STEM
University Establishes Chapter of Neuroscience Honor Society
The National Honor Society in Neuroscience, Nu Rho Psi, has awarded a chapter to Syracuse University. Known as New York Delta, the chapter is the fourth of its kind in the state. Nu Rho Psi is an independent, nonprofit, grass-roots…
Engineering Students Design Sumo Wrestling Robots
The task for students was to build with a specific set of skills. It needed to be able to stay inside a marked circle and have away to push other robots outside the circle. “Just like sumo wrestling but a…
Turning Student Research into Reality
Avinash “Avi” Thakur, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), recently made headlines with his role in the development of a novel class of nanomaterials that could possibly improve cancer detection….
Stargazers Can Appreciate Astronomical Rarity Sunday
Look to the sky on the evening of Sunday, Jan. 20, and you’ll be in for a rare treat. A total lunar eclipse will be well visible to stargazers as the Earth’s shadow crosses in front of the moon. This…
Become a Leader in Cybersecurity this Fall
In today’s hyperconnected world, cyber attacks on our institutions and personal information are increasing. Governments and industries alike need well-trained experts to protect us. This fall, the Cybersecurity Semester (CSS) returns to Syracuse University to teach computer science and computer engineering students…
U.S. News Ranks College of Engineering and Computer Science, iSchool No. 11 for Online Graduate Programs
Online graduate programs offered by Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) and School of Information Studies (iSchool) have been ranked No. 11 for best information technology programs for 2019 by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online…
Syracuse University Student Ventures Advance in National Round of Student Startup Madness
Syracuse University student startups OptechVR—co-founded by Whitman first-year student Matt Shumer and Newhouse first-year student Sam Hollander—and Tableau Media—a venture by Hanna Seraji, an anthropology, women’s and gender studies and communication and rhetorical studies major, along with SU alumna Gabriela…
Aerospace Engineering First-Year Students Test Their Mars Rover Designs
The “surface of Mars” may be just a table in Link Hall and its “rocks” may only be golf balls, but the tension and excitement are nearly as high as an actual space mission. For their ECS 101 class, first-year…
Mambu Alphan Kawa Scholarship Honors a Friendship
When Smita Narayan G’00 arrived at Syracuse University to begin her master’s degrees in civil and computer engineering, she felt out of her element and overwhelmed by the University and life in a new country. It was her first time…
Demonstrating Green Building Technologies in China
When College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang set out to develop a software platform that would integrate and optimize the design of green buildings, little did he know it would lead to an international collaborative project…