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To better understand the short- and long-term effects of ice storms on northern forests, a team of scientists, including Professor Charles T. Driscoll, generated an experimental ice storm on research plots on the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire. The National Science Foundation released the…

“Aleppo is now the symbol of how far we have retrenched,” said David M. Crane, a veteran international war crimes prosecutor and a professor at the Syracuse University College of Law. “It is part of a worldwide move away from a global village. Countries are turning back into themselves.”

A. Alan Middleton, professor and chair of the physics department in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently elected a 2016 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The honor recognizes an individual’s distinguished efforts…

“Their passing allows us to reflect on what careers were like in previous eras — and that that kind of artist may be less and less frequent in the future.”

The Tangata Group, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the proposition that disability rights are human rights, has been created to assist nations in successfully adhering to international disability law and policy, disability inclusive development and participatory human rights…

Maria Russell, professor of public relations and director of executive education programs in the Newhouse School, has been named Educadora do Ano 2016 (2016 Educator of the Year) by the Associação Brasileira de Comunicação Empresarial (Brazilian Association for Corporate Communication,…

Assistant Professor Ian D. Hosein in the College of Engineering and Computer Science has been awarded a Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) Grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. The DNI grant program promotes the careers of young faculty…

“If anything, when he’s in power, the frequency could increase, making Twitter an even more important platform,” said Syracuse University communications professor Jennifer Grygiel, who studies social media. “You could see more users joining it to get updates about the government.”

“The troubling trends are most pronounced for the people who are the most disadvantaged,” said Jennifer Karas Montez, a Syracuse University researcher who studies adult death patterns.”

“But, while the possibility of causing a death was made explicit by these posters, they also served another function: preventing people from spreading rumors that might sap morale,” according to Maxwell School Ph.D candidate Albinko Hasic.