News from 2020
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Setting the Advising Agenda
A&S | Maxwell advisors assume key leadership roles for major conferences.

$1.5M NIH Grant Funds ALS-Linked Research
Assistant Professor Carlos Castañeda is studying the regulation of liquid-like protein droplets in hopes of determining what causes diseases like ALS.

A&S Researchers Awarded $2.1M Grant to Study Causes of Congenital Heart Defects
Researchers look to pinpoint mechanical forces that could be causing defects during the early stages of embryo development.

A Vital Space: CNY Humanities Corridor Offers Unique Resource to Writers
Authors build rewarding collaborations through the Corridor's working group structure.
(Dec. 7, 2020)
The group’s next virtual event is December 11.
(Dec. 4, 2020)
A team of A&S chemists are working to develop a superconductor that could store vast amounts of energy and make the electrical power grid much more efficient.
(Dec. 3, 2020)
Chemist Davoud Mozhdehi is working on an autonomous synthetic material that could create what he calls “smart plastics.”
(Nov. 24, 2020)
The study explored why individuals with the chromosomal disorder 22q11.2 deletion syndrome show varying symptoms.
(Nov. 11, 2020)
A virtual launch will celebrate Goode’s new book that examines the distinctiveness of the media in which particular ‘classic’ writings by Blake, Scott and Austen find new life.
(Nov. 10, 2020)
With a trip to Wall Street disrupted by the pandemic, alumni stepped up to keep the valuable experience alive virtually.
(Nov. 9, 2020)
Dean Karin Ruhlandt welcomes four new members to serve as stewards and advocates for the College.
(Nov. 6, 2020)
Researchers are investigating a nanoparticle that could 'disguise' itself for entry into the brain.
(Nov. 6, 2020)
Climate experts make the case for including ancient data in future models.
(Nov. 5, 2020)
Matthieu Herman van der Meer analyzed a newly discovered commentary from around the year 800.
(Nov. 2, 2020)
The award honors early-career scientists for outstanding achievements in the hydrogeologic profession.
(Oct. 30, 2020)
Acclaimed poet will instruct graduate courses in creative writing.
(Oct. 30, 2020)
Inaugural Phyllis Backer Professor brings an interdisciplinary approach to Jewish Studies.
(Oct. 15, 2020)
NSF equipment grants fund acquisition of two chromatography-mass spectrometers.
(Oct. 15, 2020)
A&S biologists' study on the persistence of mutualisms is published in the prestigious journal "Science."
(Oct. 12, 2020)
Professor Emeritus of Physics Joshua Goldberg G’50, ’52 Ph.D. laid the groundwork for the discovery of gravitational waves.
(Oct. 8, 2020)
Grant will fund online exhibitions, artist talks and expand educational programming.
(Sept. 30, 2020)
La Casita commemorates Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month with an exhibit celebrating abuelas (grandmothers).
(Sept. 29, 2020)
This year’s fully virtual Syracuse Symposium provides inspiration for a more equitable future.
(Sept. 11, 2020)
Undergraduate students can now seek advising advice via two-way text.
(Sept. 10, 2020)
A&S psychologist receives a $1.3 million grant to develop a program to target interrelations between pain, hazardous drinking and use of prescription opioid medications.
(Aug. 10, 2020)
A&S researchers lay the groundwork to reconstruct global climate through Earth's history.
(Aug. 5, 2020)
Assistant Professor Lee Kennard receives a grant from the National Science Foundation to study multi-dimensional curved spaces.
(July 24, 2020)
NSF grant funds research to determine the effects of artificial beaver dams.
(July 20, 2020)
Recent media coverage featuring faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences.
(July 17, 2020)
The A&S | Maxwell community offers mentorship for students on their path to success.
(July 15, 2020)
HNY grant will help fund resettled refugee youth fellows’ production of autobiographical films about life during the pandemic and the pursuit of social justice.
(July 15, 2020)
Thanks to the new online platform, works from the African Diaspora and other underrepresented groups will be more widely available to educators, artists, critics, curators and the arts community.
(July 7, 2020)
A&S biologists win the Thomas Henry Huxley Award for their creation of an evolutionary learning module.
(June 29, 2020)
A&S researchers study the amount of carbon dioxide released at the East African Rift System.
(June 18, 2020)
Ph.D. candidate in religion receives dissertation fellowship to analyze contemporary Buddhist charities in Southeast Asia.
(June 16, 2020)
New research on proposed diabetes drug is published in “Cell Reports.”
(June 12, 2020)
Using observations of neutron star collisions, Professor Duncan Brown will study the nature of matter.
(June 3, 2020)
The fellowship will contribute to her scholarship in the field of feminist Middle East studies.
(June 1, 2020)
Jeffrey Karson, the Jessie Page Heroy Professor of Earth Sciences, finds important connection between geological and biological processes.
(May 27, 2020)
REU grant draws students from around the country for summer research.
(May 26, 2020)
Graduate students from A&S and Maxwell use fellowships to develop and implement public humanities projects.
(May 1, 2020)
Nordquist will lead humanities-related community engagement initiatives for the College of Arts and Sciences.
(April 28, 2020)
Office of Undergraduate Academic and Career Advising virtually connects alumni and students.
(April 22, 2020)
Over 250 participants join the seminar each week.
(April 10, 2020)
Tierney Sovic ’19 offers tips for students to make the most out of their time at Syracuse University.
(April 10, 2020)
Articles featured in Physical Review X and Physical Review Letters.
(April 8, 2020)
A&S alumna studies communication behavior of harbor seals in Alaska.
(April 3, 2020)
Award-winning author also appears on two popular podcasts.
(April 2, 2020)
Chris Forster is the first professor at Syracuse University to be awarded the New Directions Fellowship.
(April 2, 2020)
Department joins in the effort to fight COVID-19.
(March 16, 2020)
Computing resources grant from XSEDE
(March 5, 2020)
Maisha T. Winn is this year’s Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities.
(March 3, 2020)
Combined B.S./M.S. and stand-alone M.S. programs launch in fall 2020.
(March 2, 2020)
Team will examine how that nation is preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
(Feb. 28, 2020)
How zoos and menageries changed our understanding of species.
(Feb. 27, 2020)
Kate Corbett Pollack is also organizing a Disability Day of Mourning at SU on March 2.
(Feb. 24, 2020)
Manning has also been awarded a three-year Simons Foundation grant.
(Feb. 22, 2020)
The College has taken important steps towards a more diverse, inclusive environment.
(Feb. 21, 2020)
Team placed in the top 12% at the Putnam Mathematical Competition.
(Feb. 21, 2020)
Professors Denver Whittington and Weiwei Zheng earn grants for early career development.
(Feb. 17, 2020)
Professor Liviu Movileanu and Avinash Thakur Ph.D. presented their research on molecular "fishing."
(Feb. 14, 2020)
James Hope Birnie carried on his family’s legacy of leadership.
(Feb. 13, 2020)
Welcoming the next generation of leaders.
(Feb. 13, 2020)
Shankar is now a Junior Fellow at Harvard.
(Feb. 11, 2020)
Dakota Voitcu investigates how fungi impact plant growth.
(Feb. 11, 2020)
Conversation focused on race, politics and the news.
(Feb. 5, 2020)
Dozens of volunteers preserved the works of an important early Black feminist educator, activist and author.
(Jan. 31, 2020)
Conversation will focus on race, politics and the news.
(Jan. 21, 2020)
Spring events explore "silence" and restorative justice.
(Jan. 14, 2020)
Professor Wayne Franits, Professor Joan Bryant and Julia Jessen G'20 curate exhibitions.