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Health & Society

‘Avoid the Coronavirus Blame Game’

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By News Staff

Rebecca Ortiz is an assistant professor of advertising in the Newhouse School. Her primary areas of expertise are health communication research and campaign development and evaluation. In many states across the United States recently, the coronavirus positivity rate for people…

STEM

Recent Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Alumna Receives Fulbright Grant to Study in France

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Both of the post-graduation options Santita Ebangwese ’19, G’20 was considering would be a dream come true for most people. Would she rather play professional volleyball in Europe or go to medical school? During her incredible career at Syracuse University,…

STEM

A&S Researchers Study the Amount of Carbon Dioxide Released at the East African Rift System

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Calculating Earth’s carbon budget is vitally important in the effort to track global warming and climate change. The carbon budget is the cumulative amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions permitted over a period of time to keep the Earth’s atmosphere…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud, University Leaders Announce Changes and Updates to Key Administrative, Academic Units

Monday, July 6, 2020, By News Staff

As Syracuse University continues to advance its strategic priorities, Chancellor Kent Syverud and other University leaders today announced changes and updates to key academic and administrative units. They include University College, the Office of Academic Affairs, the Department of Athletics…

LiveAction

“Pressured to sign DNRs during COVID-19, persons with disabilities are twice as likely to die”

Monday, July 6, 2020, By Lily Datz

Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was quoted by LiveAction for the article, “Pressured to sign DNRs during COVID-19, persons with disabilities are twice as likely to die.” Landes, who studies disability, says that the higher…

Business & Economy

Trump’s Removal of Hong Kong’s Special Status Hurts the US More Than China

Thursday, July 2, 2020, By News Staff

Mary Lovely is a professor of economics in the Maxwell School. In a commentary for CNN Business, Lovely says that President Trump’s intention to eliminate Hong Kong’s special status under U.S. law will do little to pressure China to maintain…

Health & Society

America is Epically Failing in Combating COVID-19

Thursday, July 2, 2020, By News Staff

Brooks B. Gump is the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College. In an opinion piece for U.S. News & World Report, Gump writes that the best way to control the pandemic is through the tried-and-true…

Yahoo Finance

“Despite growing ad boycott, Facebook is too big for many advertisers to ignore.”

Wednesday, July 1, 2020, By Lily Datz

Regina Luttrell, assistant professor of public relations in the Newhouse School, was quoted by Yahoo Finance for the story, “Despite growing ad boycott, Facebook is too big for many advertisers to ignore.” Luttrell, an expert on social media and public…

Campus & Community

Nine Faculty Members Honored with Teaching Recognition Award

Wednesday, July 1, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Nine faculty members were announced in May as recipients of the 2019-20 Meredith Teaching Recognition Award. Seven faculty members were awarded in the Early Performance category: Walter Freeman, Juliet Golden, Jennifer Grygiel, Fatma Sonmez-Leopold, Shannon Sweeney, Po Tung (Douglas) Yung…

Campus & Community

Staff, Faculty Members, Along with International Students and Families, Support Essential Workers through Fundraising Effort

Wednesday, July 1, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

When a group of local Chinese American community members, including University faculty and staff, heard about the devastating impact of COVID-19 on China’s people and its health care system earlier this year, they recognized what could happen in the United…