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Campus & Community

Important Changes Coming to Campus in 2022

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: With just a couple weeks to go until the end of the calendar year, we are writing today to share two important changes coming to campus in 2022. For the last several months, our teams…

Health & Society

Whitman Alumnus Donates the Gift of an Accurate Diagnosis

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

New visitors to the Gebbie Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders sometimes don’t even notice the new videonystagmography (VNG) system when they walk into the examination room. That is understandable, as its low-profile presence on a…

Media Tip Sheets

Were Tornadoes Caused By Climate Warming? Warming Likely Makes Storms More Intense

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

President Biden is visiting the state of Kentucky today, assessing damage from the weekend tornado outbreak that killed more than 80 people across several states. The brunt of the damage was in Kentucky where more than 70 people lost their…

Campus & Community

Winter Village Brings Magic to Falk College

Tuesday, December 14, 2021, By Kerin Ruddy

Central New York is renowned for snow-covered hills and quaint towns that herald the holiday season. But who would expect to find one of the cutest villages—in miniature—tucked in a nook on the fourth floor of Falk College of Sport…

North Carolina Health News

Military Veterans Experience A Range of Intense Emotions After Leaving Combat

Saturday, December 11, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Kenneth Marfilius, assistant teaching professor and Director of Online and Distance Education in Falk College, was interviewed for the North Carolina Health News story “Vets are connecting to mental health care. Is it enough? – NC Health News.” Marfilius, a…

Campus & Community

Economist Mary Lovely to Spend Nine Months With the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

Friday, December 10, 2021, By News Staff

For nearly two decades, Mary Lovely, professor of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has focused on China’s sustainable development and its emergence into the global market. Her expertise has drawn much interest from media outlets,…

New York Times

How Memes Invite Users To Share Their Experiences With Others

Friday, December 10, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was quoted in the New York Times piece “‘The Feminine Urge’ Meme Explained.” With the rise in social media has come a rise…

Campus & Community

Jamie Winders Appointed Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

Thursday, December 9, 2021, By News Staff

Vice Chancellor and Provost Gretchen Ritter announced today the appointment of Jamie Winders, director of the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute and professor of geography and the environment, to the position of associate provost for faculty affairs. The Executive Committee of…

Campus & Community

Undergraduates Encouraged to Apply to Present at ACC Meeting of the Minds

Thursday, December 9, 2021, By News Staff

Every year, a group of five undergraduates from Syracuse joins students from the 14 other institutions in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) at the Meeting of the Minds (MoM) conference. There, the students showcase their work, network among scholars and…

Arts & Culture

VPA Film Student Wins the Gotham’s Focus Features and JetBlue Student Short Film Showcase

Wednesday, December 8, 2021, By Erica Blust

Evan Bode, a second-year graduate film student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Transmedia, was selected as one of five winning filmmakers of the Gotham Film & Media Institute’s third annual Focus Features & JetBlue…