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Innovator From the Mathematics Department Receives the Abraham Wald Prize
Professor Pinyuen Chen from the Department of Mathematics has received an award that honors the best publication each year from the Journal of Sequential Analysis. The Abraham Wald Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of sequential…
BioInspired Wins NSF Grant to Develop Graduate Training Program in Emergent Intelligence
Syracuse University’s BioInspired Institute has been awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship Program for the creation of an interdisciplinary training program for doctoral students in emergent intelligence. The program, NRT-URoL: Emergent Intelligence…
Orange Connections Run Deep in the Kehr/Hirsh Family Tree
On an overcast Mother’s Day in 2018, a photo was taken outside of the Hall of Languages depicting a proud Syracuse University graduate, Ryan Kehr ’18, surrounded by happy family members. It’s the kind of photo that gets taken repeatedly…
Utah’s New Law Banning Books Ignites Censorship Debate
More than a dozen books are now banned from all public schools in Utah under a new state law. It’s the latest in what is a growing trend across the United States. In an April report, PEN America said that…
Professor Receives NIH Grant to Study Biofeedback Technologies for Speech Therapy
One of the most common speech errors in English is making a “w” sound instead of the “r” sound. Although most children grow out of these and other errors, 2%-to-5% exhibit residual speech sound disorder through adolescence. Research has shown…
Green Teaching Summit: A Humanities Approach to Climate Education
Can religion, philosophy, history, English and writing help tackle issues of climate change, environment and ecology? Absolutely, says Mike Goode, professor of English and outgoing William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities. Through his Tolley professorship, a role…
Chemistry Professor Collaborates With Brookhaven National Laboratory
Tiny but mighty semiconductors named Quantum dots (Qdots) could someday drive hyper-powerful computers. Qdots are crystals squeezed in a space just a few nanometers in diameter. They are used today in products such as solar cells or LEDs and work…
Undergraduate Students Celebrate the Fruits of Their Summer Research
This summer, undergraduates Xuezhu (Stephanie) Hua ’25, Kaniya Ross ’25 and Edward Lu ’26 have been deeply engaged in research. Hua, a nutrition science major in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, has investigated the effects of fish…
Physics Professor Craig Cahillane Wins 2024 ARPA-E IGNIITE Award
Craig Cahillane, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named an Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE 2024) award recipient. As one of only 23 winners across the…
3 Faculty Members Awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar Fellowships
Three Syracuse University faculty members have been awarded prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar fellowships to teach and conduct research abroad. The awardees are: Harriet Brown, professor and director of the graduate program in magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse…