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NIH Grant Funds Innovative Study on Childhood Stuttering
What do Hollywood movie production companies and researchers at the Syracuse University Stuttering Research Lab have in common? Each uses sophisticated state-of-the-art equipment like infrared motion tracking cameras and body sensors—but for very different purposes. While the movie production companies…
Syracuse University Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence Awards Downey Scholarships to 13 Students
The Syracuse University Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (SU ICCAE) has awarded Downey Scholarships to a group of 13 undergraduate, graduate and law students. The $1,500 award recognizes academic excellence, commitment to public service and potential to bring diverse…
New Dean, Faculty and Student Representatives Appointed to Board of Trustees
Craig Boise, dean of the College of Law, has been named dean representative to the Board of Trustees by Chancellor Kent Syverud. Lori Brown, professor of architecture, and director of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the School of Architecture, has…
New Writing Courses Concentrate on Issues That Matter to Students
The writing studies department has launched a range of new 100-level courses. These introductory classes offer opportunities for students across Syracuse University to take up issues that matter to them and to use writing to effect change. While they are…
Students Inducted Into Prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society
Fifty-six students in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications were inducted into the Syracuse University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa May 20. Phi Beta…
Student Speakers Simran Mirchandani and Rikki Sargent Address the Class of 2021 During Commencement
During Commencement 2021, Simran Vinod Mirchandani ’21, biochemistry and Spanish language, literature and culture major in the College of Arts and Sciences, economics major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,…
Ph.D. Candidate Nicolás Pérez-Consuegra Leads Research Expedition in Search of Answers to Erosion in Colombia
In April 2017, a landslide in Mocoa, Colombia, ripped through a local town, killing more than 300 people. Nicolás Pérez-Consuegra grew up about 570 miles north in Santander, Colombia, and was shocked as he watched the devastation on television. At…
Forgotten in Plain Sight: Bringing Renewed Attention to a Famous New York City Waterway
A boat ride down Newtown Creek in New York City reveals a story of a polluted past. On either side are industrial worksites and oil refineries, in front of you is the iconic Manhattan skyline, and beneath you is one…
Ben Bradley Receives Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching
Ben Bradley, professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the 2021 recipient of the William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. A&S Dean Karin Ruhlandt will formally confer the prize on him at the…
Through Poetry, Nidaa Aljabbarin ’22 Shares Her Personal Journey as a Syrian Refugee
When Nidaa Aljabbarin ’22 stepped into her first Narratio Fellowship workshop at the North Side Learning Center in Syracuse in 2019, she never imagined that it would lead to her becoming a published poet with her work being read by…