College of Arts and Sciences

Sci-Fi, Afrofuturism Expert, Author Named Newest University Professor

Isiah Lavender III brings a multidisciplinary lens to Afrofuturism, exploring Black identity through literature, history and speculative fiction.
Diane Stirling Sept. 8, 2025
Sci-Fi, Afrofuturism Expert, Author Named Newest University Professor

2025 Is a Strong Year for NSF Proposal Funding, Early-Career Faculty Awards

Faculty across five schools and colleges earned major National Science Foundation grants to support cutting-edge research in AI, physics, chemistry and engineering.
Diane Stirling Sept. 4, 2025

3 Faculty Members Honored With University Professor Reappointments

Reappointed faculty members are recognized for advancing scholarship, leadership and interdisciplinary innovation across campus.
Diane Stirling Sept. 4, 2025

Tissue Forces Help Shape Developing Organs

New research reveals how mechanical tissue forces, alongside biochemistry, play a vital role in shaping organ development.
News Staff Sept. 3, 2025

Legacy Families Reflect on Welcome Week and What It Means to Be Orange

We asked five pairs of siblings—each including one who already graduated and one who is just starting their Orange journey—to reflect on their Welcome Week
John Boccacino Sept. 3, 2025
Legacy Families Reflect on Welcome Week and What It Means to Be Orange

Discovering How and When Stuff Fails Leads to NSF Grant

When materials are forced into new shapes, a tipping point can shift them from flexibility and resilience to failing or breaking. Understanding that tipping point
News Staff Aug. 29, 2025

Course Redesign Institute Offers Tools, Tactics to Boost Student Outcomes

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) recently hosted the Course Redesign Institute (CRI), guiding 20 faculty members in best practices to assess how they
Diane Stirling Aug. 29, 2025
Course Redesign Institute Offers Tools, Tactics to Boost Student Outcomes

A&S Scientists Explore Protein Droplets as a New Way to Understand Disease

When we are young and healthy, our cells successfully monitor and manage our worn-out or damaged proteins, keeping things working properly. But as we age,
News Staff Aug. 28, 2025
A&S Scientists Explore Protein Droplets as a New Way to Understand Disease

Lender Center Faculty Fellow Empowers High Schoolers Via Math, Maps, Data Literacy

Armed with troves of data, maps and charts, graphic visualizations and mathematical skills, groups of local high schoolers are taking innovative approaches to understanding and
Diane Stirling Aug. 28, 2025
Lender Center Faculty Fellow Empowers High Schoolers Via Math, Maps, Data Literacy

Point of Contact Marks 50 Years With Landmark Exhibition

To commemorate its 50th anniversary Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact, Inc. (POC) is presenting “50 Sin Cuenta,” a landmark exhibition of contemporary Latin American art
Diane Stirling Aug. 28, 2025
Point of Contact Marks 50 Years With Landmark Exhibition

La Casita ‘Corpórea’ Exhibition Explores Identity, Healing, Human Form

The themes of healing, identity and community through the lens of the human body are the focus of a new exhibition at La Casita Cultural
Diane Stirling Aug. 28, 2025
La Casita ‘Corpórea’ Exhibition Explores Identity, Healing, Human Form

Renée Crown Honors Program Announces New Professors, New Coursework

The Renée Crown University Honors Program provides an innovative community where high-achieving students at Syracuse University can hone their research and academic skills in a
Dan Bernardi Aug. 28, 2025

In Memoriam: Life Trustee Michael Bill ’58

The student-athletes who pass through the entry of the football locker room in the John A. Lally Athletics Complex will be carrying on the legacy
Eileen Korey Aug. 26, 2025

University’s Human Dynamics Programs Realign to Strengthen Collaboration and Community Impact

Over the summer, four academic disciplines focused on preparing students as professionals in the human, health and social services fields (formerly housed in the David
News Staff Aug. 25, 2025
University’s Human Dynamics Programs Realign to Strengthen Collaboration and Community Impact

Heartfelt Gift Recognizes Accomplished Alumna and 3 Generations of Orange

William Pelton and Mary Jane Massie have created the Barringer Pelton Public Service Graduate Scholarship to honor their niece, Jody Barringer '95, L'98, G’08 (M.P.A.),
Jessica Youngman Aug. 21, 2025
Heartfelt Gift Recognizes Accomplished Alumna and 3 Generations of Orange

Summer Snapshots 2025

Discover all the ways our University community members enjoyed themselves over the summer months.
John Boccacino Aug. 18, 2025
Summer Snapshots 2025

Charlotte Ebel ’25, Ayla Ray ’27 Receive Phi Kappa Phi Awards

An alumna and a student have received awards from Phi Kappa Phi (PKP), the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic
Kelly Homan Rodoski Aug. 18, 2025
Charlotte Ebel ’25, Ayla Ray ’27 Receive Phi Kappa Phi Awards

Karalunas Appointed Cobb-Jones Clinical Psychology Endowed Professor

Behzad Mortazavi, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), recently named Sarah L. Karalunas as the Cobb-Jones Clinical Psychology Endowed Professor. She will
Sean Grogan Aug. 15, 2025