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Provost Ritter Discusses Graduate Education at Syracuse University
Strong graduate programs are a key part of the University’s success as a Carnegie R1 institution. SU News sat down with Provost Gretchen Ritter to hear her views on graduate education. Q: How has your own experience in mentoring graduate…
Government Agency Features A&S Physicist’s Pentaquark Research
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) 2020 Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) bi-annual brochure highlighted research by Tomasz Skwarnicki, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), and a team of his collaborators. The brochure featured the…
Call for Applications for 2022-23 Alexander N. Charters Adult Education Grants-In-Aid Program
The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at Syracuse University Libraries is accepting applications now through Jan. 14, 2022, for the Alexander N. Charters Adult Education Grants-in-Aid program. The grant, up to $5,000 depending on the proposal, is awarded to scholars…
Lights, Camera…Cybersecurity! Professor Constructs Studio for Instructional Videos
Electrical engineering and computer science professor Kevin Du wanted to up the production value of the cybersecurity instruction videos he has been posting to YouTube and decided to construct a studio inside his lab space. “I used to have one…
Professor Loredana Lanzani Named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Loredana Lanzani, professor of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Lanzani is one of 45 mathematical scientists from around the world to receive the honor this year,…
Uncovering the Secrets Behind Earth’s First Major Mass Extinction
We all know that the dinosaurs died in a mass extinction. But did you know that there were other mass extinctions? There are five most significant mass extinctions, known as the “big five,” where at least three quarters of all…
Researchers Examine COVID’s Toll on NYC Children’s Health, Education
Amy Ellen Schwartz, professor of economics and public administration and international affairs, is one of two principal investigators for a five-year research project to examine how, over time, COVID-19 has affected children’s health and education in New York City. Maxwell…
Working Group to Review Cluster Hire Initiative
Provost Gretchen Ritter today announced the members of the Cluster Hire Initiative Working Group. The working group report, to be delivered in January 2022, will include a review of each individual cluster and the program as a whole. Cluster hires…
A&S Physicists Develop One of the First Models Capturing Dynamics of Confined Cell Movement
The process of normal cell division in the human body is quite simple: start dividing in response to a signal, such as a wound, and stop when enough cells have been produced and the skin is healed. But cancerous cells…
In Memoriam: Vernon L. Greene, Pioneer in the Interdisciplinary Study of Aging
Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and International Affairs Vernon Greene, who passed away on Oct. 10 at the age of 77, saw the aging process as much more than a person getting old, and his vision helped build Syracuse University’s…