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Biology Student Wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Caitlin McDonough, a Ph.D. student in biology, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, supporting her study of the intricate details of reproduction. The award provides three years of independent financial support for early-career graduate students….
Education Professor Contributes to Global Study on Childhood Obesity
Tiago Barreira, assistant professor in the School of Education’s department of exercise science, is part of a team of researchers who collaborated on The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle, and the Environment.
Research Training Program for Veterans Now Accepting Applications
To improve access to undergraduate research experiences in the area of trauma for groups typically underrepresented in this research, including veterans, a collaborative venture between Syracuse University’s Falk College, SUNY Oswego and SUNY Upstate Medical University is now recruiting students…
Whitman Behavioral Lab Conducts Human Subject Research
Students looking to earn some cash for their next cup of coffee need to look no further than the basement of the Whitman School. Located in room 010, the Behavioral Laboratory at the Whitman School of Management provides Whitman faculty…
Take a Vacation, Contribute to Research
To demonstrate potential costly effects of not taking time off from work as well as the beneficial effects that can result from vacationing, a professor in the Falk College is leading a new research study to examine how past and…
Low-Cost Tool in Fight Against Childhood Obesity: Water Dispensers in Schools
Making water more available in New York City public schools through self-serve water dispensers in cafeterias resulted in small—but statistically significant—declines in students’ weight, according to new findings. The study, published Jan. 19 in the online issue of JAMA Pediatrics,…
Students Can Highlight Research, Creative Work at Upcoming ACC Meeting of the Minds
Biology student Alexandria Aruck ’16 engaged with students doing research outside of her field for the first time at the ACC’s Meeting of the Minds Conference last year at North Carolina State University. “It was an opportunity for me to…
Teaching Drones to Stay on Target
Many of us would be lost without Google Maps to help us navigate to our destinations. And many of us have experienced the frustration when low signal strength prevents us from knowing where we are or where we are going….
Video: First Annual Nappi Family Research Awards
On Friday, Dec. 11, 10 research teams from Syracuse University and Upstate Medical University presented their proposals to a group of judges to determine which project would receive a piece of a $650,000 grant.
AMH Professor Teams Up with Oberlin Ethnomusicologist on Scholarly Article
In their recent article, “Collaborative Fieldwork, Stance, and Ethnography,” Deborah Justice, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Art and Music Histories in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Fredara Hadley, visiting assistant professor in ethnomusicology at Oberlin College…