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From atoms to satellites
Alumnus Alfred U. Mac Rae receives Distinguished Alumni Award While those who attended SU during the late 1950s may not have known his name, many recall the Ghost of Archbold Stadium, a.k.a. Alfred U. Mac Rae 鈥54, G鈥57, Ph.D. 鈥60….
Biology鈥檚 circle of life
Nature is all about cycles鈥攖he circle of life. Likewise, the history of the Department of Biology in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences could be summed up in terms of life cycles. That cycle, which began 140 years ago,…
鈥楧ocumenting Dissent I鈥 forum is Nov. 14
Interested in student research? Students in Professor Joan Bryant’s African American Studies research methods seminar made use of resources from SU Library鈥檚 Special Collections Research Center to conduct research projects related to this year鈥檚 Ray Smith Symposium “Positions of Dissent.”…
Engineers study how contaminated soil can be drained, utilized
LCS research published in Geosynthetics International Each year, 400 million cubic yards of soil are dredged from water bodies in the United States alone. Much of this byproduct is contaminated, deemed unusable and put into landfills. Mahmoud M. Khachan, Shobha…
War and drugs: Addressing substance abuse in the military
A recent report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) points out some troubling statistics about substance abuse in the military, calling the situation a 鈥減ublic health crisis鈥 and urging the Department of Defense to improve prevention and treatment care for service members.
NSF grant funds study on barriers to smart grid technology adoption
If existing, readily available smart grid technologies are beneficial to utility companies, their customers and the environment as a whole, why aren鈥檛 utilities adopting them? That鈥檚 the question three School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members will probe with a…
黑料不打烊CoE partners win $1.9 million in five federal awards
黑料不打烊CoE聽announced Oct. 9聽an initiative to accelerate growth of the Central New York industry cluster that manufactures systems to control temperature and environmental quality in a wide range of applications. The Advanced Manufacturing for Thermal and Environmental Control Systems (AM-TECS) initiative…
Research at the interface of physics and biology
On the surface, it would seem that zebrafish and humans are about as different as, say, developmental biologists and theoretical physicists. Fish swim; humans walk. Biologists revere Charles Darwin; physicists have an abiding admiration for Albert Einstein.
Study on self-healing curved crystals published in ‘Nature Materials’
In a paper just published in Nature Materials, a team of researchers including 黑料不打烊 physicist Mark Bowick has succeeded in creating a defect in the structure of a single-layer crystal by inserting an extra particle, and then watching as the crystal “heals” itself.
Shattering barriers: Jerry Robinson
Nothing stops Jerry Robinson. Nothing. After graduating as salutatorian in college and landing a job with a global financial company, Robinson continues to do what he knows best鈥攕hatter barriers. The budding scholar, born with cerebral palsy, is now pursuing a…