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Eva Legge

(March 7, 2025)

Biology Ph.D. Student Receives Prestigious National Honors to Study Fungi’s Role in Forest Health

Eva Legge has been named a Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award winner, a Mollie Beattie Visiting Scholar and was also awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

(Jan. 14, 2025)

Innovative Researchers Join A&S In Spring 2025

Meet the new professors joining the College of Arts and Sciences this spring.

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(Oct. 15, 2024)

NSF Grant in Biology Aims to Boost STEM Student Retention through Hands-On Research

Professors in the Department of Biology have received a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site grant to host students from other institutions for immersive summer research at Syracuse.

A man seated.

(Oct. 2, 2024)

Insights from the Experts: SU Faculty Share Favorite “BioArt” Works by Eduardo Kac

Syracuse University professors comment on notable "BioArt" creations by renowned artist Eduardo Kac, who will be the keynote speaker for the Kashi and Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture on October 24.

Microscope image of a neocortex.

(Sept. 27, 2024)

Can Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy Help Prevent Autism and Schizophrenia?

Biology Professor Jessica MacDonald has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate maternal folic acid’s role in promoting healthy brain development.

(Sept. 27, 2024)

A Tool to Enhance the Taste and Texture of Sourdough and Study the Complexity of Microbiomes

A&S researchers explore how acetic acid bacteria shapes emergent properties of sourdough, with implications across complex microbial systems.

Kathleen Walters portrait

(Sept. 26, 2024)

Funding Research That Improves Health and Shortens ‘Bench to Bedside’ Time

Walters Endowed Fund for Science Research supports research and discovery that addresses grand challenges facing global and human health.

Angela M. Oliverio portrait

(May 23, 2024)

Biology Professor Receives NSF Grant to Study “Community Coalescence”

Angela Oliverio is studying what happens when microbiomes mix, reassemble and potentially change functions.