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Long-term research reveals causes, consequences of environmental change
As global temperatures rise, the most threatened ecosystems are those that depend on a season of snow and ice, scientists from the nation’s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network say.“The vulnerability of cool, wet areas to climate change is striking,”…
Dedrick’s global value chain research informs international trade groups
The realities of today’s global value chains—and their effect on American manufacturing, trade and economic assessments and, ultimately, domestic and foreign policy—were among the topics discussed by a School of Information Studies (iSchool) professor and participants at two international trade…
Scientists use rare mineral to correlate past climate events in Europe, Antarctica
Editor’s Note: Media reports about this research have misrepresented the study’s findings. For more information read a statement by Zunli Lu. New study published in April issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters The first day of spring brought record…
SU Library, SU Humanities Center announce Central New York Humanities Corridor Visiting Scholar Program
Syracuse University Library and the SU Humanities Center, along with their partners in the Central New York Humanities Corridor (Colgate University, Cornell University, Hamilton College, SU and the University of Rochester), will award four visiting scholar grants of $2,500 each…
New study links whale stress to ship noise
Data collected around 9/11 terrorist attacks by SU biologist plays key role in study Hunted almost to extinction, North Atlantic Right Whales are among the most endangered in the world, with fewer than 500 alive today. Syracuse University biologist Susan…
A bug’s (sex) life: Diving beetles offer unexpected clues about sexual selection
Study results were published Feb. 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
2010 Nobel laureate to speak at University Feb. 1
Ei-ichi Negishi did pioneering research while a member of SU’s Chemistry Department Ei-ichi Negishi, 2010 Nobel laureate and the Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Organic Chemistry at Purdue University, returns to Syracuse University to present a discussion of his…
Research by LCS professor expected to help utility companies predict service life of pipeline infrastructure
Regression models presented in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Journal of Infrastructure Systems by researchers at Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are expected to help utility companies predict the service life of wastewater pipeline…
SU biologist named fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Biologist William T. Starmer believes one can usually tell what people do by looking at their bookshelves. The volumes lining the wall of Starmer’s office in Syracuse University’s Life Sciences Complex summarize a career focused on mathematical approaches to understanding…
Fishing for an agreement on mercury
Charley Driscoll says he’s not trying to scare anyone. But this story may have you looking a little differently at that tuna fish sandwich you have in your brown bag for lunch.