA Today, The Dallas Morning News, Yahoo! Finance, Network…

Media, Law & Policy

Professor to Serve as Principal Investigator on Luce Grant to Examine Doctrine of Christian Discovery

Wednesday, January 12, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

For over 30 years Professor Philip Arnold has been teaching in the area of religion and colonialism. As president of the Indigenous Values Initiative (IVI) and founding director of the Skä·noñh—Great Law of Peace Center, he has collaborated with the…

STEM

Professor Kevin Du Receives ‘Test of Time’ Award from the Computer Security Applications Conference

Wednesday, December 22, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

Kevin Du, Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was awarded the Test of Time award at the 2021 Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) for…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Professor Wins Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize

Monday, December 20, 2021, By News Staff

Catherine Herrold, associate professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School, has been awarded the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize for her book, “Delta Democracy: Pathways to Incremental Civic Revolution in Egypt and Beyond” (Oxford University…

Media Tip Sheets

Lead Pipe Action Plan – Maxwell Anthropology Professor Weighs In

Friday, December 17, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

The Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan aims to replace the nation’s lead pipes over the next ten years. The plan has more than 15 action items including the launch of a new EPA regulatory process for our water drinking…

STEM

Professor Featured in Exhibition Highlighting Work of Women Paleontologists

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

As a young girl, Linda Ivany ’88 was fascinated by the natural sciences. Flipping through the pages of National Geographic magazine, she would learn about the work of noted female scientists Eugenie Clark, known for her pioneering research with sharks…