STEM
With the Innovation Law Center’s Help, an Engineer Innovates an Old Technology for a Life-Saving Purpose
Think back to your last time at a bank drive-thru. You likely deposited or received money through a tube that travels from your window to the bank and back in a minute or so. These systems—known as pneumatic tubes—have been…
School of Information Studies Dean Search Committee Appointed
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Michele G. Wheatly today announced the formation of a search committee for the next dean of the School of Information Studies (iSchool), following the planned retirement of Dean Liz Liddy. In early September,…
University Hosts First Annual Green Chemistry Think Tank
High school students interested in the emerging field of sustainability chemistry recently converged at Syracuse University for the first annual Green Chemistry Think Tank. Co-sponsored by the Central New York Section of the American Chemical Society (CNY ACS) and the…
NEXT 2018 Conference on Technology, Manufacturing and Biotech is Nov. 15 in Liverpool
Registration is open for NEXT 2018 on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Syracuse-Liverpool, 441 Electronics Parkway in Liverpool. Now in its fifth year, the NEXT conference focuses on innovation in technology, manufacturing…
SU Engineering Programs Awarded ABET Accreditation
Following another successful evaluation, all eight engineering bachelor’s programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) have been awarded accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. The programs include aerospace engineering, bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer…
College Remembers Professor, Scientist Rubye Torrey G’69
In honor of the one-year anniversary of the death of Rubye P. Torrey G’69, the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) pauses to remember one of its most illustrious alumni. Torrey, who died on Oct. 26, 2017, at the age…
Accent Discrimination: Invisible Source of Social Bias
On April 3, 2009, an Asian American named Jiverly Wong shot and killed 13 people at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, then turned a gun on himself. His victims included an ESL teacher and 12…
Daylong Symposium to Highlight Life Sciences Research Nov. 3
Undergraduate research in the life sciences is the focus of a daylong symposium in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). On Saturday, Nov. 3, A&S will host the third annual Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Symposium in the…
Biologists Gain New Insights into Surface, Acoustic Behaviors of Right Whales
In response to the dwindling number of North Atlantic right whales, researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have conducted a major study of the surface and acoustic behaviors of right whale mother-calf pairs. Susan Parks, associate professor…
Family Weekend Kicks Off with ’Cuse Tank, a Lively Student Innovation Competition at Bird Library
The “Elite Eight” finalists for the first ever ’Cuse Tank will vie in a “Shark Tank”-style prize competition on Friday, Oct. 26, from 9-11:30 a.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in E.S. Bird Library. The event—co-sponsored by the Blackstone…