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Arts & Culture

Incoming Drama Major Alethea Shirilan-Howlett ’24 Debuts First Full-Length Play on YouTube on Sunday

Friday, June 5, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Growing up, Alethea Shirilan-Howlett ’24, a senior at Jamesville-DeWitt (J-D) High School and an incoming first-year drama major (theater management track) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, dreamed of being an actress. After attending a pre-college arts program…

Media, Law & Policy

Dana Olwan Receives 2020 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award

Thursday, June 4, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

The last decade has marked a period of rapid political and economic change in the Middle East and North Africa. Among those are growing demands for marriage rights for women in Arab and Muslim cultures. Until recently, the right to…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Why Twitter Finally Decided to Label Trump’s Tweets as Misinformation’

Thursday, June 4, 2020, By News Staff

Jennifer Grygiel is an assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School. In a landmark action, Twitter has for the first time attached independent fact-checking information directly to two tweets from President Donald Trump. The president’s tweets make false claims…

STEM

‘SpaceX’s Mission: A New Chapter in Space Exploration—and in Humanity’s Age-Old Quest’

Thursday, June 4, 2020, By News Staff

Sean O’Keefe is a University Professor and the Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership in the Maxwell School. O’Keefe served as administrator of NASA during the George W. Bush Administration. In a recent op-ed…

Syracuse.com

“Syracuse University, ESF will test sewage dorm-by-dorm to track coronavirus spread”

Thursday, June 4, 2020, By Lily Datz

David Larsen, an Associate Professor of Public Health in Falk College, was quoted in the Syracuse.com article “Syracuse University, ESF will test sewage dorm-by-dorm to track coronavirus spread”  In addition to testing students on their return to campus in the…

Campus & Community

Same Time Next Year: CBT Postponed Until 2021

Thursday, June 4, 2020, By News Staff

Based on the continuing widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of Multicultural Advancement (SUMA) has determined it is best to postpone CBT 2020 until Sept. 9-12, 2021. “We’ve worked very hard to develop a four-day weekend celebration that…

New art project aims to raise awareness around Covid-19 among people of color

Wednesday, June 3, 2020, By Ellen Mbuqe

New digital billboards have begun popping up around Syracuse about the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on communities of people of color. Award winning Syracuse University Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems uses photographs, film and video to discuss themes about race, politics…

Campus & Community

Coronavirus Update 6.3.20: Return to Work, Health and Safety, Course Preparation and More

Wednesday, June 3, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: Today, we have welcomed a small group of faculty and staff back to campus, after nearly three months of transitioning to remote work as part of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The group…

Arts & Culture

Ariel Chu Named a 2020 Luce Scholar

Wednesday, June 3, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In 1986, Ariel Chu’s parents immigrated from Taiwan to the United States. In Taiwan, her parents were both engaged in their passions—her father was a well-known programmer and her mother a beloved Chinese literature teacher. The political and economic uncertainty…

Campus & Community

Bea González to Retire After 36 Years of Creating Opportunity for Syracuse University Students, Connecting the University with the Greater Community

Wednesday, June 3, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

When Bethaida “Bea” González came to Syracuse at age 3 from her birthplace of Cayey, Puerto Rico, her family settled in an apartment on Adams Street, on the periphery of the Syracuse University campus. She had no way to know…