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Health & Society

Ph.D. Candidate Receives Dissertation Fellowship to Analyze Contemporary Buddhist Charities in Southeast Asia

Wednesday, July 8, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Sara Swenson, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Awarded by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Newcombe Fellowship supports…

Morning Consult

“Black Audiences Want Hollywood to Expand Beyond Slavery, Civil Rights Film Narratives.”

Wednesday, July 8, 2020, By Lily Datz

J. Christopher Hamilton, assistant professor of television, radio, and film in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by Morning Consult for the story, “Black Audiences Want Hollywood to Expand Beyond Slavery, Civil Rights Film Narratives.” Hamilton, an expert on the film…

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…

Arts & Culture

The Stand Photo Contest Seeks Images of Syracuse and Its Residents at This Unique Moment in Time

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By News Staff

Each summer, The Stand newspaper sponsors its annual Photo Walk, encouraging community members to explore, meet neighbors and document the South Side in photos. This summer, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, photographers will not come together in person but will…

Media, Law & Policy

American Bar Association Approves Expansion of College of Law’s Online JDinteractive Program

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By Robert Conrad

The American Bar Association has granted the Syracuse University College of Law permission to expand its innovative online law degree program. JDinteractive (JDi) is a fully interactive program that combines live online class sessions with self-paced class sessions, residential courses…

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…

Campus & Community

Sororities Come Together to Raise Money for People Impacted by COVID-19 

Thursday, July 2, 2020, By Lisa Maresca

Greek life organizations have a long history of incorporating philanthropic work into their missions. That certainly was the case this March, when 13 sororities of the Panhellenic Council at Syracuse University banded together to raise more than $5,700 for people…

Campus & Community

Effect of New York State Travel Advisory on Move-In

Wednesday, July 1, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: Last week, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that individuals traveling to New York from eight states experiencing high infection rates of COVID-19 are required to self-quarantine for 14 days. Yesterday, Gov. Cuomo announced that…