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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.

Packrats in a midden nest.

(April 30, 2024)

A&S Biologist Calls for Protection and More Studies of Natural Time Capsules of Climate Change

Ancient rodent nests—or middens—offer critical ecological and evolutionary archives of the last 50,000 years. Katie Becklin helps lead an effort for midden preservation and study.

A group of students standing in front of Cybeles Palace.

(April 9, 2024)

Unlocking Global Opportunities

A&S | Maxwell offer tailored study abroad programs for science and pre-health majors.

A suction cup sound and movement tag being deployed on the back of a humpback whale.

(March 15, 2024)

Caller ID of the Sea

Syracuse University biologists use a novel method of simultaneous acoustic tagging to gain insights into the link between whale communication and behavior.