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Getting to the ‘Point’: Powerful Computing Helps Identify Potential New Treatments for Coronaviruses
Coronaviruses, such as the one that causes COVID-19, have numerous protruding spikes salting their surfaces. When a coronavirus raises one of these spike proteins—like opening a finger to full length—it becomes capable of invading a human cell. The pointed spike…
Grants Available for Scholarly Projects on Racial Wealth Gap
Grant funding is available to Syracuse University Ph.D. (or equivalent) scholars who have compelling projects that examine the issue of the racial wealth gap in the United States. The awards are part of a new social justice initiative and one…
Researchers Reject 30-Year-Old Paradigm: Emergence of Forests Did Not Reduce CO2 in Atmosphere
It’s hard to imagine our planet without trees. From providing wildlife habitat to reducing erosion and absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, trees play an important role in maintaining a livable environment. But trees haven’t been around forever. Over…
New Research Shows Pandemic’s Toll on Frontline Health Care Workers
For frontline health care workers, the mental health impact from the pandemic is extending beyond career burnout. Much of the attention on the mental toll suffered by frontline workers has focused on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). New research from a…
Information Session Jan. 18 on MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Symposium Research Submissions
A virtual information session will be held Wednesday, Jan. 18, to offer information and a forum for questions for researchers wanting to submit proposals for presentations at the inaugural MetLife Foundation-Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium. The information session will…
Psychology Professor Part of Two Grants Totaling Over $5M to Advance Alcohol-Related Research
During his nearly 30-year career at Syracuse University, Stephen Maisto, professor emeritus of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has devoted much of his research to the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders. Continuing that work, Maisto was…
Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Opening of ‘A Love Supreme: Black Cultural Expression and Political Activism of the 1960s and 1970s’
Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center’s (SCRC) new exhibition, titled “A Love Supreme: Black Cultural Expression and Political Activism of the 1960s and 1970s” (A Love Supreme) will open on Thursday, Jan. 19, on the sixth floor of Bird…
Biology Professor Investigates Polar Bear Paw Design Principles
Using the solutions observed in nature to address global challenges in health, medicine and materials innovation is at the heart of research by BioInspired Syracuse. Austin Garner, assistant professor of biology and member of BioInspired, specializes in functional morphology—studying the form…
Nature-Inspired Designs Could Offer Solutions for Global Challenges
Bioinspired research draws from the natural world to develop solutions for global challenges. But it can be difficult to turn these research ideas into actual materials and methods that can be applied to real world problems in areas like construction,…
Biology Professor Reflects on 6 Decades at Syracuse University
Pursue your passion, and success and fulfillment will follow. This is a common aspiration for people when searching out a career, but also one that most would say is very difficult to attain. For Syracuse University biology Professor Thomas Fondy, he…