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Health & Society

Falk’s Miriam Mutambudzi Furthers Research on Health Disparities Among Older, Vulnerable Populations

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, By Matt Michael

From late 2007 until mid-2009, economies around the world plunged into a market decline known as the Great Recession–the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s. In the United States, unemployment rates skyrocketed, housing prices and…

Media Tip Sheets

New Research: Asthma Cases and Racial Disparities

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, By Ellen Mbuqe

The Lerner Center presents a new research brief on asthma prevalence in the United States. Written by Ali Jones, a student at Syracuse University, and Marc A. Garcia, associate professor in the sociology department at the Maxwell School, this brief…

Arts & Culture

La Casita Commemorates National Hispanic Heritage Month With New Exhibition

Thursday, September 5, 2024, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center will commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 with a community-wide event and the opening of a new exhibition, “WEIRD Barrio” (“Por mi barrio”), presenting the art of Syracuse-based Puerto Rican artist Manuel Matías. The inaugural event…

Health & Society

New Research Published on Disability and Mortality Disparity

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, By Ellen Mbuqe

Earlier this month, Associate Professor of Sociology Scott Landes published a new study entitled “Disability Mortality Disparity: Risk Of Mortality For Disabled Adults Nearly Twice That For Nondisabled Adults, 2008–19” in the August edition of Health Affairs journal. The report is…

Health & Society

Warehouse Display Honors Design Alumnus for Innovative Headwear, Protective Sports Equipment

Thursday, June 6, 2024, By News Staff

Witnessing a helmet-to-helmet collision sparked an idea for School of Design alumnus Bert Straus ’59, setting off a series of evolutions in headwear and protective sports equipment. Straus remembers watching the collision during a televised sports game. An image of…

Campus & Community

Behind the Scenes Heroes: The Impactful Role of Public Safety Dispatchers

Friday, April 19, 2024, By Alex Haessig

Every year, the second week of April marks National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW), a time dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the dedication, service and sacrifices of public safety telecommunicators. The staff of the Emergency Communications Center (ECC) within the…

Campus & Community

Lender Center Postdoctoral Fellow Examines the Impact of Gentrification and Displacement in Western and Central New York

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Growing up in Rochester and attending the University of Buffalo, Lender Center for Social Justice Postdoctoral Fellow J Coley saw firsthand how gentrification and displacement impacted those communities.   Now, Coley (they/them) studies how the policies and actions of local, state…

STEM

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Highlights Leadership, Community and Empowerment

Thursday, November 16, 2023, By Kwami Maranga

Karen Herrera ’24 knows all too well how much work goes into running a student organization. Having started as the events coordinator for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) at Syracuse University, she now serves as the current co-president,…

Health & Society

Catherine García: Researching Health Disparities Among Hispanic/Latine Populations

Friday, October 6, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Catherine García wants to know how and why the fastest-growing segment of older adults in the United States—those of Hispanic/Latine origin—are at higher risk for chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias….

Health & Society

Maxwell Professor Kristy Buzard Explores Gender Disparities in Economics

Tuesday, October 3, 2023, By News Staff

Kristy Buzard, associate professor of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is part of a research team that recently received funding from the Women in Economics and Mathematics Research Consortium to investigate the mechanisms that contribute…