STEM
Researchers Discover Way to Make Surfaces Less Vulnerable to Disease-Causing Bacteria
Professor Dacheng Ren and his team of researchers are seeking ways to stop the spread of microbes, and they may have found a solution.
Crowston, Sawyer Take Best Paper Award at ASIS&T
School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members Kevin Crowston and Steven Sawyer, along with colleague and former iSchool professor Rolf Wigand, were presented with a Best Paper Award by the Association for Information Science and Technology’s Social Informatics special interest…
Stanford’s Carla Shatz to Deliver Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture Dec. 8
Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Place” with a visit by world-renowned neurobiologist Carla Shatz. A professor of biology and neurobiology at Stanford University, Shatz will deliver this year’s Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities titled…
Four Questions with Professor of Linguistics Jaklin Kornfilt
Linguistics Professor Jaklin Kornfilt, a member of the Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) faculty since 1983, specializes in syntactic theory, theoretically informed linguistic typology, and the syntax—morphology interface, with special emphasis on the syntax and morphology of Turkish and of…
National Awards for Students in Auditory Research Lab
In the Auditory Electrophysiology Research Lab of Associate Professor Kathy Vander Werff, students play an important role in the research being done. Their commitment to the field of communication sciences and disorders is clear to their mentor—and now their academic…
Professor Ian Hosein, Students Develop Technology to Increase Solar Cell Efficiency
Solar technology—capturing the power of the sun to produce electricity—has been around in some form since the 19th century. There is currently 31.6 gigawatts (GW) of total installed solar capacity in the United States, enough to power 6.2 million American…
Innovative Science Conference Offers ‘Live’ Research Lessons on New State Standards
More than 300 educators from across Central New York are converging on Roxboro Road Middle School in Mattydale today for a science conference that offers four “live” research lessons in which students and teachers can engage in practices aligned with…
iSchool to Hold Graduate Programs Information Session Nov. 15
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host an on-campus information session for its graduate programs in information management, library and information science, and library and information science-school media specialization on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Katzer…
Nelson L. Nemerow Memorial Scholarship Furthers Legacy of Water Resources Visionary
The Nelson L. Nemerow Memorial Scholarship in Environmental Engineering has been established in the College of Engineering and Computer Science to support environmental engineering graduate students with interests in clean water initiatives. It was endowed with a generous gift from…
Cadwell Selected to Attend NAE Engineering Education Symposium
Assistant Professor Katie Cadwell was selected to attend the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Eighth Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium. It is an event for engineering faculty members who are developing and implementing innovative approaches to engineering education. Cadwell and her fellow attendees…