STEM
Physicist to Receive Young Scientist Award in France
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been selected to receive the prestigious Young Scientist Award by the Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). M. Lisa Manning, associate professor…
Christina Tobias ’18: Building the Skills in Engineering and Rowing
Christina Tobias ’18 is sure of two things—she was born to row and become an engineer. In high school, her passion for math gave way to coding. Her time outside of class was spent competing with her rowing team. When it…
Neuroscience Research Day Planned April 15; Poster Presentations Sought
The second annual Neuroscience Research Day will take place Friday, April 15, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Drumlins Conference Center, 800 Nottingham Road, Syracuse. The keynote speaker for the event is Leslie R. Bernstein, Ph.D., of the departments of…
Construction Engineering Lab Opens
The College of Engineering and Computer Science opened the doors to a new construction engineering lab at a recent dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The facility will provide faculty and students with a dedicated space to replicate construction quality control tests,…
Langmuir Spotlights SU Nanotechnology Research
Nanoparticles are used in a wide range of applications, including targeted drug delivery, biosensing, imaging and catalysis. When they are paired in solutions with surfactants—chemical compounds that determine surface tension—they are even able to form stable suspensions that can trap…
Arnone Receives ALA’s Carnegie-Whitney Grant
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Research Associate Professor and Associate Professor of Practice Marilyn Arnone has been awarded a Carnegie-Whitney Grant by the American Library Association (ALA). The Carnegie-Whitney Grant provides annual awards to scholars for the preparation, either in print…
Milcarek Wins ASHRAE Graduate Student Award
Ryan Milcarek ’14, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been chosen to receive an American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid. The $10,000 grant will support his…
iConsult Team Develops New Website for Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office
Thanks to a creative and motivated team of students from the School of Information Studies (iSchool), the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office is now able to provide the highest quality of law enforcement services online to the people who live, work…
Syracuse Researcher Finds Wolf Subspecies Have Unique Howl Patterns
A southern drawl or a cockney accent can quickly pinpoint where a person grew up. Researchers have found that regional vocalization patterns aren’t just for humans—dialects can likewise differ among groups of wolves.
How Did the Moon’s Surface Form?
Perhaps we don’t realize when we look into the night sky at the moon that we are observing some of the most ancient surfaces known within our solar system. The formation of the moon is linked to the early stages…