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Update on Investigation of Racist Language Found on Package in Day Hall

Tuesday, September 8, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: I am writing this afternoon to provide an update on our investigation regarding the package with a racial slur written on it that was discovered Friday in Day Hall. At this time, we are confident…

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“Masks, air purifiers could slash odds of coronavirus spread in classrooms: SU report” 

Tuesday, September 8, 2020, By Lily Datz

Eric Schiff, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and interim director of the Center of Excellence, was interviewed for the syracuse.com article “Masks, air purifiers could slash odds of coronavirus spread in classrooms: SU report.” Schiff’s…

Health & Society

University Trains Local Teachers to Teach in the Virtual Environment

Tuesday, September 8, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

Julia Alder-Deyett has been teaching school for 28 years, and this is her 10th year teaching in the Syracuse City School District. This year, Deyett, a teacher at Webster Elementary School, will teach 27 kindergarten students general education in a…

Campus & Community

Burton Blatt Institute Receives $4.3M to Lead National Center on Employment Policy for Persons With Disabilities

Tuesday, September 8, 2020, By Martin Walls

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University has received $4.3 million from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to lead a new national Rehabilitation Research Training Center (RRTC) on Disability Inclusive Employment Policy. Given…

Campus & Community

Coronavirus Update 9.7.20: New Testing Schedule, Campus Study Spaces and Student Activities

Monday, September 7, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: Today marks the start of the third week of classes. Making it to the third week of the semester was certainly not a milestone in past years, but this year is different. This year…

Health & Society

Fellowship to Carry On Vision of Advancing Food Justice in Syracuse

Friday, September 4, 2020, By Matt Michael

Jonnell Robinson never had to go very far to find Evan Weissman. They were colleagues, confidants and next-door neighbors, and all Robinson had to do was call for Weissman over her backyard fence. When it came time for the heart-wrenching…

Campus & Community

Caregiving Resources for Faculty and Staff

Thursday, September 3, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff, We are writing today to reflect on what we have heard from you regarding the challenges for faculty and staff caregivers. Particularly, we heard about challenges presented by the decreased availability of childcare due to social…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Partners with Advance Media NY to Expand Access to News and Community Information

Thursday, September 3, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Beginning today, all Syracuse University students, faculty and staff with a University email account (syr.edu) will have access to the depth and breadth of news coverage available on syracuse.com/The Post-Standard, an Advance Media NY news and information source. Syracuse University…

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National Science Foundation Awards $390,000 to Syracuse University Computing Initiative

Thursday, September 3, 2020, By Eric Ferguson

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant of $390,000 for a new research computing cluster at Syracuse University. The cluster will be built using graphical processing units (GPUs), which offer significant processing and memory advantages over traditional hardware….

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Supervisors Invited to Participate in ‘In the Moment—Bridging the Gaps of Race Dialogue’ Discussion Series This Fall

Tuesday, September 1, 2020, By News Staff

A series of dialogue sessions for supervisors that began earlier this summer in the wake of the death of George Floyd will continue this fall with “In the Moment—Bridging the Gaps of Race Dialogue,” sponsored by the Office of Diversity…