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Student Veterans Spend Spring Break in Atlanta
Among the mass exodus of students leaving campus for spring break, eight student veterans from Syracuse University spent three days in Atlanta, Georgia. While their fellow classmates were in pursuit of leisure and relaxation during the time off from classes,…
3rd Thonis Endowed Professorship Announced: The Multiplier Effect in Philanthropy
On the drive from his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to his alma mater in Syracuse, New York, Michael G. “Mike” Thonis ’72 says he counts rock formations, knows all their geological names and notices “as they suddenly become very dark…
Social Work Presents Social Justice Awards March 30
March is National Professional Social Work Month, and the School of Social Work in the Falk College is presenting its annual Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Award program from 6:45-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 in Falk College…
Syracuse Researchers Create a Global Occupant Behavior Database for ASHRAE
There’s a new publicly accessible website from American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), ashraeobdatabase.com, that informs educators and practitioners like designers and energy modelers how people all over the world use buildings. SyracuseCoE Associate Director and Mechanical…
New Research Shows ‘Himpathy’ Toward Perpetrators of Workplace Sexual Harassment
What is your initial response when a woman accuses a man of workplace sexual harassment? A new study suggests that some people are morally biased to have sympathy toward the accuser. It even has a name: himpathy.
Rare Isotopes Help Unlock Mysteries in the Argentine Andes
Every second the Earth is bombarded by vast amounts of cosmic rays—invisible sub-atomic particles that originate from things like the sun and supernova explosions. These high-energy, far-traveled cosmic rays collide with atoms as they enter Earth’s atmosphere and set off…
Maxwell Professor Thomas Perreault Receives Fulbright Specialist Award
Thomas Perreault, professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named a Fulbright Specialist, an honor that connects faculty in the U.S. with institutions worldwide. For six weeks this summer, Perreault…
Lender Center Symposium Examines Complexity of Launching Neighborhood Women’s Wellness Program
The disparities between well-intentioned plans for a women-only wellness center on the City of Syracuse’s North Side area and the challenges of providing wellness programming given neighborhood resources and conditions is the topic of the 2022-2023 Lender Center for Social…
The More We Disrupt Wildlife Habitats, the Greater the Threat of Future Pandemics
Robert Wilson is associate professor of director of undergraduate studies in the Geography and the Environment Department at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School. He teaches classes on animals and society and environmental history and talks (below) about the role of animals,…
School of Education Announces Annual Atrocity Studies Lecture on ‘Gathering Evidence of Atrocities’
The 2023 Atrocity Studies annual lecture—presented by the Syracuse University School of Education—will address how war crimes, crimes against humanity and other atrocities are documented across the globe and the implications of this evidence for international courts and justice. The…