Diane Stirling, Author at Syracuse University Today

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Research Reveals How Post-9/11 Media Coverage Shaped a Controversial Conviction

Lender Center for Social Justice research examined how media coverage of Yassin Aref's arrest and conviction shaped public understanding in ways that supported prosecution narratives.

Nov. 5, 2025 | Communications, Law & Policy

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Lender Global Student Fellows Share Sustainability Research

Three students combined a study-abroad experience with an international research opportunity, exploring green design and climate justice in the United Kingdom.

Oct. 28, 2025 | STEM

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Estonia Fulbright Gig Launches Global Entrepreneurial Teaching Tour

Branagan’s global journey began with a 2021 Fulbright Specialist grant to help universities in Estonia create media entrepreneurship programs. He has since spoken to audiences

Oct. 28, 2025 | Communications, Law & Policy

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The ‘Great Divide’: Understanding US Political Polarization

Johanna Dunaway, research director at Syracuse University's Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship and a political science professor, explains how partisan viewpoints, news consumption and

Oct. 23, 2025 | Communications, Law & Policy

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Open Source, Open Science: New App Leads Data Reproducibility

Open-source app "Paleopal" facilitates replication and sharing of information among researchers using data science tools to create workflows.

Oct. 2, 2025 | STEM

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‘Good to Great’ Grant Program Advances Sponsored Research Projects

The program seeks to boost the volume and competitiveness of sponsored project awards, fueling the University's research enterprise and impact. Faculty applications are due on

Oct. 2, 2025 | Campus & Community

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University Honors 4 Scholars During Postdoc Appreciation Week

As part of National Postdoctoral Association’s Postdoc Appreciation Week, the University’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and Graduate School celebrated the outstanding contributions of Syracuse postdoctoral

Oct. 1, 2025 | Campus & Community

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It Takes a Village (and a University) to Support Rural Wellness, Recovery Efforts

A faculty-service provider initiative is exploring how a rural recovery café can serve as a vital space for mental health support, healing and strengthened community

Sept. 24, 2025 | Syracuse University Impact

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Students Study Human Rights and Historical Memory at Santiago Center

The Syracuse University Abroad Center in Santiago, Chile, is the setting for a semester-long student research project focused on human rights, historical memory and social

Sept. 11, 2025 | Campus & Community

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Sci-Fi, Afrofuturism Expert, Author Named Newest University Professor

Isiah Lavender III brings a multidisciplinary lens to Afrofuturism, exploring Black identity through literature, history and speculative fiction.

Sept. 8, 2025 | Campus & Community

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2025 Is a Strong Year for NSF Proposal Funding, Early-Career Faculty Awards

Faculty across five schools and colleges earned major National Science Foundation grants to support cutting-edge research in AI, physics, chemistry and engineering.

Sept. 4, 2025 | Campus & Community

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3 Faculty Members Honored With University Professor Reappointments

Reappointed faculty members are recognized for advancing scholarship, leadership and interdisciplinary innovation across campus.

Sept. 4, 2025 | Campus & Community

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Course Redesign Institute Offers Tools, Tactics to Boost Student Outcomes

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) recently hosted the Course Redesign Institute (CRI), guiding 20 faculty members in best practices to assess how they

Aug. 29, 2025 | Campus & Community

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Lender Center Faculty Fellow Empowers High Schoolers Via Math, Maps, Data Literacy

Armed with troves of data, maps and charts, graphic visualizations and mathematical skills, groups of local high schoolers are taking innovative approaches to understanding and

Aug. 28, 2025 | Campus & Community

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Point of Contact Marks 50 Years With Landmark Exhibition

“The Architect,” by Puerto Rican artist Arnaldo Roche and also from Point of Contact’s collection, is one of the works featured in the exhibition. To commemorate its

Aug. 28, 2025 | Arts & Humanities

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La Casita ‘Corpórea’ Exhibition Explores Identity, Healing, Human Form

The themes of healing, identity and community through the lens of the human body are the focus of a new exhibition at La Casita Cultural

Aug. 28, 2025 | Arts & Humanities

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Student’s Mobile Upcycled Clothing Business Turns Trash Into Treasures

When junior Ava Lubkemann, an environmental engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was growing up, her parents taught her the sensibility

Aug. 22, 2025 | Business & Entrepreneurship

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New Award Recognizes Faculty Volunteers for Academic Integrity Service, Impact

Two faculty volunteers with the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE)’s academic integrity program received a new internal award recognizing their achievements in maintaining

Aug. 6, 2025 | Campus & Community

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