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Training the Next Generation of Inclusive Education Teachers Through the Bridge to the City Program on the ‘’Cuse Conversations’ Podcast
For nearly 25 years, the School of Education has offered aspiring inclusive education teachers a unique opportunity to hone their skills as student teachers in New York City through the Bridge to the City program. It’s an immersive, semester-long guided…
3 Faculty Members Attain Prestigious IEEE Fellow Recognition
Three faculty members have been recognized as Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for 2023, a high professional honor conferred on less than 0.1% of the organization’s membership annually. Wenliang (Kevin) Du and Vir Phoha, both…
Democracy Was on the Ballot, Candidates Matter and Other Lessons From the Midterm Elections
The contentious 2022 midterm elections are not quite finished—next week’s runoff in the race for the Georgia Senate seat pits Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock against Republican Herschel Walker—but following a grueling campaign season, the American people went out and cast…
Advisory Committee Appointed for School of Education Dean Search
Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter today announced the appointment of a search advisory committee tasked with selecting the next permanent dean of the School of Education. Kelly Chandler-Olcott, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for…
Researcher Awarded NSF Future Manufacturing Seed Grant for Scale-Up Manufacturing of Therapeutic Cell Products
More new therapeutic treatments for various diseases could be moved into clinical trials—and potentially faster into mainstream medical use—if scientists could find ways to manufacture exponentially higher quantities of the stem cell components needed for medical testing. Spearheading work to…
Adults With Intellectual Disabilities Often Excluded From Clinical Trials, Research Finds
Scientific breakthroughs aren’t possible without the painstaking process of clinical trials. So what happens when many of those trials leave out large portions of the population? Katherine McDonald, a professor of public health and associate dean of research in the…
Food Studies Graduate Students Getting Their Hands Dirty at a ‘Living Agroecological Lab’
On a cool but sunny early October morning on Syracuse University’s South Campus, eight graduate students from the Food Studies program in the Falk College sat in a circle at Pete’s Giving Garden and talked dirt. No, not gossip about…
Veteran Political Journalist Margaret Talev Named Kramer Director of Syracuse University Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship Institute
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications today announced the appointment of veteran political journalist Margaret Talev as the Kramer Director of the Syracuse University Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship Institute. Talev will be based in Washington, D.C., and report to…
Research Fueled by Chemistry Professors Helps Advance Artificial Enzyme Engineering
While corrosion resistance, durability and low cost make plastic a very efficient resource, one of its major drawbacks is the harm it poses to the environment. According to a report from Greenpeace USA, 51 million tons of plastic waste were generated…
Geochemist Receives NSF Grant for Work in Developing Search Engines for Climate Change Data
No researcher is an island. While scientists and academics certainly find themselves toiling alone in laboratories and behind computers at times, it is collaboration—consulting, borrowing from and building upon the research of others—that really drives discovery. And in the field…