News from 2021
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Taking the Guesswork Out of Nanoparticle Design
Professors Davoud Mozhdehi and Shikha Nangia are using machine learning to guide the design of stable nanoparticles.
NEH Grant Awarded to AMH’s Romita Ray to Convene Leading Scholars for an International Research Workshop and Symposium
Ray is organizing a workshop and virtual symposium on the historic architecture, collections, and gardens of the iconic Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta.
The Power of Collectivity
2021-22 Syracuse Symposium explores the theme “Conventions.”
Leading Thinkers: New Faculty Joining A&S
The College of Arts and Sciences welcomes 11 new professors this fall.
(Sept. 7, 2021)
The opening of “Heart of the Barrio/Corazón del Barrio” kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 by reflecting on the center’s 10-year journey.
(Sept. 2, 2021)
A&S kicked off the fall semester with a department fair and the triannual Coming Back Together Weekend.
(Aug. 30, 2021)
The co-curricular certification called "Edge" prepares students for a future of success.
(Aug. 26, 2021)
Associate professor Jason Wiles receives awards and honors for his innovative teaching and commitment to diversifying STEM.
(Aug. 23, 2021)
Professors from A&S, the iSchool and Falk work to bring Internet to remote areas in Costa Rica.
(Aug. 11, 2021)
LLL Professor Christopher Green receives prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship.
(Aug. 11, 2021)
Innes will continue work on her new book exploring photography and print media during the labor movement in the 1920s-1930s.
(Aug. 5, 2021)
Narratio Fellowship partners with National Geographic and the Metropolitan Museum of Art to help CNY-area refugees, including SU students, express themselves on the world stage.
(Aug. 5, 2021)
A&S professor Scott Manning Stevens has been awarded a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship for his new book project which confronts the alienation and appropriation of Native American culture in museums, galleries and archives.
(Aug. 3, 2021)
Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics, is among a group of physicists who received a $3.25M NSF grant to study the properties of neutron stars.
(July 27, 2021)
CSD researchers are currently recruiting stroke patients who have experienced speech and language difficulties.
(July 15, 2021)
A patent was recently issued to Syracuse University for an invention by Michael Marciano and Jonathan Adelman.
(July 8, 2021)
Earth and environmental sciences professors explain why naming new species may be a never-ending journey.
(July 1, 2021)
All are welcome to join the July 9 virtual opening.
(June 24, 2021)
Psychology clinic director Afton Kapuscinski explains how the center maintained services during COVID.
(June 24, 2021)
A study led by EES professor Tao Wen is one of the first to use machine learning techniques to holistically assess general water quality data.
(June 17, 2021)
The Blatt BioImaging Center’s Zeiss LSM980 allows researchers to image their most challenging samples.
(June 17, 2021)
The award committee noted that Scott’s essay marks a pivotal moment in the field.
(June 17, 2021)
The Landscape Studies Interdisciplinary Faculty Research Seminar launches a new website thanks to a CUSE grant.
(June 9, 2021)
A&S celebrates these faculty members for their dedication to teaching, mentoring and the advancement of scholarship in their fields.
(May 28, 2021)
Zeh's research has been featured in The New York Times, New York Daily News and The Times (London).
(May 27, 2021)
CSD professor Victoria Tumanova investigates how emotional processes may affect childhood stuttering.
(May 20, 2021)
SU students help a relative of Holocaust victims learn about his family’s past.
(May 20, 2021)
The research excellence award is in recognition of his study on the pain-relieving effects of cannabidiol (CBD).
(May 19, 2021)
Over 300 people attended the event which featured undergraduate research spanning the humanities and sciences.
(May 14, 2021)
EES Ph.D. candidate leads a research expedition in search of answers to erosion in his home country of Colombia.
(May 14, 2021)
The prize memorializes William Wasserstrom, a noted professor of English at Syracuse University.
(May 11, 2021)
Professor of English Dana Spiotta and her colleagues receive a Creative Capital Award for their new floating opera, Newtown Odyssey.
(May 11, 2021)
The 2020-21 cohort of fellows explored a diverse scope of humanities research.
(May 6, 2021)
The 2021 issue features the work of undergraduate students from the Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition.
(May 6, 2021)
The Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition premieres a new set of courses around the topics of climate change, social justice, satire and more.
(May 5, 2021)
English professor, renowned author tells undergraduates to 'err in the direction of kindness.'
(May 5, 2021)
The 2021 list of awardees denotes the impressive breadth and depth of scholarship in A&S.
(May 4, 2021)
Ortega's speech will highlight how a liberal arts education has been foundational to his work as a physician.
(May 3, 2021)
Her internationally-recognized poem, “The Day I Left,” details her family's final day at their home in Syria.
(April 26, 2021)
George M. Langford and Virginia Burrus join Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Martin Luther King, Jr., as members of the Academy.
(April 23, 2021)
Bryant has spent the academic year teaching in La Rioja, Spain.
(April 16, 2021)
Marciano joins a group of crime experts to ensure that forensic work within state and local crime laboratories is conducted accurately.
(April 12, 2021)
The group’s next virtual event is April 23.
(April 8, 2021)
A&S | Maxwell advisors assume key leadership roles for major conferences.
(April 5, 2021)
A&S biologist contributes to paper on the feasibility of using 3D printed insects in mating studies.
(March 25, 2021)
Eve Humphrey and Jason Wiles worked with SU students to investigate some of challenges and opportunities associated with virtual learning during the pandemic.
(March 25, 2021)
The College of Arts and Sciences provides students with unique and innovative learning opportunities.
(March 19, 2021)
The one-credit course offered during Winterlude presented students with an opportunity to experience Italy from the comforts of their own kitchens.
(March 18, 2021)
The Syracuse Lava Project explores what volcanoes might look like on metallic planets.
(March 12, 2021)
Carrington will discuss her distinguished musical career and social justice work.
(March 9, 2021)
Professor Scott Manning Stevens receives a Fulbright Fellowship to teach in Hungary and conduct research at ethnographic museums throughout the country.
(March 4, 2021)
Laura Marsolek '13, '17 M.A. talks about her travels around the world studying historic jewelry traditions and her experiences shadowing master goldsmiths.
(March 4, 2021)
Peter Robison ’78 Ph.D. recognizes a longtime biology professor by establishing an endowment to support student research.
(Feb. 22, 2021)
The virtual event will feature a conversation with the 2020 Narratio Fellows and artist-in-residence and Romanian filmmaker Ana Vîjdea.
(Feb. 19, 2021)
Leland joins past Global ATHENA award winners Billie Jean King and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
(Feb. 19, 2021)
The selection committee described WAC as a strong comprehensive writing program.
(Feb. 17, 2021)
A&S faculty received funding from organizations including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense.
(Feb. 16, 2021)
The film series will release five episodes throughout the year and is funded by the Black Equity and Excellence grant from the Central New York Community Foundation.
(Feb. 10, 2021)
A&S physicists are leading a team of researchers who are one of the first to pinpoint a novel method of using anti-vimentin antibodies to block cellular uptake of the coronavirus.
(Feb. 9, 2021)
A&S physicist is a co-author on a paper exploring a biological system that may one day be applied to innovative self-healing roads and sidewalks of the future.
(Feb. 3, 2021)
Carol Bullard ’67 M.A. ’73 Ph.D. establishes and endows The Abraham Veinus and William Fleming Founders Fund to benefit the Florence Graduate Program in Italian Renaissance Art.
(Feb. 3, 2021)
The program has connected over 200 students with tutors and workshop leaders from around the country.
(Jan. 29, 2021)
The renowned program now offers a 30 credit major and 18 credit minor.
(Jan. 28, 2021)
2021 Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor of the Humanities P. Gabrielle Foreman, founding faculty director of the Colored Conventions Project, will kick off her residency with a virtual dialogue on February 11.
(Jan. 14, 2021)
A&S researchers probe deep secrets of trapped inclusions in garnet sand from Papua New Guinea.
(Jan. 14, 2021)
Kathleen Corrado will lead Syracuse University’s Forensic and National Security Science Institute as field embraces large-scale data analytics.
(Jan. 11, 2021)
The team’s research seeks to identify molecular targets to treat developmental disorders.