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Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Art Museum Announces New Curator

Friday, November 5, 2021, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Art Museum has announced the appointment of Melissa Yuen, Ph.D., as the museum’s new curator. Yuen, a curator and art historian, comes to Syracuse from the Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and will join the…

Campus & Community

Schine Renovation ‘Profound Honor and Responsibility’ for Architect John Burse ’94

Monday, October 18, 2021, By Jen Plummer

John Burse ’94 first stepped foot on the Syracuse University campus as a high school senior in the late 1980s with dreams of becoming an architect. He recalls stepping onto the Quad for the first time and knowing in that…

Campus & Community

Panel Discussion, Live Music Highlight ‘Return to Jabberwocky’ During Orange Central

Friday, October 15, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

As part of Syracuse University’s Orange Central alumni weekend, Syracuse University Libraries, the College of Visual and Performing Arts, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and WAER will host an event titled “Return to Jabberwocky” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m….

Arts & Culture

Rare and Archival Materials Spotlighted in Special Collections Research Center’s Newest Exhibition

Monday, October 11, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center’s (SCRC) newest exhibition, “Explore and Connect: Selections from the Special Collections Research Center,” spotlights a curated selection of rare and archival materials which offer a small window into the possibilities that abound within…

Media Tip Sheets

How to stop misinformation on social media

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Lily Datz

Syracuse University Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley has been studying social media before it was called social media. Five years ago, she laid out a simple three-point plan to help stem the tide of misinformation on Facebook. Today, those three recommendations remain…

STEM

Biology Major Gains Hands-On Experience With Endangered Animals in Costa Rica

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

From an early age, Leonardo Rivera ’22 had a fondness for animals and wildlife conservation. Growing up in tropical Puerto Rico, the biology major on a pre-veterinary track remembers investigating the habits of hermit crabs in the sand, watching as…

STEM

Professors Use Machine Learning to Guide the Design of Stable Nanoparticles

Wednesday, September 22, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Nanoparticles are tiny particles, made of only a few hundred atoms, that are helping to create the world’s newest “smart” surfaces and systems. Nanoparticles are playing a key role in the development of such cutting-edge consumer products as transparent sunscreens…

Campus & Community

Important Reminders for Faculty

Monday, September 13, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues, I am writing to you with reminders about two public health issues that have been the topic of questions received by the Office of Academic Affairs: Students missing class due to illness and requests for excuse notes; Masking…

Media Tip Sheets

That 100-year flooding…happening now

Monday, August 23, 2021, By Lily Datz

Hurricanes and higher-than-normal rainfall has flooded communities and left homes and businesses destroyed. But many of these areas have never been considered part of the floodplain so this means more homeowners – both coastal and inland – are facing catastrophic…

Arts & Culture

Jabberwocky Murals Installed in Bird Library

Saturday, August 14, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Visitors to the lower level of Bird Library can get a sense of what it might have been like to step into the former campus music venue Jabberwocky, which operated in the Kimmel basement from 1969-85. Original murals from Jabberwocky…