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Campus & Community

More Information on Fall Semester Checkout, Zoom Sessions Scheduled

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families, We are writing as a follow up to our Oct. 14 message regarding end-of-semester checkout procedures and to provide clarity about what is expected before students depart for winter break. Specifically: Students do not need to…

Campus & Community

Virtual Community Service for Grief and Healing to Be Held Tonight

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By News Staff

The University will hold a Virtual Community Service for Grief and Healing tonight at 6 p.m. on Zoom. The service will be a time for the University community to embrace each other, name and claim its grief, remember the lives…

Campus & Community

STOP Bias Gains Traction, Helps Individuals ‘Be the Change’

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By Eileen Korey

Recognizing bias, how it manifests itself, how it impacts communities, how to report it and how to stop it is what the STOP Bias initiative is all about. “Whether it’s a single individual or multiple people impacted by one incident,…

Campus & Community

Temporary Parking Access Available for Faculty and Staff COVID-19 Testing

Monday, October 19, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff: Several weeks ago, we announced that the University’s ongoing virus surveillance testing program would transition from repeated testing of all students to large-scale “freedom from disease” sampling of the residential campus population. Faculty epidemiologists from the…

Media, Law & Policy

‘When It Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location’

Monday, October 19, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, wrote an op-ed for The Hill: “When it comes to healthy aging: location, location, location.” Professor Kohn, an expert…

Arts & Culture

Kevin Richardson to Receive Historic Honorary Degree

Friday, October 16, 2020, By News Staff

Syracuse University announced today that Kevin Richardson, a member of the Exonerated Five, will be the recipient of the first honorary undergraduate degree in University history. The honorary bachelor of fine arts in music will be formally conferred at the…

Campus & Community

Next Round of COVID-19 Surveillance Testing Begins Oct. 20

Friday, October 16, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students: Beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 20, the Syracuse University Public Health Team will begin a third round of COVID-19 surveillance testing for all residential students. This next round of testing is part of the enhanced virus surveillance strategy that…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Dean Craig M. Boise Joins Governing Advisory Council of New ABA Legal Education Police Practices Consortium

Friday, October 16, 2020, By Martin Walls

College of Law Dean Craig M. Boise has been appointed to a 10-member advisory council that will govern the newly formed Legal Education Police Practices Consortium, created by the American Bar Association (ABA) in collaboration with law schools across the…

Campus & Community

Melanie Domanico Uses Her Personal Experience and Empathy to Keep Employees Working

Friday, October 16, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

Melanie Domanico is an equal opportunity and accommodations specialist with the Office of Disability Access and Inclusion. When faced with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities—like breathing, walking, seeing or hearing—Syracuse University…

Media, Law & Policy

Google Antitrust Investigation Points to Vulnerabilities

Thursday, October 15, 2020, By Daryl Lovell

Does Google’s massive and globally-used search engine shut out and stifle competitors in favor of its own products and services? The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to bring an antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant any day now, in…