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STEM

ECS Receives National Recognition for College’s Diversity and Inclusion Efforts

Sunday, February 14, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

The College of Engineering and Computer Science was recently awarded bronze level status from the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Diversity Recognition Program. The program’s goal is to help engineering, engineering technology and computing programs promote diversity, equity and…

Newsweek

“COVID Could Undo the Progress We Celebrate on International Day of Women and Girls in Science.”

Thursday, February 11, 2021, By Lily Datz

Christa Kelleher, assistant professor of comparative hydrology, urban hydrology and hydrologic modeling in the College of Arts and Sciences, authored an op-ed for Newsweek “COVID Could Undo the Progress We Celebrate on International Day of Women and Girls in Science.”…

Campus & Community

Women in Leadership Initiative Announces Spring 2021 Speakers, New Program Dates

Thursday, February 11, 2021, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Women in Leadership Initiative (WiL) today announced its Spring 2021 calendar of events and programming. Offerings include opportunities to learn from experienced leaders from diverse fields within and outside of higher education. These leaders will offer insights that…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Kent Syverud Delivers 2021 Winter Message to the University Community

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By News Staff

 Chancellor Kent Syverud shared his 2021 Winter Message to the University Community in a virtual message, recorded in the K.G. Tan Auditorium in the National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building at Syracuse University. Below…

Media, Law & Policy

Faricy Explores Public Perceptions of Welfare via the US Tax Code

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By News Staff

In their new book, “The Other Side of the Coin: Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures” (Russell Sage Foundation, 2021), Syracuse University professor Christopher Faricy and Bucknell University professor Christopher Ellis examine how public opinion differs between two types of…

Campus & Community

Ash Wednesday Schedule Announced

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By News Staff

Ash Wednesday is Feb. 17, marking the beginning of the Christian season of Lent. Lent is a 40-day period of reflection that guides people of Christian faith to the “Triduum,” or Sacred Three Days, that begins on the evening of…

Campus & Community

Gifting Solace in Words and Images

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Paula Meseroll

Faced with creating classwork for an incoming cohort of first-year photography students and hampered by the constraints imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, Associate Professor Doug DuBois of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Transmedia came up…

Campus & Community

College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2021 VPA Scholars

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Erica Blust

Twelve seniors in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars program was established to recognize the achievements of the college’s top seniors. Students are…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Announces Spring 2021 Visiting Critics

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Four studios will be held on campus this spring. The School of Architecture is also offering…

Health & Society

CRS Professor’s New Book Focuses on the Rhetoric of Antisemitism

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Erica Blust

Amos Kiewe, a professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS), has authored the new book, “The Rhetoric of Antisemitism: From the Origins of Christianity and Islam to the Present” (Lexington Books). It…