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Blackstone LaunchPad Accepting Applications for Ideas Competition and Chance to Win $4,000 in Prizes

Monday, September 19, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad is hosting an Ideas Competition on Friday, Oct. 7, from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Whitman Atrium (Grand Flaum Hall) at 721 University Ave. The Ideas Competition is open to all Syracuse University and…

Campus & Community

Employers Eager to ‘Hire Orange’ During Career Week Sept. 26-30

Monday, September 19, 2022, By Gabrielle Lake

In a momentous in-person return, schools, colleges and unit career teams in partnership with Syracuse University Career Services will host Career Week Sept. 26-30, 2022. All students, regardless of class year and major, are welcome and encouraged to connect with…

STEM

NSF, Department of Energy Grants Enable Physicists to Continue Cutting-Edge Research in Neutrino Discovery

Sunday, September 18, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

You may not know it, but every second 100 billion extremely tiny, invisible subatomic particles called neutrinos pass through every square centimeter of your hand. Physicist Mitch Soderberg says the reason you didn’t notice is because they rarely interact with…

STEM

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Continue Gravitational Wave Detector Research

Sunday, September 18, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

In March 2023, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is set to begin its fourth yearlong observational period. Scientists on site in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana, have spent the last two years on hardware and software upgrades to…

Campus & Community

Gartner Ranks Whitman’s Supply Chain Management Undergraduate Program Among Top 25

Thursday, September 15, 2022, By Dawn McWilliams

Gartner, Inc. has announced that the Martin J. Whitman School of Management is one of the top 25 in the country for its supply chain management (SCM) program, granting a No. 23 ranking to the undergraduate program. Fifty-five institutions in the U.S….

Arts & Culture

Narratio Fellowship Expands Creative Opportunities for Resettled Refugee Youth

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

In African philosophy, the term “ubuntu” can be translated as “I am because we are.” The phrase, which illustrates the notion that a person’s sense of self is shaped by their relationships with others, is the framework guiding this year’s…

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COVID was deadlier for those with intellectual disabilities, according to new research

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

Authors of a new peer-reviewed paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. The study, “COVID-19 Mortality Burden and Comorbidity Patterns Among Decedents with and without Intellectual…

Campus & Community

3 COVID Test Options for Faculty and Staff

Monday, September 12, 2022, By News Staff

With the closure of the University’s on-site Testing Center, faculty and staff seeking a COVID-19 test are encouraged to use a community provider, visit their primary care physician or obtain an at-home COVID test should the need to be tested…

Campus & Community

Celebrate Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Shannon Andre

Syracuse University will mark the start of the annual Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month (LHHM) celebration on Thursday, Sept. 15, during an opening ceremony in Schine Student Center atrium at 4 p.m. The ceremony, which will include remarks, student performances and…

Campus & Community

School of Architecture Announces Fall 2022 Visiting Critics

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Julie Sharkey

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Two studios will be held on campus this fall. Ju Bin (Horizontal Design) Ju Bin, along…