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Chemists Develop Tools to Reduce Pesticide Impact
Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have developed tools to break down pesticides in the environment. Ivan Korendovych, associate professor of chemistry, is the recipient of a $107,000 grant award from CRDF Global, supporting the study of…
Physicists Win NSF Grant to Probe Prospects for Next-Generation Gravitational-wave Detectors
Two Syracuse University physicists are among the recipients of a $2.1 million National Science Foundation award to analyze the potential for developing third-generation global gravitational-wave detectors. These detectors would expand scientists’ capacity to monitor cosmic activity to the outer edges…
Maroo Awarded Grant to Cool Off Electronic Devices
Anyone who has ever felt their laptop toast their lap or their smartphone suddenly become a hot potato in their hands can understand that electronics need a way to stay cool. The more powerful our devices become, the more heat they…
CCDS Plans Un-Conference on Democracy, Digital Media, Decision Making, Data Analytics
The Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host the Syracuse University Research Un-Conference in September. The purpose of the Un-Conference is to bring together faculty from the Syracuse University community in a…
Newhouse Honors Late Faculty Member Stan Alten, Establishes Award in His Name
The Newhouse School will host a celebration of the life and scholarship of late faculty member Stan Alten Sept. 23 on campus. Alten, who taught in the television, radio and film department from 1970 until his retirement in 2008, died…
College of Arts and Sciences Announces Tolley Professorships
The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has announced the consecutive appointments of two highly regarded and esteemed faculty members to the title of William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities. Ken Frieden will hold the appointment for…
Syracuse Awarded $3.7 Million for Particle Physics Research
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are closer to understanding what happened after the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The High-Energy Physics (HEP) Group in the…
Professor to Address Educational Disparities in U.S. Adult Health
Educational disparities in U.S. adult health are the focus of a presentation by a Syracuse University professor at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Philadelphia. Jennifer Karas Montez, professor of sociology in the Maxwell School…
Sociologists Link Service-Connected Disability to Veteran Mortality Disadvantage
The impact of service-connected disability (SCD) on the U.S. veteran mortality rate is the subject of a presentation by a trio of Syracuse University professors at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Philadelphia. Scott Landes,…
Wearable IV Device Wins SU Campus Session of Invent@SU
It was a perfect meeting of tech and design. Industrial and interaction design majors Quinn King ’20 and Alec Gillinder ’20 saw a need for a portable, lightweight device that could deliver intravenous (IV) fluids and spent six weeks designing…