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The New York Times

“Stopping Online Vitriol at the Roots.” 

Monday, November 2, 2020, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was featured in The New York Times story “Stopping Online Vitriol at the Roots.” Phillips, an expert on disinformation and political communications, says…

USA Today

“Election 2020: Terrified to lose and afraid to hope.” 

Monday, November 2, 2020, By Lily Datz

Afton Kapuscinski, assistant teaching professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Psychological Services Center, was interviewed for the USA Today article “Election 2020: Terrified to lose and afraid to hope.” The COVID-19 pandemic and 2020…

STEM

Syracuse University Researchers Collaborate with Harvard, Georgia Tech, Resources for the Future to Give Environmental Policies Context

Friday, October 30, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

The electrical sector comprises companies that generate, transmit and distribute electric power. Every industry, business and member of the public is a customer and, therefore, a stakeholder. The electrical sector also encompasses public regulatory agencies. All combined, the sector accounts…

Health & Society

Writing Our Lives Nurtures Young Writers Online

Friday, October 30, 2020, By Jennifer Russo

In October 2019, the Writing Our Lives program marked its 10-year anniversary in the Syracuse community. From its early days in the community rooms of libraries with handfuls of students, to recent years’ programming including conferences with hundreds of participants…

Campus & Community

Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Funding Available Oct. 31

Thursday, October 29, 2020, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program is offering up to $75,000 for faculty or student projects that advance the University’s goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, directly or indirectly, or through raising awareness on campus…

Media, Law & Policy

‘What’s Behind Trump’s Project to Defund ‘Anarchist Jurisdictions?”

Thursday, October 29, 2020, By Lily Datz

Austin Kocher, Whitman Faculty Fellow in the Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), wrote an op-ed for The Hill titled “What’s behind Trump’s project to defund ‘anarchist jurisdictions?’” Kocher’s research interests include the political and legal geographies of policing and immigration….

Veterans

‘Understanding the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Veterans and Military Families’

Thursday, October 29, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nicholas Armstrong, senior director for research and analytics at the Institute for Veterans and Military Affairs and adjunct faculty member in the Maxwell School, wrote an op-ed for Military Times titled “Understanding the economic impacts of COVID-19 on veterans and…

KPBS (San Diego)

“Veterans Usually Vote Strong Republican, But Polls Suggest That May Change This Year.” 

Thursday, October 29, 2020, By Lily Datz

Rosalinda Vasquez Maury, director of applied research and analytics with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), was interviewed for the KPBS (San Diego) story “Veterans Usually Vote Strong Republican, But Polls Suggest That May Change This Year.” IVMF…

USA Today

“Trump’s EPA rewrote the rules on air, water energy. Now voters face a choice on climate change issues.”

Thursday, October 29, 2020, By Lily Datz

Charles Driscoll, University Professor of environmental systems in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was quoted in the USA Today story “Trump’s EPA rewrote the rules on air, water energy. Now voters face a choice on climate change issues.”…

Campus & Community

Election Day Is Tuesday; Here Are Polling Locations for Student Voters

Wednesday, October 28, 2020, By News Staff

Polls on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Students and faculty/staff residents who registered to vote locally in Onondaga County should have received postcards from the Board of Elections indicating their polling location….