STEM
Engineered Magic: Wooden Seed Carriers Mimic the Behavior of Self-Burying Seeds
Before a seed can grow into a tree, flower or plant, it needs to successfully implant itself in soil—a delicate and complex process. Seeds need to be able to take root and then remain protected from hungry birds and harsh…
Retired Astronaut Col. Frederick Gregory to Address Future of Space Flight
Col. (Ret.) Frederick Gregory, retired astronaut and former NASA deputy administrator, will visit Syracuse University on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Gregory will tour campus and meet with student groups, then give a talk in which he will share his experiences in…
Bhattacharya, Patteson Win Sloan Research Fellowships
Two early-career faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences are among 126 researchers being awarded 2023 Sloan Foundation fellowships. Tripti Bhattacharya, Thonis Family Professor and a member of the Earth and environmental sciences faculty, and Alison Patteson, assistant…
iSchool’s Carlos Caicedo Bastidas Wins National Science Foundation Grant
Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas, associate professor in the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and director of the Center for Emerging Network Technologies (CENT), has been designing information systems for the last few years. His work recently earned a prestigious three-year,…
ECS Students Invited to Study Abroad at the Crossroads of Europe
The Syracuse University center in Strasbourg, France, offers an incredible study abroad experience for College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) students. Located in western France on the border of Germany, Strasbourg is centrally located with easy access to Switzerland,…
A Star’s Unexpected Survival
Hundreds of millions of light-years away in a distant galaxy, a star orbiting a supermassive black hole is being violently ripped apart under the black hole’s immense gravitational pull. As the star is shredded, its remnants are transformed into a…
Seismology Professor Sheds Light on Turkey-Syria Earthquake
With a climbing death toll of more than 5,000 people and thousands still missing, Turkey and Syria have been devastated by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit the two countries this week. Joshua Russell is an assistant professor of seismology…
Donor’s ‘Belief in Potential’ Motivates $1.5M Gift
Like many young women with an interest in science, Laura Feldman ’81 thought about a career in medicine when she entered Syracuse University. But she was daunted by the statistics and her future prospects: At the time, women were not…
On Tragedy’s Anniversary, Former NASA Leader Sean O’Keefe Reflects on the ‘Price of Diligence’
The Columbia shuttle was scheduled to land at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on the morning of Feb. 1, 2003, after completing a successful 16-day research mission. Joining the families of the ship’s seven-member crew…
Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center Receives Multi-Million Dollar Environmental Protection Agency Grant to Support Underserved Communities
The Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center (SU-EFC) was selected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to serve as a regional Environmental Finance Center (EFC) to help communities access federal infrastructure funds and continue supporting environmental and financial challenges in…