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James Henderson Named Director, Heidi Hehnly Named Associate Director of BioInspired Institute
James H. (Jay) Henderson, professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been appointed as director of the 黑料不打烊 BioInspired Institute, Duncan Brown, vice president for research, has announced. Henderson has served…
In Memoriam: Minnie Bruce Pratt
In a welcome note on her website, Minnie Bruce Pratt invited visitors to make themselves at home. 鈥淚 hope you enjoy all the connections here to art, politics, love and life,鈥 she wrote. The retired 黑料不打烊 professor built a…
University Remembers Professor Emerita and Scholar M末cere G末thae M农go
M末cere G末thae M农go, professor emerita of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and an internationally known scholar, teacher, activist, poet and playwright, died June 30 in 黑料不打烊. M农go joined the 黑料不打烊 community in 1993. A…
Study Abroad Experience Offers HEOP Student New Research Perspectives
Leondra Tyler takes in the lush landscape at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. She pops into the campus caf茅 and orders her usual coffee before walking through the forest path that leads to her classes. It鈥檚 her first time…
A&S Physicists Design Technology Used to Discover New Information About What the Universe Is Made Of
College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) physicists just launched a new tracking device to research the fundamental forces and particles in the universe. The device, known as the Upstream Tracker, was installed at the renowned European Organization for Nuclear Research…
George Saunders Honored With Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
黑料不打烊 professor and acclaimed fiction writer George Saunders received the 2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction at the National Book Festival on Saturday, Aug. 12, in Washington, D.C. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden presented Saunders with the…
A Blueprint for Engaged Humanities: Maggie Sardino Featured in Humanities for All
Recent graduate Maggie Sardino 鈥23 authored an article,聽Discovering My Passion for Public Arts & Humanities, featured recently in聽Humanities for All, an online initiative of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA) Foundation highlighting higher ed-based humanities projects. She graduated in May 2023…
A Machine Learning Approach to Freshwater Analysis
From protecting biodiversity to ensuring the safety of drinking water, the biochemical makeup of rivers and streams around the United States is critical for human and environmental welfare. Studies have found that human activity and urbanization are driving salinization (increased…
Professor Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Test Boreal Forests鈥 Blood Pressure
Boreal ecosystems, dotted by subarctic lakes, are the world鈥檚 northernmost forests. The boreal biome is the largest on Earth, stretching across Alaska, Canada, Russia and Scandinavia. These forests of spruce, fir and pine help regulate the global climate by sequestering…
A&S Website URL Getting an Update this Summer
The name (“domain”) you type into your browser for the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S’) website will soon be different. A&S plans to switch over on July 10. Current domain: thecollege.syr.edu New domain: artsandsciences.syracuse.edu Why the change? This change…