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Plan targeting homeless in NYC subway stations misses the bigger issue. Housing needs to be a human right

Wednesday, February 23, 2022, By Lily Datz

Reporters looking for insight about the new safety plan announced by New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul that focuses on homeless people using stations as shelter, please see insight from Syracuse University researcher Gretchen…

Business & Economy

Applications Open for RvD iPrize and Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Competitions

Tuesday, February 22, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) with support from the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad) are now accepting applications through March 15 for the Raymond von Dran (RvD) iPrize pitch competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of…

Campus & Community

6 Faculty Members Elected to the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure

Tuesday, February 22, 2022, By News Staff

Six faculty members have been elected to serve two-year terms on the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure. Representatives are elected from across Syracuse University’s colleges and schools. The committee works in an advisory capacity to the provost to…

Michael J. Williams

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs
Campus & Community

Conventional Wisdom: Humanities Center’s Syracuse Symposium Events to Investigate Evolving Norms

Tuesday, February 22, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

From COVID-19’s transformative impact on people’s daily lives to the global reckoning against histories of colonialism and racism, norms are constantly evolving. The Syracuse University Humanities Center’s yearlong Syracuse Symposium [PDF], entitled Conventions, explores the ever-changing political, social and cultural…

STEM

Winners Selected for the New York Tri-State Region EnergyTech University Prize Competition

Tuesday, February 22, 2022, By Kerrie Marshall

Fifteen university-based student teams from throughout the New York/tri-state region competed in the Regional EnergyTech University Prize (UP) business plan competition, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions. The competition was hosted by SyracuseCoE, New…

Campus & Community

College of Law JDinteractive Student Advancing Research on Policies to Assist Military Service Members

Tuesday, February 22, 2022, By Stephanie Salanger

Life is full of points at which you can choose to take one path or another. Either way, you’ll be set in a very different direction. For many people, these crossroads can be full of trepidation or regret. For Jasmeane…

New York Daily News

“As the prospect of war looms over Europe, N.Y. officials assess local cyberthreat.”

Monday, February 21, 2022, By Lily Datz

Brian Taylor, professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the New York Daily News article “As the prospect of war looms over Europe, N.Y. officials assess local cyber threat.” Taylor, an expert on Russian politics and…

The Washington Post

“Wielding the threat of war, a more aggressive Putin steps forward.” 

Sunday, February 20, 2022, By Lily Datz

Brian Taylor, professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in The Washington Post story “Wielding the threat of war, a more aggressive Putin steps forward.” Taylor, an expert on Russia and post-Soviet politics, has been commenting extensively…

Campus & Community

‘Everyone Can Do It’: How to Eat Like an Olympian With Maggie McCrudden ’14

Thursday, February 17, 2022, By John Boccacino

At the peak of his Olympic swimming career, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was rumored to consume up to 12,000 calories daily during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. That’s six times the number of calories the average…