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Media, Law & Policy

Syracuse Law Symposium to Address the Threat of ‘Executive Authoritarianism’

Wednesday, October 20, 2021, By Robert Conrad

University Professor David Driesen’s important new book—”The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power” (Stanford, 2021)—reveals how the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidentialism threatens democracy and what the United States can do about it. To celebrate the publication of the…

Health & Society

Lender Center for Social Justice Invites Applications for Co-Director

Wednesday, October 20, 2021, By News Staff

The Lender Center for Social Justice sees applicants for the co-director position. Applicants must be a full-time faculty member at Syracuse University with significant scholarly engagement in social justice-oriented work related to the Center’s vision. Applicants should have strong organization…

Media, Law & Policy

In Memoriam: Vernon L. Greene, Pioneer in the Interdisciplinary Study of Aging

Monday, October 18, 2021, By Eileen Korey

Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and International Affairs Vernon Greene, who passed away on Oct. 10 at the age of 77, saw the aging process as much more than a person getting old, and his vision helped build Syracuse University’s…

Campus & Community

CODL Is Code for Productive, Engaging Online Learning at Syracuse University

Monday, October 18, 2021, By News Staff

Say “university,” and what often comes to mind are sprawling campuses, vast libraries and jam-packed sports stadiums. Yet in recent times, a rapidly increasing number of post-secondary students have been moving to a new landscape of online learning. The College…

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…

Shobha K. Bhatia

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence Civil & Environmental Engineering
Campus & Community

Nationally Competitive Scholarship Recipients Engage in Virtual Experiences

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The COVID pandemic has led to the cancellation or delay of many nationally competitive scholarship experiences since the spring of 2020. Fortunately, many Syracuse University national scholarship recipients had opportunities to engage in their scholarship experiences virtually this past summer….

Campus & Community

New Provost Gretchen Ritter Welcomed to Campus, Shares First Priority

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By Kathleen Haley

As Syracuse University’s new vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer, Gretchen Ritter says her first priority during the coming weeks and months will be to get to know the faculty and students of her new campus community. “I look…

CNY Central

The City of Syracuse Discusses Segregation in Its School System

Wednesday, October 13, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

George Theoharis, Professor of Educational Leadership and Inclusive Elementary/Early Childhood Education in the School of Education, was interviewed for the CNY Central piece “The Map: leading to conversations at Syracuse School board about segregation in schools.” Theoharis discussed the issue…

Reboot of The Wonder Years reflects a positive direction of change across the network television industry

Wednesday, October 13, 2021, By Lily Datz

The Wonder Years, the 1980s television show evoking nostalgia in many Americans for decades, is finally back on television screens, but this time with greater impact. The 2021 reboot of the class show features a Black family, the Williams, set…