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When Summer Turns Painful, Here’s What to Do
Dr. Karen Nardella, medical director of Health Services, and her team offer tips on how to treat some of the most common summertime ailments, including sunburn, dehydration and (ugh) ticks. SUNBURN: What home remedies do you recommend to soothe the…
Mmmmm, Talking Barbecue with Sous Chef Carmine Mortellaro
Carmine Mortellaro is a sous chef with Food Services. Below, he offers tips and recipes for grilling the perfect summer meal. TIPS FOR GRILLING: Keep your grill clean. Don’t move food around too much—it will cause uneven cooking. Don’t flatten…
Best Beach Reads
In the last Faculty & Staff News newsletter (in late April), we asked people what they were looking forward to reading this summer—at the beach, in the backyard, wherever—and what favorite books they would suggest to others. Some good responses…
Bee Populations In Trouble Following EPA Pesticide Decision
Just a few weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was pulling 12 products off the market that contained pesticides that were harmful to the honeybee. This week, the agency made an emergency exception for nearly a dozen states…
New Research Provides Medical Proof Vacation Is Good for Your Heart
We all treasure our vacation time and look forward to that time when we can get away from work. With the arrival of summer comes the prime vacation season and one more reason to appreciate vacation: the value to our…
Poetry in Motion: ‘Inspiration Can Strike Anywhere,’ Says Pass Rusher, Poet Kendall Coleman ’20
Those hands. Meet senior Kendall Coleman, and they are hard to ignore—thick, muscular wrists, fleshy palms and slender fingers that exude confidence. Authority. They are hands that have mercilessly attacked hundreds of football jerseys, including that of West Virginia quarterback…
University Trustee Christine Larsen Funds Local Immigrant, Refugee Study
Beginning this summer, the Maxwell School’s Community Geography Program will conduct a comprehensive assessment of community needs and assets among immigrants and refugees in the Syracuse area. That study is being funded by a gift of more than $110,000 from…
Gene-Editing Oversight Needed, But Ban On Research Should Be Lifted
A portion of the fiscal 2020 Agriculture spending bill continues a ban on research that involves gene-editing of human embryos. The field of genetic modification garnered international attention after a Chinese scientist announced last fall that he had created the…
Syracuse University Named a US Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence
The U.S. Intelligence Community has designated Syracuse University as one of eight national Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence (IC CAE), with a funding award of $1.5 million over five years. Established in 2005 by Congress, the IC CAE program…
Arts and Sciences Appoints New Director of Graduate, Undergraduate Recruitment
Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), announced that she has promoted Christopher Noble Anderson G’15 to director of graduate and undergraduate recruitment. Previously associate director of undergraduate recruitment, he succeeds Denny Nicholson, who is the…