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Health and Well-Being

From Parkinson’s to Alzheimer’s to relationships to drug and alcohol use disorders, A&S faculty and students are advancing human health and well-being through pioneering research, interdisciplinary partnerships and community outreach. Collaborations across neuroscience, psychology, biology and more lead to both comprehensive understanding of the disease and also innovative treatment solutions.

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(Aug. 28, 2025)

Summer Research: Major Impact

Step into the labs where students spent their summer developing research-driven responses to global challenges, blending curiosity with impact.

Group of people standing on a dock with a boat and lake in the background.

(Aug. 22, 2025)

Safer Lakes, Cleaner Water

A new lakebed mapping initiative on Skaneateles Lake is helping scientists pinpoint nutrient-rich sediments that fuel harmful algal blooms (HABs), a growing threat to Syracuse’s major drinking water source.

microscopic view of Kupffer’s vesicle

(Aug. 18, 2025)

Forces Shape Organs

Researchers have discovered that the slow, steady physical forces of tissues pushing and pulling on developing organs are just as important as genes and biochemistry in shaping how organs form in animal embryos.

Sarah Karalunas

(Aug. 14, 2025)

New Endowed Professor Appointed

Sarah L. Karalunas, a Syracuse native, has been named Cobb-Jones Clinical Psychology Endowed Professor.

Depiction of temporary condensates under stress conditions. In magenta is one of our target proteins of interest, UBQLN2, and in green is a stress granule (condensate) marker. The bottom row is a merge containing blue for the nucl

(Aug. 7, 2025)

Protein Droplets: A New Way to Understand Disease

Syracuse University scientists are exploring how our cells use tiny, temporary droplets to gather, fix or degrade damaged proteins in a new multidisciplinary research effort that could have implications in treating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and ALS.

A microscopic view of the hindbrain reveals “support cells” (highlighted in green, red, yellow and purple).

(July 30, 2025)

Shortcut to Weight Loss: No Nausea Required

Medicinal chemists at Syracuse University have identified a potential new way to help people lose weight without the nausea and vomiting that make most patients stop taking popular drugs like Ozempic.

An adult playing with a child during therapy session.

(July 1, 2025)

A&S Expands Health-Related Academic Offerings

The Department of Human Development and Family Science joins the College of Arts and Sciences, enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration, enriching student opportunities and advancing research that supports individuals and families across their lives.

Phyllis Greenberger and Bill Clinton at the White House.

(Feb. 27, 2025)

'Never Take No for an Answer'

A&S alumna Phyllis E. Greenberger ’64 transformed the landscape of women's health research.

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