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Cold Case Justice Initiative Commemorates 10th-Year Anniversary
The Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College of Law commemorated over 10 years of seeking justice and accountability for racially motivated crimes during the Civil Rights Era with an awards dinner on Sept. 29 at the college. Professors…
Heflin and Rothbart Receive Grant to Study SNAP and School Readiness
Colleen Heflin and Michah Rothbart, professor and assistant professor, respectively, of public administration and international affairs, have received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to research the relationship between student participation in the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition…
Physicist’s Discovery Recasts ‘Lifetime Hierarchy’ of Subatomic Particles
Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have determined that the lifetime of the so-called charmed omega—part of a family of subatomic particles called baryons—is nearly four times longer than previously thought. In an article in Physical Review Letters…
Professor Lauded for Contributions to Experimental Particle Physics
The American Physical Society (APS) is recognizing a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) for his contributions to particle physics. Sheldon Stone, Distinguished Professor of Physics, is the 2019 recipient of the APS’ prestigious W.K.H. Panofksy Prize…
Institute for Veterans and Military Families Combines Forces to Find Ways to Heal Veterans, Military Families through the Arts
IVMF awarded a research contract from the Americans for the Arts as part of the Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network initiative
A New Way to Count Qubits
Researchers at Syracuse University, working with collaborators at the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison, have developed a new technique for measuring the state of quantum bits, or qubits, in a quantum computer.
Syracuse University Conducts First Systematic Review of Experimental Pain Research on Cannabis-Based Drugs
Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have determined that cannabinoid drugs do not appear to reduce the intensity of experimental pain, but, instead, may make pain feel less unpleasant and more tolerable.
ORI Grant Funds Automated Tool to Detect Potential Fraud in Scientific Papers
The Office of Research Integrity in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded funding to a School of Information Studies (iSchool) professor to further automate the detection of fraudulent material in scientific papers. A grant of $149,310 has been awarded to Daniel Acuna,…
Community-Based Health Research Provides Shared Learning Experience for Students, Community Members
Grace E. Gugerty ’19 wasn’t too nervous when she first met the refugee family who she would be learning about over the span of the spring semester. “It was more of a lot of buildup in my head. I thought…
Physicist Awarded $1.2 Million NIH Grant to Enhance Protein Detection
Professor Liviu Movileanu develops biosensors to identify proteins in leukemia, cancer A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is using a major grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support ongoing research into protein detection. Liviu…