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Bioengineering Ph.D. Student Receives National Recognition for Breakthrough Molecular Computational Tool
Nandhini Rajagopal’s accomplishments are massive even though her research focuses on small molecules. As part of biomedical and chemical engineering Professor Shikha Nangia’s research group, the Ph.D. student has focused her work on minute interactions between protein molecules in the…
Using Syracuse Lava to Understand Metal Worlds
In August 2022, NASA will embark on a space mission to 16 Psyche, a 140-mile diameter giant metal asteroid situated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. NASA says it will be the first mission to investigate a planetary…
Talking Trash With Laura Markley, Waste and Plastics Researcher in the College of Engineering and Computer Science
Laura Markley is a scientist and a communicator who has been weaving these two skillsets together throughout her academic career. Currently a Ph.D. candidate in civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), Markley…
Honeywell and Syracuse University Establish Research Partnership to Develop Next-Generation Air Quality Technology
Honeywell and Syracuse University have established a research partnership to fund research on emerging indoor air quality technologies. The partnership will include the naming of a Honeywell Indoor Air Quality Laboratory at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, which…
Keeping SARS2 Out of the Cell
As vaccines are distributed worldwide to fight the pandemic, important research at Syracuse University may uncover ways to block it and similar viruses in the future. Alison Patteson, assistant professor of physics, and Jennifer Schwarz, associate professor of physics, recently…
Women in Science Day Spotlight: Christa Kelleher
Christa Kelleher remembers having a love for drawing and art when she was a kid. As a college student, she began to fold science and engineering into her area of focus, intertwining her creative and experimental interests. Today as a…
From the Testing Center to Your Inbox: How COVID-19 Samples Get Analyzed
As Syracuse University gears up to double or triple the number of COVID-19 screening tests in the spring semester, the University’s Public Health Team had to do more than reconfigure the Stadium Testing Center. To get results from the stadium…
GEM Program Provides Financing, Connections for Underrepresented Graduate Students in STEM
The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM) is a partnership between corporations, government laboratories, research institutions and universities that enables underrepresented students to pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields….
Celebrating 20 Years of Women in Science and Engineering
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) is proudly celebrating more than 20 years of successfully serving female students and faculty in STEM at Syracuse University. Since its inception in 1999, the program was created with the vision of building a…
Hehnly Lab Awarded $1.2M NIH Grant to Research Critical Tissue Formation
A key process during the development of an embryo is tissue morphogenesis, where the number of cells in an organism increase through cell division and tissues begins to take shape. Heidi Hehnly, assistant professor of biology, has been awarded a…