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Researchers Probe Deep Secrets in Garnet Sand from Papua New Guinea
On a beach on a remote island in eastern Papua New Guinea, a country located in the southwestern Pacific to the north of Australia, garnet sand reveals an important geologic discovery. Similar to messages in bottles that have traveled across…
Bringing Earlier Era of Activism to Digital Life
Bringing seven decades of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life is the mission of the Colored Conventions Project (CCP). Co-founded by faculty director P. Gabrielle Foreman, the CCP is a scholarly and community research project focused on digitally preserving Black political activism…
Black History Month Celebration Begins
The Office of Multicultural Affairs, in partnership with student organizations and University partners, invites the campus community to Syracuse University’s month-long Black History Month celebration. The celebration includes a lineup of incredible and thought-provoking speakers, an esports tournament, music, art…
SugEx Glucose Monitoring Device Wins ACC InVenture Campus Qualifier
Russell Fearon ’20, G’21 (College of Engineering and Computer Science) and Ricardo Sanchez ’21 (College of Visual and Performing Arts) were the grand prize winners of Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars at SU Libraries’ 2021 Syracuse University’s campus qualifier for the…
‘Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano’ Wins AudioFile’s Earphones Award
One of Syracuse University Press and Sound Beat: Access Audio’s first audiobook collaborations has been recognized as an Earphones Award Winner by AudioFile, the premier audiobook authority publication. The Earphones Award, given to “Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of…
Syracuse University Will Waive SAT, ACT Scores for 2021-22 Admission Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Due to the continued impact that COVID-19 is having on college-bound students and their families, the University is extending its test optional policy and will not require SAT or ACT scores for the 2021-2022 application cycle. “We recognize the extensive…
“Is Double Masking Worth It? If You’re Already Masking Correctly, Probably Not.”
David Larsen, associate professor of public health in Falk College, was quoted in the Daily Beast story “Is Double Masking Worth It? If You’re Already Masking Correctly, Probably Not.” Larsen, an epidemiologist, says that double masking is not worth pushing…
“Biden wants millions of clean-energy related jobs. Can it happen?”
David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs at Maxwell, was quoted in the CNN story “Biden wants millions of clean-energy related jobs. Can it happen?” Popp, an expert on environmental policy, recently conducted a study that found that…
Application Cycle Now Open for the Tillman Scholar Program
The Pat Tillman Foundation (PTF) unites and empowers remarkable military service members, veterans and spouses as the next generation of public and private sector leaders committed to service beyond self. PTF has opened the application process for the Tillman Scholar…
Faculty Invited to Enter a ‘Brave Space’ to Learn Tools for Facilitating Challenging Conversations
When Jeanine Irons attended an international conference a few years ago, a fellow participant asked her why the room was set up the way it was—with two seats in the front facing the audience. The woman told Irons that the…