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News from 2021

A patient undergoing tests using the Gebbie Clinic’s new videonystagmography system.

(Dec. 3, 2021)

The Gift of an Accurate Diagnosis

The new VNG diagnostic system was donated in honor of alumna Kimberly Knight.

Daring to Dig exhibit.

(Nov. 24, 2021)

Professor Linda Ivany Featured in Exhibit Highlighting the Work of Women Paleontologists

A virtual and in-person exhibit at the Museum of the Earth in nearby Ithaca explores the achievements and discoveries made by women studying the rich history of life on planet Earth.

Tripti Bhattacharya portrait.

(Nov. 24, 2021)

EES Professor Part of Expert Committee Helping to Shape the Future of Paleoclimate Research

Thonis Family Professor Tripti Bhattacharya served on a panel of paleoclimatologists who provided input for a report distributed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Portrait of Kenji Graham.

(Nov. 23, 2021)

A&S | Maxwell Admissions Office Welcomes New Recruitment Specialist

Kenji Graham brings recruitment experience in higher education and a strong connection to Syracuse University.

Alison Patteson, assistant professor of physics, left, and Davoud Mozhdehi, assistant professor of chemistry.

(Nov. 23, 2021)

A&S Physicist and Chemist Awarded NIH MIRA Grants

The five-year awards will fund Alison Patteson’s and Davoud Mozhdehi’s protein research.

Collins’ Air Force Test Pilot School graduation photo with the F-4 aircraft that she flew throughout the program.

(Nov. 22, 2021)

Catching Up With A&S Alumna and Astronaut Eileen Collins

Collins was recently honored with Syracuse University’s Military/Veteran Alumni Award.

Mariaelena Huambachano, left, and Chie Sakakibara, right.

(Nov. 17, 2021)

A&S’ Native American and Indigenous Studies Program Expands with Addition of Two New Scholars

Huambachano, Sakakibara bring food sovereignty, cultural resilience perspectives to the Environmental Humanities cluster.

Jillian Scheer portrait

(Nov. 16, 2021)

Dr. Jillian Scheer Named Inaugural Cobb-Jones Professor of Clinical Psychology

The professorship was made possible by a gift of $2 million in honor of psychology alumna Dr. Faith “Chris” Maltby Cobb.

Artist’s impression of Cosmic Explorer.

(Nov. 11, 2021)

A&S Physicists Part of Cosmic Explorer Project Deemed “Crucial” by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Cosmic Explorer is a next-generation gravitational-wave observatory capable of better sensitivity and higher precision than current detectors.

Students sitting around a table.

(Nov. 5, 2021)

Integrating Research and Community Engagement

The Engaged Humanities Network awards five mini-grants to students and faculty at Syracuse University for community-engaged projects.

Lanzani portrait

(Nov. 5, 2021)

Professor Loredana Lanzani Named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Lanzani is Syracuse University’s first professor to receive the AMS distinction.

New members of the A&S Dean’s Advisory Board, clockwise from top left, Lisa Courtice, Claude Cowan, William David Tobin and Karen Au Frank.

(Nov. 5, 2021)

Forward-Thinking Leaders: A&S Welcomes 2021 Dean’s Advisory Board Members

The new Board members will help further the strategic objectives of the College.

EES faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students and alumni in Iceland.

(Nov. 5, 2021)

An Expedition to a Volcanic Hot Spot

Students, faculty and alumni from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences travel to an iconic geological destination in Iceland.

Portrait of Tom Walsh.

(Nov. 2, 2021)

New Creative Writing Scholarship Honors the Memory of Tom Walsh, Former Executive Vice President of Advancement and External Affairs

The scholarship will support one student annually who is enrolled in the Department of English’s undergraduate creative writing major.

Researchers examine an Ordovician Period outcrop on the shoreline of Anticosti Island.

(Nov. 1, 2021)

Uncovering the Secrets Behind Earth’s First Major Mass Extinction

A team of researchers have published a new study in Nature Geoscience exploring the cause of the Late Ordovician mass extinction.

Avinay Bhat standing underneath the MicroBooNE detector.

(Oct. 29, 2021)

A&S Researchers Contribute to MicroBooNE Experiment’s First Results Showing No Hint of a Sterile Neutrino

Four complementary analyses by Fermilab’s MicroBooNE show no signs of a theorized fourth kind of neutrino known as the sterile neutrino.

Stone portrait

(Oct. 20, 2021)

A&S Mourns the Loss of Sheldon Stone, Distinguished Professor of Physics

Stone was a faculty member in the Department of Physics at Syracuse University for 30 years.

Eli Clare standing on a beach.

(Oct. 19, 2021)

Disability Justice Advocate Eli Clare is the CNY Humanities Corridor’s 2021 Distinguished Visiting Collaborator

Clare will discuss his ongoing work during two virtual presentations on October 28 and 29.

Ballmer portrait

(Oct. 14, 2021)

A&S Physicist Stefan Ballmer Named APS Fellow

The APS recognized Ballmer for his role in designing gravitational-wave detectors and interpreting their observations.

Portrait of Zunli Lu.

(Oct. 12, 2021)

EES Professor Zunli Lu Awarded NSF Grant to Study the Causes of Mass Extinctions

Lu is part of an interdisciplinary team of scientists who will investigate how animals responded to environmental change millions of years ago.

The protein vimentin, pictured in green, helps protect a cell’s nucleus and DNA during migration.

(Oct. 12, 2021)

Modeling Cellular Migration

A team of A&S physicists develop one of the first 3D simulations capturing how cells containing the protein vimentin move through body tissue.

Headshot of Michaela Marino.

(Oct. 12, 2021)

A&S Communications Team Welcomes New Digital and Social Media Strategist

Michaela Marino comes to A&S with marketing experience in higher education and the pharmaceutical industry.

Jennifer Ross

(Oct. 1, 2021)

A&S Physicist Part of a Five-University Team Programming Biological Cells to Design Futuristic Materials

The group’s NSF-funded project will provide a framework for the design of synthetic materials that accomplish biological functions.

Sloth climbing a tree.

(Sept. 29, 2021)

Sloths, Monkeys and Owls, Oh My: Bio Major Gains Hands-on Experience with Endangered Animals in Costa Rica

Pre-health advising helps Leonardo Rivera ’22 turn a love for wildlife into a future career in veterinary medicine.

Portrait of Kameshwar Wali.

(Sept. 22, 2021)

The Kashi and Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture Presents Wildlife Conservation Scientist Krithi K. Karanth September 27

The annual lecture was renamed this year to honor Kameshwar C. Wali's late wife, Kashi.

Side by side portraits of Davoud Mozhdehi, left, and Shikha Nangia.

(Sept. 15, 2021)

Taking the Guesswork Out of Nanoparticle Design

Professors Davoud Mozhdehi and Shikha Nangia are using machine learning to guide the design of stable nanoparticles.

Exterior view of Victoria Memorial Hall.

(Sept. 14, 2021)

NEH Grant Awarded to AMH’s Romita Ray to Convene Leading Scholars for an International Research Workshop and Symposium

Ray is organizing a workshop and virtual symposium on the historic architecture, collections, and gardens of the iconic Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta.

Graphic of fish swimming in a circle.

(Sept. 9, 2021)

The Power of Collectivity

2021-22 Syracuse Symposium explores the theme “Conventions.”

Syracuse University students and alumni facilitating a dual language reading program at La Casita.

(Sept. 7, 2021)

La Casita’s New Exhibit Celebrates a Decade of Cultural Engagement in CNY

The opening of “Heart of the Barrio/Corazón del Barrio” kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 by reflecting on the center’s 10-year journey.

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