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COVID was deadlier for those with intellectual disabilities, according to new research

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

Authors of a new peer-reviewed paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. The study, “COVID-19 Mortality Burden and Comorbidity Patterns Among Decedents with and without Intellectual…

Campus & Community

Breana Nieves Vergara Strives to Cultivate Enriching Mentorship Opportunities for Students

Monday, September 12, 2022, By John Boccacino

Not having access to a formal peer mentoring program didn’t hold back Syracuse native Breana Nieves Vergara as she made her way through Ithaca College as a sociology major. Her academic program was small enough that Nieves Vergara never struggled…

Campus & Community

Abby Kasowitz-Scheer Appointed Head of Learning and Academic Engagement at Syracuse University Libraries

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Abby Kasowitz-Scheer was recently appointed head of Syracuse University Libraries’ department of Learning and Academic Engagement. She has been with the Libraries for 21 years, serving as head of Instructional Services and then Learning Commons librarian (later called Reference and…

Campus & Community

School of Architecture Announces Fall 2022 Visiting Critics

Monday, September 12, 2022, 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. Two studios will be held on campus this fall. Ju Bin (Horizontal Design) Ju Bin, along…

Campus & Community

University Hosts Academic Strategic Plan Launch Forum

Monday, September 12, 2022, By News Staff

 Provost Gretchen Ritter hosted the forum on Sept. 8 in the National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building to provide an overview on the academic strategic planning process, timeline, goals and ways all can be…

STEM

Syracuse University Joins Consortium in NSF I-Corps Hub’s $15M STEM Innovation Program

Thursday, September 8, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University has joined nine other colleges in the newly awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps): Interior Northeast Region Hub (IN I-Corps), a $15 million, five-year investment by the NSF that is designed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Invited to Celebrate 50 Years of Bird Library

Thursday, September 8, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Bird Library opened its doors to the Syracuse University community for the first time in September of 1972. As the University and Syracuse University Libraries marks Bird Library’s 50th anniversary, the campus community is invited to commemorate this occasion during a…

STEM

A&S Physicists Part of NSF PAARE Grant to Diversify Astrophysics

Wednesday, September 7, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Through a National Science Foundation Partnerships in Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE) grant of more than $1 million, Syracuse University will help create a new research and education program intended to diversify the field of gravitational-wave astrophysics, specifically…

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Important Update Regarding Vending Machine COVID Tests

Thursday, September 1, 2022, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Ahead of the start of the fall semester, the University procured more than 80,000 COVID tests to ensure reliable access to self-testing resources for students, faculty and staff. Unfortunately, late yesterday we learned that a…

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Get to Know New Women’s Volleyball Coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam on the ‘’Cuse Conversations’ Podcast

Tuesday, August 30, 2022, By John Boccacino

The Syracuse University women’s volleyball team made its 2022 debut over the weekend at the Charlotte Invitational in Charlotte, North Carolina, and for the first time in more than a decade, the Orange have a new head coach: Bakeer Ganesharatnam,…