(March 10, 2023)
Sacred Indigenous Objects Find Their Way HomeIn “an international act of diplomacy,” Syracuse University alumnus Brennen Ferguson ’19 helps repatriate ceremonial Native American items from a museum in Geneva, Switzerland.
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(March 8, 2023)
Film Rights to Mona Awad’s Novel Bunny Purchased by Bad Robot ProductionsThe 2019 bestselling novel has become a viral phenomenon on TikTok, with book-related posts garnering over 4.1 billion views.
(March 3, 2023)
Rare Isotopes Help Unlock Mysteries in the Argentine AndesResearchers from Syracuse University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences published a study documenting erosion rates in the Andes Mountains.
(March 2, 2023)
A&S Faculty Collect Top National Awards and GrantsEES professor Tripti Bhattacharya, physics professor Alison Patteson and chemistry professors Olga Makhlynets and Rachel Steinhardt are recognized for their innovative and noteworthy research.
(Feb. 21, 2023)
Chemistry Professor Recipient of NSF CAREER and NIH GrantsWith grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, Olga Makhlynets is researching next-generation hydrogels and protein design.
(Feb. 14, 2023)
Encountering Love, Identity and Place-Making with Artist Rina BanerjeeAMH Professor Romita Ray was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant to support acclaimed artist Rina Banerjee’s exhibition and residency at Syracuse University.
(Feb. 13, 2023)
2023 Humanities Center Faculty Fellows Focus on Critical Societal ConcernsProjects examine race and language, the genealogy of slavery, women’s marital rights in Arab nations and the impact of 1990s alternative rock.
(Feb. 9, 2023)
Graduate Students Illuminate Lives, Race and PlaceHumanities Center fellowships and project grants support students' research on Druze culture, histories of self-harm, youth literacy and Black narratives from Syracuse schools’ desegregation era.
(Feb. 6, 2023)
Mellon Foundation Recognizes Syracuse Black/Arab Racial Justice Research ProjectProfessors Carol Fadda and Dana Olwan will examine the impact of racism and discrimination on the interconnected histories and lived experiences of Arab and Black communities living in the city of Syracuse.
(Feb. 3, 2023)
A&S Music History Professor Receives Carnegie Grant to Study Women’s Music in West AfricaAMH Professor Ruth Opara will travel to Nigeria in May to explore music performance practices and develop a scholarly exchange program between students in Nigeria and Syracuse.
(Jan. 31, 2023)
Pair of A&S Professors Receive Prestigious Distinction from the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceJennifer Ross of the Department of Physics and Jason Wiles of the Department of Biology are honored in recognition of their commitment to the advancement of science.
(Jan. 23, 2023)
Rock-Solid Data: Friendship Helps Lead to Discovery of Tectonic History of Subglacial AntarcticaPaul Fitzgerald and a longtime friend-turned-scientific-collaborator published the study in Nature Communications.
(Jan. 20, 2023)
Chancellor Leads Ceremony Recognizing Crown Honors ProfessorsHeidi Hehnly, associate professor of biology, is the Renée Crown Honors Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics, and Karin Nisenbaum, assistant professor of philosophy, is the Renée Crown Honors Professor in the Humanities.
(Jan. 19, 2023)
2022-23 Syracuse Symposium Addresses Timely Topics with Diverse Slate of ProgrammingThe 19th annual Syracuse Symposium continues this spring semester with events centered around theme of “repair.”
(Jan. 18, 2023)
Leading the Way on International Student Success ModelIn her role as associate director of international student success for A&S | Maxwell, Ling Gao LeBeau takes a long view to helping every student achieve their goals—and is paving the way for others to follow.
(Jan. 3, 2023)
Making a Difference at ModernaThanks to the A&S | Maxwell alumni connections program, two A&S grads are fighting evolving diseases.
(Jan. 18, 2023)
A Warm Winter Welcome to A&S’ Newest Faculty MembersThe College of Arts and Sciences welcomes eight new professors this semester.
(Jan. 12, 2023)
A Star’s Unexpected SurvivalA team of physicists devise a model that maps a star’s surprising orbit about a supermassive black hole – revealing new information about one of the cosmos’ most extreme environments.
(Jan. 11, 2023)
Through A&S-VPA Collaboration, Syracuse University Students Gain Unique Opportunity to Draw Modern and Ancient LifeformsA&S Professor Linda Ivany opens the paleontology lab to College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Professor Susan D’Amato’s ‘Drawing Nature’ class.
(Jan. 4, 2023)
Getting to the 'Point': Powerful Computing Helps Identify Potential New Treatments for CoronavirusesA&S chemistry professor Atanu Acharya seeks to identify antibodies effective against all coronaviruses and variants.