STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering & Math

Future Therapeutic Strategies May Depend on Creative Scientific Approaches Today

Before any scientific question can be answered, it must be dreamed up. What happens to cause a healthy cell or tissue to change, for instance,
News Staff Oct. 31, 2024
Future Therapeutic Strategies May Depend on Creative Scientific Approaches Today

Research Distinction Awards Presented at BioInspired Symposium

The BioInspired Institute’s third annual research symposium was held Oct. 24-25, bringing together undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and faculty from Syracuse University, SUNY
Diane Stirling Oct. 31, 2024
Research Distinction Awards Presented at BioInspired Symposium

NSF Grant in Biology Aims to Boost STEM Student Retention Through Hands-On Research

As technology advances, companies face a growing need to hire graduates skilled in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). However, finding the ideal candidate can
Dan Bernardi Oct. 29, 2024
NSF Grant in Biology Aims to Boost STEM Student Retention Through Hands-On Research

Tool to Enhance the Taste and Texture of Sourdough

When millions of people went into lockdown during the pandemic, they went in search of new at-home hobbies to help cure their boredom. Among them was making sourdough
Dan Bernardi Oct. 25, 2024
Tool to Enhance the Taste and Texture of Sourdough

University Receives Department of Energy Funding for New Building Training and Assessment Center

The University has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to create new Building Training and Assessment Center (BTAC) to train undergraduate and
Kwami Maranga Oct. 21, 2024
University Receives Department of Energy Funding for New Building Training and Assessment Center

‘Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future’ Exhibition Comes to Syracuse

When it comes to sustainable construction materials, there’s no contest: mass timber buildings require less heavy equipment, save on labor costs and take less time
Emma Ertinger Oct. 16, 2024
‘Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future’ Exhibition Comes to Syracuse

Secrets Behind Our Universe’s Existence Revealed

It takes sophisticated technology to study the behavior of invisible particles like neutrinos and cosmic rays, which pass through our bodies every second before zooming
Dan Bernardi Oct. 14, 2024
Secrets Behind Our Universe’s Existence Revealed

Funding Research That Improves Health and Shortens ‘Bench to Bedside’ Time

Doctoral students in clinical psychology Alexa Deyo ’21 and Alison Vrabec G’23 spent their summer testing a theory that a certain kind of therapeutic technique called
Eileen Korey Oct. 7, 2024
Funding Research That Improves Health and Shortens ‘Bench to Bedside’ Time

NSF Grant to Engage Refugee and Immigrant Youth in Immersive STEM Storytelling

School of Education Professor Xiaoxia "Silvie" Huang has been awarded a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for an Innovative Technology Experiences for
News Staff Oct. 3, 2024
NSF Grant to Engage Refugee and Immigrant Youth in Immersive STEM Storytelling

iSchool Professor Awarded NSF Grant to Study Wireless Communications

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $250,000 out of a total of $800,000 under a three-year research grant to a faculty member
Anya Woods Sept. 26, 2024
iSchool Professor Awarded NSF Grant to Study Wireless Communications

The Building Blocks of Future Smart Materials

How do cells take the shape they do and perform their functions? The enzymes and molecules that make them up are not themselves living—and yet
News Staff Sept. 25, 2024
The Building Blocks of Future Smart Materials

ECS Professor Elizabeth Carter Studies, Forecasts Floods

After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the southern coastline of the United States in 2005, Elizabeth Carter found herself on the Gulf Coast following the tropical storm’s
Kwami Maranga Sept. 25, 2024
ECS Professor Elizabeth Carter Studies, Forecasts Floods

Creating STEM Career Pathways for Local High Schoolers

Thanks to a new National Science Foundation grant, Syracuse University’s physics department doubles the number of Syracuse-area high school participants in their paid summer internship
Dan Bernardi Sept. 11, 2024
Creating STEM Career Pathways for Local High Schoolers

New Sign In Screen Launching Sept. 17

Effective Sept. 17, the Microsoft Sign in experience for students, faculty and staff will feature a new look that reflects University branding guidelines. The new
Eric Ferguson Sept. 10, 2024
New Sign In Screen Launching Sept. 17

Innovator From the Mathematics Department Receives the Abraham Wald Prize

Professor Pinyuen Chen from the Department of Mathematics has received an award that honors the best publication each year from the Journal of Sequential Analysis. The
News Staff Aug. 27, 2024
Innovator From the Mathematics Department Receives the Abraham Wald Prize

BioInspired Wins NSF Grant to Develop Graduate Training Program in Emergent Intelligence

Syracuse University’s BioInspired Institute has been awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship Program for the creation of
Wendy S. Loughlin Aug. 26, 2024
BioInspired Wins NSF Grant to Develop Graduate Training Program in Emergent Intelligence

SyracuseCoE Awards Nearly $200K for 11 New Faculty Fellow Projects Supporting Research and Innovation

The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems at Syracuse University (SyracuseCoE) has awarded $198,851 in 2024 SyracuseCoE Faculty Fellow awards to support
News Staff Aug. 16, 2024
SyracuseCoE Awards Nearly $200K for 11 New Faculty Fellow Projects Supporting Research and Innovation

Chemistry Professor Collaborates With Brookhaven National Laboratory

Tiny but mighty semiconductors named Quantum dots (Qdots) could someday drive hyper-powerful computers. Qdots are crystals squeezed in a space just a few nanometers in
News Staff Aug. 8, 2024
Chemistry Professor Collaborates With Brookhaven National Laboratory