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STEM

Ph.D. Student Wins American Chemical Society Award for Blood-Brain Barrier Research

Wednesday, May 20, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Nandhini Rajagopal, a biomedical and chemical engineering doctoral student in Professor Shikha Nangia’s research group in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has won the American Chemical Society’s prestigious Chemical Computing Group Research Excellence Award. This award recognizes exceptional…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF Team Earns Honorable Mention in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge

Monday, May 18, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

A team of students from Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) has placed among the top in this year’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge, a collegiate competition that inspires student teams…

WalletHub

“Best & Worst States for Military Retirees”

Monday, May 18, 2020, By Lily Datz

Mike Bianchi, senior director of education and career training for the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, was interviewed by WalletHub for the article “Best & Worst States for Military Retirees.” When asked what the best…

Media, Law & Policy

‘China and US Must Cooperate to Lead World Out of Coronavirus Danger’

Friday, May 15, 2020, By News Staff

James B. Steinberg is a University Professor of social science, international affairs and law, and former dean of the Maxwell School. He is also a former U.S. deputy secretary of state. “The international response to the COVID pandemic is a…

Health & Society

‘Why the Coronavirus Appears Tied to Fewer Heart Attacks’

Friday, May 15, 2020, By News Staff

Brooks B. Gump is the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College. Kevin Heffernan is the Dean’s Associate Professor in the School of Education and director of Syracuse University’s Human Performance Lab. In an opinion piece…

Media, Law & Policy

VPA’s Phillips Co-Authors New Book on Navigating Polluted Information

Friday, May 15, 2020, By Erica Blust

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has published a new book online (open access) with co-author Ryan M. Milner. “You Are Here: A Field Guide for…

Business & Economy

New Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program Launching through Gift from Intelligence++ Foundation

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

An innovative, interdisciplinary program focused on inclusive entrepreneurship and design is being offered for the 2020-21 academic year in a partnership of the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars (LaunchPad) at Syracuse University Libraries, the Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education…

Media, Law & Policy

‘The Pandemic Exposed A Painful Truth: America Doesn’t Care About Old People’

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By News Staff

Nina Kohn is the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law in the College of Law. “Across America—and beyond—we are losing our elders not only because they are especially susceptible [to COVID-19]. They’re also dying because of a more entrenched…

Media, Law & Policy

‘The Postal Service is Essential to National Security’

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By News Staff

Osamah F. Khalil is an associate professor of history in the Maxwell School. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of medical and food supply chains as well as the importance of often overlooked and underpaid service workers, Khalil says…

Campus & Community

‘Building and Buying Online Program Support are Tactics—Not Strategies’

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By News Staff

Michael Frasciello is the dean of University College. In a commentary for E-Learning Inside, Frasciello examines the “build vs. buy” dilemma when launching successful online degree programs. But he writes that the two options are not mutually exclusive. To read…