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COVID Vaccine Concerns: How Long Might it Take to Get One?
Professor of Supply Chain Management at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management and vaccine development expert Burak Kazaz says the biggest issue facing vaccine availability will be in manufacturing rather than distribution. The problem partly is due to limited availability of ingredients that in…
New Action Underway to Combat COVID-19 Spread
Dear Faculty and Staff: The resurgence of the COVID-19 virus around our country is intensifying on the heels of holiday travel and gatherings. Here in Onondaga County, we are experiencing rising infection rates and an uptick in hospitalizations. In response,…
Important Updates from the Office of Academic Affairs
Dear Colleagues: As we near the end of the fall semester, we are writing to provide you with some important updates from the Office of Academic Affairs regarding: Extension of the tenure clock for faculty who joined Syracuse University in…
What Was That Big Boom? Earth Sciences Professor Digs In
Boom! Neighbors around Central New York reacted to an explosive sound on Wednesday afternoon, likely a sonic boom from a meteor that streaked across parts of New York, Maryland, Michigan, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Suzanne Baldwin is the Thonis Professor…
Syracuse University, College of Law Sign Agreement with Uzbekistan Institutions to Assist Uzbek Disability Rights Capacity Building
Syracuse University and the College of Law have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three institutions from the Republic of Uzbekistan to strengthen academic ties with the republic, share expertise on disability rights and collaborate to create a disability…
Students, Faculty to Use Immersive Media to Explore the Complicated History—and Future—of Syracuse’s I-81
The construction of Interstate 81 in the 1960s cut through the city of Syracuse, leaving a wound that still pains the community five decades later. With newly secured funding from the Journalism 360 initiative, a team of Newhouse School students…
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professors Receive Technological Innovation Awards
Electrical engineering and computer science professors Cenk Gursoy and Qinru Qiu received 2020 IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Awards. Both were nominated by Distinguished Professor Pramod Varshney. Qiu was recognized for her pioneering contributions in stochastic power management and…
“How NJ Can Stop The COVID Outbreaks In Long-Term Care Facilities.”
Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, was quoted in the Yahoo News story “How NJ Can Stop The COVID Outbreaks In Long-Term Care Facilities.” Kohn, an…
Women in Leadership Initiative Announces Spring 2021 Programming
After kicking off in the fall of 2018, the Women in Leadership (WiL) initiative, created through the vision of Candace Campbell Jackson, senior vice president and chief of staff to Chancellor Kent Syverud, and a steering committee of women leaders,…
New Staff within Office of Diversity and Inclusion Enhances Efforts to Create More Welcoming Campus
To continue to build its efforts in creating an equitable, diverse, accessible and inclusive campus, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion has welcomed new staff members and student advisors. The new staff members, working with Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer…