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Curating the Bigger Picture: Evan Starling-Davis Approaches Literacy from Multiple Entry Points
Evan Starling-Davis is a narrative artist, curator and producer. More precisely, he names himself a digital-age “griot”—a term used for traveling poets, musicians and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history derived from the African diaspora’s culture and history….
Solar Industry Shines Bright In Future US Energy, Infrastructure Plans
Eric Schiff is a physics professor at Syracuse University and interim executive director of SyracuseCoE. His research interests include solar cell device physics. As the topic of infrastructure continues to be a federal focal point, Professor Schiff answers four questions…
United Way Mask Donation Helps Keep Central New Yorkers Safe
Staff from the United Way of Central New York and Otto the Orange visited the Westcott Community Center in Syracuse recently to make a special delivery of hundreds of protective face masks for local senior citizens participating in the Westcott…
iSchool Launches Programs in Data Analytics and Technology in Society
In a rapidly changing digital landscape, the School of Information Studies is challenged to ensure that its students and faculty are studying at the leading edge of their field. From human-centered design to cloud computing, machine learning to artificial intelligence…
“Relative invisibility makes for uphill battle to get COVID vaccines for Americans with IDD”
Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the PBS NewsHour story “Relative invisibility makes for uphill battle to get COVID vaccines for Americans with IDD.” Landes, an expert on the sociology of disability, has…
Urban Video Project Presents ‘Steffani Jemison: Figure 8’
For nearly a decade, Brooklyn-based artist Steffani Jemison has been deeply invested in examining the ways knowledge is constructed and legitimized. This interest stems from a fascination with frameworks of interpretation and narration (as well as critical theory), and vernacular…
Message from Damon Williams
Dear Syracuse University Community: In November 2019, the Syracuse University Board of Trustees Special Committee on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion asked me to serve on an Independent Advisory Panel and, later, to conduct a campus climate “pulse” survey and…
Navigating an International Fellowship During a Global Pandemic
When Scott Manning Stevens was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, he assumed the virus would be over by the summer’s end and that he would have no problem traveling abroad to…
“The sound of global endangered habitats and wildlife”
Douglas Quin, professor of television, radio and film in the Newhouse School, was featured in the Radio New Zealand story “The sound of global endangered habitats and wildlife.” Quin has spent the past three decades as a sound designer and…
Update on Syracuse University Employee Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccine
Dear Faculty and Staff: We are writing to share important information related to COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and access. Under current New York State guidelines, most all Syracuse University employees (who live and work in New York State) are eligible to…