Syracuse University Libraries recently signed four new ‘read and publish’ open access agreements with Wiley, SPIE (optics and photonics), Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing and The Company of Biologists. These agreements will expand the reach of Syracuse University researchers’ scholarly contributions. Open access allows anyone to use these scholarly works free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions for further use.These ‘read and publish’ agreements will provide an opportunity for Syracuse University-affiliated authors to make their work immediately open access when published in journals published by these organizations at no cost to the author. Read more.
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Environmental Finance Center Receives Multi-Million Dollar Environmental Protection Agency Grant to Support Underserved Communities
The Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center (SU-EFC) was selected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to serve as a regional Environmental Finance Center (EFC) to help communities access federal infrastructure funds and continue supporting environmental and financial challenges in the communities that need it most. SU-EFC will continue serving EPA Region 2, which includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, and eight Native Nations, and is one of 29 Environmental Finance Centers awarded to support states, local governments and Native Nations as they work to protect the environment and public health over the next five years. Read more.
Lifetime Achievement Honor for Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and the Environment
Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and the Environment in the Maxwell School, has received the American Association of Geographers’ (AAG) Lifetime Achievement Honor. Monmonier has made “outstanding contributions to geographic research, most notably in the fields of cartography and geographic communication” as well as an “extensive record of distinctive leadership at national and international levels,” according to a release on the AAG website. Read more.
Getting to the ‘Point’: Powerful Computing Helps Identify Potential New Treatments for Coronaviruses
A team of researchers have been searching for locations on coronavirus spikes where antibodies have a better chance to attach and stop infections of human cells. “We tested and compared seven known antibodies, and some of them work well in grabbing onto the exposed part of the spike protein,” says Atanu Acharya, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and member of the BioInspired Institute. “Different antibodies target different spots on the spike protein.” As a co-first author, Acharya recently published a study in Communications Biology with lead author James C. Gumbart, associate professor in the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Acharya performed this research while a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech and is continuing his studies of coronavirus antibodies at his Syracuse University lab. Read more.
School of Architecture Faculty Member Honored With Best of Design Award
The Architect’s Newspaper (AN) recently announced the winners of its 10th annual Best of Design Awards, a unique project-based awards program that showcases great buildings, unbuilt proposals, interiors and installations. Iman Fayyad, assistant professor in the School of Architecture, won the Young Architects Award for CloudHouse, a shade pavilion she designed and built with four student researchers—Rayshad Dorsey, Pietro Mendonça, Jack Raymond and Audrey Watkins (all M.Arch ’23), from the Harvard Graduate School of Design—in Greene-Rose Heritage Park, one of the more underserved and most diverse neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Read more.