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Action-Based Programs for Diabetes Prevention, Blood Pressure Management Offered to Faculty and Staff
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 38% of all U.S. adults live with prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes, and nearly half (47%) have hypertension, or high blood pressure. While these statistics…
Gas-Powered Car Bans Won’t Work Without Infrastructure Investments
California lawmakers have passed a measure cracking down on the future sales of new gasoline cars. The rules call for the ban of new gas-powered cars by 2035, with target guidelines to phase out the cars in increments. It is…
Statement from Provost Gretchen Ritter, Chief Student Experience Officer Allen Groves and DPS Chief Craig Stone
Yesterday afternoon, a poster with troubling imagery and threatening language, was discovered on a wall in the Nancy Cantor Warehouse. After a quick response and investigation by the Department of Public Safety, Syracuse Police Department and the FBI, it was…
Syracuse University Joins Consortium in NSF I-Corps Hub’s $15M STEM Innovation Program
Syracuse University has joined nine other colleges in the newly awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps): Interior Northeast Region Hub (IN I-Corps), a $15 million, five-year investment by the NSF that is designed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship…
COVID-19 Update: New York State Changes Policy for Masking on Public Transportation
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Earlier this week, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced that effective immediately, masks are no longer required on public transportation in the state of New York. As such, effective today Syracuse University will transition…
Faculty and Staff Flu Vaccine Clinics Scheduled on Campus This Month
Three opportunities are available for faculty and staff to receive a free flu vaccine from Wegmans Pharmacy at convenient campus locations in the month of September. Pharmacists will immunize with the quadrivalent flu vaccine to protect against four strains of…
Food Insecurity Has Worsened for the Elderly and Women Living Alone
Today, the USDA released the Household Food Security in the United States in 2021 detailing the level of food insecurity at the national level in 2021 indicating that the level of food insecurity, 10.2%, is unchanged from the level in…
Academic Strategic Plan Engagement Schedule Now Available
Mark Your Calendars—We Want to Hear From You! In partnership with the co-chairs of the Academic Strategic Plan working groups, the Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to share with our campus community opportunities for engagement in the fall semester….
Sir Elton John’s ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour’ Coming to Syracuse Saturday
Before Sir Elton John, the Rocket Man with the instantly recognizable voice and bedazzled sunglasses, blasts off into retirement, he’s giving Central New Yorkers one more excuse to prove that Saturday night’s alright for rocking out to classic songs from…
Celebration of Life in Honor of Cerri A. Banks to Be Held Thursday
Syracuse University will host a formal Celebration of Life service on Thursday, Sept. 8, to honor the life and legacy of Cerri A. Banks, vice president for student success and deputy to the senior vice president of student experience, who…