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Why We’re Still ‘Chasing the White Whale’ and Using Other Media References

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, By Matt Michael

We do it all the time, sometimes without even thinking. In our everyday conversations we often quote or reference a wide array of media from songs, movies and TV shows to video games, memes and TikToks. Not that there’s anything…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Announces the 2021/2022 Season

Monday, November 8, 2021, By Joanna Penalva

The Department of Drama announced a return to in person, live performance for the 2021/2022 season beginning with the contemporary romantic comedy “In Love and Warcraft,” Nov. 12-20 in the Arthur Storch Theatre. In addition to “In Love and Warcraft,”…

STEM

Lights, Camera…Cybersecurity! Professor Constructs Studio for Instructional Videos

Monday, November 8, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

Electrical engineering and computer science professor Kevin Du wanted to up the production value of the cybersecurity instruction videos he has been posting to YouTube and decided to construct a studio inside his lab space. “I used to have one…

STEM

Uncovering the Secrets Behind Earth’s First Major Mass Extinction

Monday, November 8, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

We all know that the dinosaurs died in a mass extinction. But did you know that there were other mass extinctions? There are five most significant mass extinctions, known as the “big five,” where at least three quarters of all…

Media Tip Sheets

We’ve always protested against public health mandates

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By Lily Datz

Throughout the United States, there are communities and state governments who have come out strongly against mask or vaccine mandates, even while the Delta variant of the coronavirus rages through the unvaccinated. But Syracuse University assistant professor Kyla Garrett Wagner,…

Veterans

NVRC Dedication: ‘Let’s Be the Best University for Vets, Period’

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By Matt Michael

The Nov. 3 dedication of the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building, home of the National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC) at Syracuse University, was a tribute to the past, a celebration of the present and a promise for the future to…

Campus & Community

Beyond the Badge: DPS Officer Grateful for Opportunity to Support Black Reign Step Team as Advisor

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By Christine Grabowski

As the library operations coordinator for the Department of Public Safety (DPS), Officer George Wazen believes that sincerity, compassion and understanding are the keys to successfully engaging with the students he oversees as part of the library student floor monitoring…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries’ Module-2 Storage Facility Progresses Toward Completion

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By News Staff

Construction is well underway on the second module of the Syracuse University Libraries’ storage facility on South Campus, which will house some of the University’s most treasured multimedia and special collections holdings. The 15,000-square-foot facility will include cool and cold…

Health & Society

Supporting Student Wellness Series: Strengthening Relationships  

Wednesday, November 3, 2021, By Gabrielle Lake

With new living situations, academic experiences and more, college is a time of seemingly ever-evolving changes. The wave of new experiences if often an exciting part of the journey. However, individuals may also face a wave of new internal and…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents James Henkel: Object Lessons Exhibition

Tuesday, November 2, 2021, By Cjala Surratt

Object Lessons, by North Carolina-based artist James Henkel, runs Oct. 25–Dec. 9 at Light Work in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center at 316 Waverly Ave. In his new exhibition, Henkel looks back over 30 years of image-making, following a…