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Health & Society

Catherine García: Researching Health Disparities Among Hispanic/Latine Populations

Friday, October 6, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Catherine García wants to know how and why the fastest-growing segment of older adults in the United States—those of Hispanic/Latine origin—are at higher risk for chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias….

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…

STEM

Satisfy Your Research Curiosity at BioInspired Institute Symposium Oct. 19 and 20

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Are you interested in knowing how living cells function? Do you wonder how scientists grow human tissues in the lab? Have you pondered how robots are programmed to work? If science piques your interest, delve into the topic at the…

STEM

Turning Young Enthusiasts Into Scientific Researchers

Friday, September 22, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Miguel Guzman ’24, a native of Lima, Peru, is a senior biotechnology major in the College of Arts and Sciences with an entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises minor in the Whitman School of Management. His research centers on developing bio-enabled protein…

Health & Society

PAIA Doctoral Student Receives Grant for SNAP Research

Wednesday, September 13, 2023, By News Staff

Clay Fannin, a doctoral student in the Maxwell School’s Department of Public Administration and International Affairs, has received a $25,000 grant from Tufts University to support his dissertation research on the impacts of COVID-era changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…

Arts & Culture

Central New York Humanities Corridor: Advancing Relevant and Impactful Research That ‘Doesn’t Fit in a Box’

Friday, September 8, 2023, By Eileen Korey

Courtney Mauldin infuses her scholarly research with a clear purpose: to give Black girls innovative opportunities to dream big and envision futures filled with possibilities. Her involvement with the Central New York Humanities Corridor is critical to success: “We see…

Media, Law & Policy

Johanna Dunaway Named Research Director for the Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship

Tuesday, September 5, 2023, By Jessica Youngman

Johanna Dunaway was among a trio of researchers who looked at voting patterns in communities of shuttered newspapers in 2018 and found evidence that the decline in local print media has contributed to political polarization in the United States. Published…

Arts & Culture

Tom MacDougall ’92 Donates Platinum Records to Special Collections Research Center

Tuesday, September 5, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Tom MacDougall ’92, the current president of Walt Disney Music and an alumnus of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, recently donated platinum records from the Disney films “Frozen II,” and “Moana” to Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research…

STEM

A&S Researchers Explore How Sound Waves Can Address an Ethical Dilemma in Poultry Farming

Thursday, August 31, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

When “egg-flation” hit in 2022, egg prices jumped nearly 50% as a result of bird flu killing off millions of egg-laying hens–the deadliest avian flu in U.S. history. The devastating outbreak was a wakeup call to the farming industry to…

Campus & Community

Shana Kushner Gadarian Named Maxwell School’s Associate Dean for Research

Wednesday, August 30, 2023, By Jessica Youngman

Shana Kushner Gadarian has been appointed the incoming associate dean for research at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. A member of the school’s faculty since 2011, she is professor and chair of political science and the Merle…