STEM
Innovation Orange: Associate Professor Jay Henderson
Associate Professor Jay Henderson, a researcher with the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute and faculty member in the department of biomedical and chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, conducts research pertaining to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The…
Curious Properties
Editor’s Note: The following piece was prepared for the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The article highlights three members of Syracuse’s Department of Physics: Mark Bowick, the Joel Dorman Steele Professor of Physics, as well…
“Houston, and much of the Gulf Coast is living on borrowed time”
Laura Steinberg is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Syracuse University and a researcher on environmental disasters’ effect on infrastructure, including the impact of climate change on both. Steinberg lived through Hurricane Katrina and is available to discuss…
Engineering and Computer Science Professors Recognized by IEEE
Professors Vir V. Phoha and Jay K. Lee have been honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology. Phoha, an expert in cybersecurity, received the 2017 IEEE…
Crowston, Erickson Receive Inaugural NSF Convergence Award
School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members Kevin Crowston and Ingrid Erickson are the recipients of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Award, which they will use to establish a research coordination network (RCN) to focus on sociotechnological interactions between work and technology design…
A Taste of Science
Area students got a taste of science, thanks to members of the Department of Chemistry. Gary Bonomo G’10, a lab supervisor and general chemistry lab instructor, and Deborah Maley, the department’s budget administrator, led a hands-on chemistry workshop in Syracuse’s historic Burnet…
Student Discovers Tuberculosis DNA in Dental Plaque of Smithsonian’s Anatomical Collection
In a collection of historic skeletal remains at the Smithsonian, microscopic signs of a serious contagion lurk in an intriguing place in a sample of individuals from 100 years ago. Student researcher Soleil Young ’17, a member of the Renée…
4 Questions for Lab Manager Sam Sampere on Solar Eclipse
On Monday, a wide swath of the United States will be within view of a total solar eclipse, in which the moon blocks out the sun. With Syracuse and Central New York in the path of this unique occurrence, we…
NASA Recognizes High School Student’s Research Project at SU
He is the lead author on a published scientific study, his research has been recognized by NASA—and Hari Nanthakumar does not even have his driver’s license yet. Nanthakumar, currently a senior at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, called the College…
As High School Students, Kim La ’20 and The Ngo Got Hands-on Training in A&S Lab
Two Syracuse City School District rising seniors were welcomed to Syracuse’s campus to get a taste of lab life and to prepare for college. Full-ride scholarships to top universities for both students show the experiment was a huge success. “Including…