News
(July 30, 2025)
When I Think of Freedom…Alexis Kirkpatrick, a biology major, forensic science minor and undergraduate research assistant for Project Mend, reflects on a recent public reading and workshop highlighting the creative work of individuals impacted by the criminal legal system.
(April 9, 2025)
Microscopic Modification, Enhanced Attachment?Researchers from Syracuse University and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette discovered tiny features on sculpins’ fins which may enable them to cling firmly in harsh underwater environments.
(March 7, 2025)
Biology Ph.D. Student Receives Prestigious National Honors to Study Fungi’s Role in Forest HealthEva 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 2025Meet the new professors joining the College of Arts and Sciences this spring.
(Oct. 15, 2024)
NSF Grant in Biology Aims to Boost STEM Student Retention through Hands-On ResearchProfessors 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.
(Oct. 2, 2024)
Insights from the Experts: SU Faculty Share Favorite “BioArt” Works by Eduardo KacSyracuse 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.
(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 MicrobiomesA&S researchers explore how acetic acid bacteria shapes emergent properties of sourdough, with implications across complex microbial systems.