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Irina Savinetskaya Joins Special Collections Research Center as Early to Pre-20th Century Curator
Irina Savinetskaya has joined Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) as curator, early to pre-20th century, effective June 13. Prior to joining the Libraries, Savinetskaya was a cataloguer and researcher for Martayan Lan Rare Books, a leading rare…
Accomplished Physicist Duncan Brown Appointed Syracuse University’s Next Vice President for Research
Gretchen Ritter, vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer, today announced Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics and an accomplished physicist, has been appointed Syracuse University’s next vice president for research. Brown’s appointment, which was approved by…
The Study Council Sponsors CNY Book Study to Promote Equity-Focused School Leadership
An example of the School of Education’s extensive collaboration with regional school districts—as well as its commitment to inclusive, equitable and antiracist education—The Study Council’s 2021-2022 CNY Book Study wrapped up on May 18. This year’s book— “Five Practices for…
AFRL-Syracuse University Consider Quantum Research Pairing, Student Opportunities for Future Collaborations
More than 30 Syracuse University faculty and leaders and representatives from the U.S. Air Force Research Lab convened on campus on May 6 to ideate around future collaboration opportunities. These include combined research initiatives in quantum information science and quantum…
Maxwell Professor Herrold Awarded Fulbright to Study Grassroots Community Change in Serbia
Increasingly around the world, citizens are tapping local resources and volunteerism to organize social change outside of established norms and institutions. The distinct ways people mobilize and sustain those initiatives are what Catherine Herrold will study with her recently announced…
5th Round of CUSE Grants Awards $510,000 to 31 Projects
The Office of Research is funding 31 CUSE grant projects this year in the fifth round of annual internal grants. The Collaboration for Unprecedented Success and Excellence (CUSE grants) program is dedicated to growing the Universitywide research enterprise, enhancing interdisciplinary…
Funding Expands for Newhouse Professors’ Work on Technology to Combat Fake News
Two professors from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications who are working on the development of technology to detect manipulated media and combat the spread of fake news are supported by a subcontract that now tops $1.1 million, thanks…
Sociologist Shannon Monnat to Lead Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research
A demographer and sociologist whose work focuses on population health will serve as the next director of the Center for Policy Research (CPR), the oldest interdisciplinary social science research program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Shannon…
Syracuse University Art Museum Piloting Object-Based Teaching and Research Faculty Fellows Program
Faculty from all disciplines are invited to apply for a pilot Faculty Fellows Program being hosted this summer by the Syracuse University Art Museum. [Editor’s Note: The six faculty members selected are Chaya Lee Charles, assistant teaching professor of nutrition…
Senior Profile: Katie Piston ’22 Solves Biomedical Engineering Challenges
Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Katie Piston didn’t imagine herself looking to settle down in Central New York. After earning an undergraduate degree from Purdue University in biomedical engineering, Piston landed a job with Indiana-based medical technology company Zimmer…