Study results were published Feb. 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Twelve Syracuse University undergraduate students will be recognized for excellence in introductory earth science during the annual Chauncey D. Holmes Lecture and award ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. in Heroy Auditorium, located in the Heroy Geology Laboratory. The featured speaker for the event will be John Valley, the Charles R. Van Hise [...]

Ei-ichi Negishi did pioneering research while a member of SU's Chemistry Department Ei-ichi Negishi, 2010 Nobel laureate and the Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Organic Chemistry at Purdue University, returns to Syracuse University to present a discussion of his work at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the 1-019 Center for Science and Technology. [...]

Biologist William T. Starmer believes one can usually tell what people do by looking at their bookshelves. The volumes lining the wall of Starmer’s office in Syracuse University’s Life Sciences Complex summarize a career focused on mathematical approaches to understanding biological problems, particularly in the areas of population genetics, ecology and evolution. He’s written some [...]

The appearance of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to an international team of researchers who investigated rock cores from the northwest region of Russia. Their findings were published in the Dec. 1 issue of Science Express. Christopher [...]

What if the process of losing weight could be aided by simply chewing a stick of gum after meals?

EFRI grant only awarded to 14 teams nationally this year

On Nov. 8, Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) will host a forum on Advanced Battery and Energy Storage Technologies. Part of a larger series of Research and Technology forums that will highlight cutting edge research by academic and industry leaders, as well as current market drivers and trends, this upcoming forum will feature presentations from Bill Acker, [...]

The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation named Syracuse University junior Ryan Badman a 2011-12 Astronaut Scholar. The $10,000 scholarship is presented to top science and engineering students who exhibit exceptional performance, initiative and creativity in their field, as well as intellectual daring and a genuine desire to positively change the world. Badman, a math and physics major [...]

Britton L.T. Plourde, associate professor of physics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a 2011 IBM Faculty Award. The highly competitive and prestigious award is presented annually to recognize high-quality research programs and researchers’ contributions to their respective fields and comes with a cash grant of $34,000. The Faculty Award program fosters [...]

Syracuse University chemists develop novel way to get cancer drugs to tumors About every three days, Colleen Alexander, a chemistry graduate student, feeds cells that cause a deadly type of brain cancer. It’s a ritual that involves assessing the health of the cells under a microscope, washing away dead cells with a special solution and [...]

Record of past may be locked inside mineral common to both planets The discovery of the mineral jarosite in rocks analyzed by the Mars Rover, Opportunity, on the Martian surface had special meaning for a team of Syracuse University scientists who study the mineral here on Earth. Jarosite can only form in the presence of [...]

Four eminent women scientists will discuss how individuals can work to reconcile the needs of people and the planet in the 21st century in the next University Lectures presentation on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel. Moira Gunn, host of National Public Radio’s "Tech Nation," will facilitate an interview-style conversation [...]

The scope and intensity of mercury pollution in the Great Lakes region is much greater than previously reported, but additional mercury controls should bring needed improvement, according to a new summary of scientific research on the subject. Despite general declines in mercury levels in the Great Lakes region over the past four decades, mercury concentrations [...]

The Department of Biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences presents two lectures by Thoru Pederson ’63, G ’68, the inaugural Ghaleb ’79 and Rima Daouk Visiting Scientist. Both are free and open to the public. Parking is available in Syracuse University’s pay lots. Pederson will present “Alfred Nobel and Those Prizes: Elitism [...]

Sandra J. Hewett appointed inaugural Bishop Professor Beverly Petterson Bishop ’44 and Charles Bishop ’42, G’44 graduated from Syracuse University in 1944, she with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, he a master’s degree in chemistry. They went on to earn doctoral degrees and led successful careers in teaching and research, primarily at the University at [...]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $3 million over the next five years to develop an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT) in Soft Interfaces. IGERT is the NSF’s flagship interdisciplinary program to educate Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers to reach across traditional fields of study in their research. Since 1998, [...]

In solid materials with regular atomic structures, figuring out where the material will break under stress is relatively easy. But for disordered solids, like glass or sand, their disordered structure makes such predictions a more daunting task. A collaboration of researchers has combined a theoretical model with a first-of-its kind experiment to demonstrate a novel [...]

Katharine Lewis, associate professor of biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, aims to systematically identify genes that instruct spinal cord nerve cells (neurons) to develop into specialized cells that are critical to walking, running and countless movements most people take for granted. It’s a novel area of research for which the National [...]

Ancient fossilized clams that lived off the coast of Antarctica some 50 million years ago have a story to tell about El Niño, according to Syracuse University researcher Linda Ivany.

A team of scientists uncovers new information.

Who killed rock ‘n’ roll star Sly Vox? Was it his ex-bandmate and ex-fiancée, Ivory Keyz? Fired security chief Hound Dawg? South American singer A. Capella, who accused Vox of stealing music and lyrics? Or was it one of the other numerous suspects whom Vox had angered over the years? That is the question that [...]

They can be found everywhere—organized communities of bacteria sticking to surfaces both inside and outside the body. These biofilms are responsible for some of the most virulent, antibiotic-resistant infections in humans; however, scientific understanding of how these communities develop is lacking. A recent study led by a Syracuse University biologist sheds new light on the [...]

A discovery by a team of researchers led by a Syracuse University physicist sheds new light on how the vision process is initiated. For almost 50 years, scientists have believed that light signals could not be initiated unless special light-receptor molecules in the retinal cells first changed their shape in a process called isomerization. However, [...]

When Nadia Essi was selected as the only eighth-grade student from Levy Middle School to attend a science camp at Syracuse University, she was excited to learn more about a subject she had come to love. “My fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Berman, had a strong influence on me,” says Essi. “She had a life-size skeleton in [...]

Forty middle school students from throughout Onondaga County were selected to take part in the 19th annual Bristol-Myers Squibb Science Horizons program at Syracuse University. The program, which includes field trips, lectures and hands-on learning opportunities, will kick off on Monday, June 27. Fully funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and hosted by University College, Science [...]

Vivian Yaci Yu, a junior biochemistry major in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as the University’s 2011 Beckman Scholar. The highly competitive program, funded by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, supports select students interested in chemistry, biochemistry and the biological and medical sciences. Beckman Scholars receive $19,300 in financial [...]

Lawrence L. Tavlarides, professor of chemical engineering and materials science in the L. C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), was named a fellow of the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (IEC) Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The award is in recognition of Tavlarides’ research that impacts both chemistry and chemical engineering. [...]

The Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences will present the following awards during its annual Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, May 4: Gershon Vincow Award for Excellence in General Chemistry Lindsay McCabe (undeclared biology major) Ryan Susek (undeclared chemistry major) Reed Kamyszek (undeclared biology major) CRC Handbook Award for Exceptional [...]

Forty-two graduating biology and biochemistry majors will be recognized for their achievements in scholarship and research during the annual Undergraduate Research Conference and Awards Ceremony, hosted by the Department of Biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, April 28 and 29 on the first floor of the Life Sciences Complex. Posters will be [...]

Snowball Earth and how and why mountains move are among the topics to be presented during the 2011 CNY Earth Sciences Student Symposium, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Friday, April 15, on the Syracuse University campus. Guest speakers include well known scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, and the University of Victoria School of [...]

Twelve Syracuse University undergraduate students will be recognized for excellence in introductory earth science during the annual Chauncey D. Holmes Lecture and Award Ceremony on Thursday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in Heroy Auditorium, located in the Heroy Geology Laboratory. A reception will be held immediately prior to the lecture outside Heroy Auditorium. The event [...]

Günter Wagner, the Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, will present the 2011 Jack and Pat Bryan Life Sciences Lecture at Syracuse University. The lecture, "How Evolution is Cheating Probability," will be from noon-1 p.m., Monday, April 11. Wagner will also present “Evolution of transcription factor function and the origin [...]

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation named Syracuse University an institutional recipient of the 2011 Beckman Scholars Program. The highly competitive grant supports select students interested in chemistry, biochemistry and the biological and medical sciences. "We are honored to be chosen for this prestigious program,” says James T. Spencer, associate dean in SU’s College of [...]

Shortly after experiments on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, began yielding scientific data last fall, a group of scientists led by a Syracuse University physicist became the first to observe the decays of a rare particle that was present right after the Big Bang. By studying this particle, [...]

Study is cover article of prestigious Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics A Syracuse University chemist has developed a way to use very low frequency light waves to study the weak forces (London dispersion forces) that hold molecules together in a crystal. This fundamental research could be applied to solve critical problems in drug research, manufacturing and [...]

Matthew LaHaye, assistant professor of physics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a five-year, $600,000 National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to further his research in the emerging field of quantum nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). The prestigious award recognizes outstanding scientists and engineers who, early in their careers, show exceptional potential [...]

Fierce debate over teaching evolution in public schools has raged across the United States since the epic courtroom battle between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow during the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. Science education researchers are now turning their attention to the Islamic world to determine whether teaching of evolution in schools spawns similar social [...]

Jeffrey J. Rozelle, assistant professor in the Department of Science Teaching in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, received the 2011 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award from the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST). The award was announced Feb. 15. Rozelle holds a dual appointment in SU’s School of Education. NARST presents the [...]

Mathew Maye, assistant professor of chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, was a member of a team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory that won the inaugural Gordon Battelle Prize for Scientific Discovery and Technology Impact. The research team won the prize for discovering a new [...]

Duncan Brown, assistant professor of physics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, was named a 2010 Cottrell Scholar by Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA). The prestigious award recognizes outstanding scientist-educators in leading U.S. research universities and comes with a $75,000 grant to further the recipient’s teaching and research. Brown is among 11 [...]

When prowling for a hookup, it’s not always the good-looker who gets the girl. In fact, in a certain species of South American fish, brawn and stealth beat out colorful and refined almost every time. In a series of published studies of a South American species of fish (Poecilia parae), which are closely related to [...]

While Yellowstone’s celebrated bison may be among the most popular tourist attractions in the park, their grazing habits and increasing numbers have raised questions about the long-term stability of the park’s grasslands. To find answers, the National Park Service has partnered with Syracuse University biologist Douglas Frank, who has studied the effects of climate change [...]

Martin B. Forstner, a biophysicist in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a prestigious, five-year, $795,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to further his research in understanding how the laws of physics influence the organization, structure and function of cell membranes in living organisms. The award will also support [...]

Syracuse University is one of seven universities funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 2010 ADVANCE competition. SU will receive a five-year, $3.4 million grant to ensure that women faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields have a greater presence at the University. The University has underscored its commitment by pledging support during [...]

Chancellor Nancy Cantor and Syracuse University join colleagues around the world in congratulating former SU faculty member Ei-ichi Negishi for his landmark research that has been recognized with a 2010 Nobel Prize.

Syracuse University’s Rebecca Bader, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), has been awarded her first National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to research a drug delivery system that will minimize the negative effects of taking anti-rheumatic medications over a long time period.

Adrienne Mayor, research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University, will deliver the Moses Finley Lecture Monday, Oct. 18.

Bevis will speak on ""Geodetic studies of geodynamic processes in the Central and Southern Andes."

Jason R. Wiles, assistant professor of biology, has received the 2010 Science and Technology Outreach Award from the Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY).