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Professor Emerita Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Professor Emerita M. Cristina Marchetti has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, in recognition of her original research into soft and living matter. The theoretical physicist is part of a 100-person cohort, 40 percent of whom are women—the most elected…
Unless Designers and Users Intervene, Expect More Missteps in an AI World
A recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) paints a troubling future for artificial intelligence in terms of promoting dominant gender norms. UNESCO’s report maintains digital assistants like Alexa and Siri create a model of…
PlastiVan Visits Syracuse University Libraries
Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center hosted a visit from the PlastiVan on April 26. The PlastiVan is sponsored by SPE Foundation, an association of more than 22,000 members uniting plastics professionals worldwide and committed to making the plastics…
Students Partner with Industry on Wearable Cooling Device
While many people work in climate-controlled buildings, certain jobs require workers to toil in oppressive heat. Military personnel, firefighters, construction workers and many others don’t have many good options for keeping cool in their line of work. This spring, a…
Anna Feldman Named Recipient of NOAA-Hollings Scholarship
When Hurricane Sandy hit New York City in October 2012, Anna Feldman’s community was battered by flooding and the breakdown of utilities, transit systems and wastewater treatment plants. A few months later, as an eighth-grade student, she participated in a…
Administration of Student Course Ratings, Exam Scoring Will Transfer to Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment
To better align academic functions, the administration and oversight of student course ratings and exam scoring is moving from the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment (IEA), under the Office of Academic Affairs….
Syracuse University Libraries, Department of Chemistry Collaborate to Identify Chemical Composition of Plastics Artifacts Collection
Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collection Research Center (SCRC) and the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences have collaborated on a first-of-its-kind project. Courtney Asztalos, the Libraries’ plastics pioneers curator of plastics and historical artifacts, partnered with…
BioInspired Institute Brings Together Faculty with Related Research Interests from Across the University
Hiring of faculty is underway for the newly named BioInspired Syracuse: Institute for Material and Living Systems. BioInspired Syracuse (previously referred to as Bio-enabled Science and Technology) is one of the previously announced seven multidisciplinary research clusters that will bring…
Yona Lei Named Recipient of the 2019 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) has announced that Yongna (Yona) Lei, a senior majoring in biochemistry and minoring in philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of the 2019 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize. Norma…
Hosein’s Research Garners 3M Award, Publication in Key Journals
Ian D. Hosein is on a roll. Since the first of the year, his research in developing new materials with advanced capabilities has earned him the selective 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (NTFA) and front-page coverage in two journals, Physica Status Solidi…