College of Arts and Sciences

A Passion for Classic Hollywood Cinema

Growing up in Peoria, Illinois, Associate Professor Will Scheibel didn’t have access to many foreign or indie films found in art houses. But, as a teenager working
Caroline K. Reff Nov. 28, 2022
A Passion for Classic Hollywood Cinema

Helping Ranchers Learn From the Wild

Tropical forests garner headlines as greenhouse gas storehouses. But wild grasslands are crucial, lesser-known candidates as climate heroes. Wild grasslands—from the African savanna to the
News Staff Nov. 28, 2022
Helping Ranchers Learn From the Wild

A&S Biology Professor Helping to Shape National Science Foundation Funding

Across laboratories in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), the cutting-edge research taking place is made possible with support from federally funded grants. In
Dan Bernardi Nov. 28, 2022
A&S Biology Professor Helping to Shape National Science Foundation Funding

Students Experience Indian Art, Architecture Through Annual Diwali Festival on Campus

In 2015, College of Arts and Sciences art history Professor Romita Ray organized the University’s first public Diwali celebration on campus. Diwali, also known as the
Dan Bernardi Nov. 14, 2022
Students Experience Indian Art, Architecture Through Annual Diwali Festival on Campus

Opening Doors to Careers on Wall Street

Orange alumni are around the world and in nearly any career. More than that, they are willing and ready to give current students an insider
Dan Bernardi Nov. 14, 2022
Opening Doors to Careers on Wall Street

Using Monsoons of the Past to Predict Climate Conditions of the Future

The North American southwest has been suffering through weather extremes in recent years ranging from searing heatwaves and scorching wildfires to monsoon rainfalls that cause
Dan Bernardi Nov. 14, 2022
Using Monsoons of the Past to Predict Climate Conditions of the Future

The Importance Of Children Learning Multiple Languages

Myrna García-Calderón, associate professor and director of the Latino-Latin American Studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured in the Spectrum News
Julia Mazzer Nov. 10, 2022

Newhouse Junior Aims for Career in Refugee Policy Advocacy

Yasmin Nayrouz is a junior, studying public relations in the Newhouse School and English in the College of Arts and Sciences. This October, she received the
News Staff Nov. 9, 2022
Newhouse Junior Aims for Career in Refugee Policy Advocacy

Research Shows Prominent Structural Racism in STEM Industry

Nicole Fonger, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Education, was quoted in the Lifewire article “Tech Education Is Racist—Here's
Julia Mazzer Nov. 5, 2022

Research Fueled by Chemistry Professors Helps Advance Artificial Enzyme Engineering

While corrosion resistance, durability and low cost make plastic a very efficient resource, one of its major drawbacks is the harm it poses to the
Dan Bernardi Nov. 4, 2022
Research Fueled by Chemistry Professors Helps Advance Artificial Enzyme Engineering

Geochemist Receives NSF Grant for Work in Developing Search Engines for Climate Change Data

No researcher is an island. While scientists and academics certainly find themselves toiling alone in laboratories and behind computers at times, it is collaboration—consulting, borrowing
News Staff Nov. 4, 2022
Geochemist Receives NSF Grant for Work in Developing Search Engines for Climate Change Data

Annual Wali Lecture Will Honor the Life and Legacy of Physics Professor Kameshwar C. Wali

Syracuse University will hold the 2022 Kashi and Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities on Friday, Nov. 4, to honor the life
Dan Bernardi Nov. 1, 2022
Annual Wali Lecture Will Honor the Life and Legacy of Physics Professor Kameshwar C. Wali

Liu Inducted Into National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hall of Fame

Zhanjiang (John) Liu, professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences and the University’s vice president for international strategy, has been inducted into
Diane Stirling Oct. 25, 2022
Liu Inducted Into National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hall of Fame

Faculty Members Schiff, Yung Recognized by Technology Alliance of CNY

Two Syracuse University faculty members have been honored for their research sector and teaching work by the Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY). The organization
Diane Stirling Oct. 25, 2022
Faculty Members Schiff, Yung Recognized by Technology Alliance of CNY

Community Folk Art Center Celebrates 50 Years

Habibatou Traore ’24 was in her first weeks at Syracuse University when she heard African drumming during an activities fair for new students last fall.
Community Folk Art Center Celebrates 50 Years

Reminiscing on 50 Years of Bird Library With Architectural Librarian Barbara Opar ’73, G’74

In the fall of 1972, Syracuse University took a bold step to shape the future of libraries on campus when the Ernest Stevenson Bird Library
John Boccacino Oct. 21, 2022
Reminiscing on 50 Years of Bird Library With Architectural Librarian Barbara Opar ’73, G’74

Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Convocation to Be Held Friday

The 2022-23 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 21, at 3 p.m. in
Kelly Homan Rodoski Oct. 20, 2022
Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Convocation to Be Held Friday

Matt Cufari Receives 2022 LeRoy Apker Award from the American Physical Society

Matt Cufari, a senior physics major in the College of Arts and Sciences, a computer science major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science,
Kelly Homan Rodoski Oct. 19, 2022
Matt Cufari Receives 2022 LeRoy Apker Award from the American Physical Society