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“The end of democracy? To many Americans, the future looks dark if the other side wins.”
Michael Barkun, Professor Emeritus of political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in The Washington Post story “The end of democracy? To many Americans, the future looks dark if the other side wins.” Barkun, who studies political extremism, says…
Off-Campus Monitoring | Halloween This Year | Weekend Activities
Dear Students: We have just over a month to go until residential instruction concludes. To ensure we can remain on campus until that time, it’s on all of us to remain vigilant and committed to good health practices. We cannot…
New Virtual Concert Series Launches This Friday
Through a partnership with Enrollment and the Student Experience, Office of Community Engagement, and CNY Jazz Arts Foundation, the University is pleased to offer students, faculty and staff an exclusive virtual concert series this year. The CNY Jazz concert series…
Krista Tippett, Creator of ‘On Being,’ to Join Special ‘After the Election’ Conversation
Krista Tippett, a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and creator of “On Being,” will speak with the Syracuse University community for a special presentation of “Matters that Matter: A Conversation Series from Hendricks Chapel.” Tippett and Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol will…
University Celebrates International Pronouns Day on Wednesday
Wednesday, Oct. 21, is International Pronouns Day, a global initiative established in 2018 that seeks to make respecting, sharing and educating about personal pronouns a common occurrence. For the third consecutive year, the University’s Pronoun, Gender, Preferred Name Advisory Council…
STOP Bias Gains Traction, Helps Individuals ‘Be the Change’
Recognizing bias, how it manifests itself, how it impacts communities, how to report it and how to stop it is what the STOP Bias initiative is all about. “Whether it’s a single individual or multiple people impacted by one incident,…
Hillel, STOP Bias Partner for Pilot Training on Addressing Anti-Semitism
Working collectively to address concerns raised by Jewish students last spring, Syracuse Hillel and the STOP Bias program have partnered to develop an anti-Semitism education and prevention training that will be piloted this fall with undergraduate students. The training is…
Syracuse University Press and Sound Beat: Access Audio Partner to Produce Audiobooks
Syracuse University Press and Sound Beat: Access Audio, which is produced at Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive at Syracuse University Libraries, have partnered to produce audiobooks. Their first two audiobooks, “Reservoir Year: A Walker’s Book of Days” by Nina Shengold…
NSF Equipment Grants to Fund Acquisition of Two Chromatography-Mass Spectrometers
The familiar saying goes, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” But for scientists, understanding those smaller parts is critical to scientific discovery. A method known as chromatography-mass spectrometry lets researchers analyze and study the composition of…
Melanie Domanico Uses Her Personal Experience and Empathy to Keep Employees Working
Melanie Domanico is an equal opportunity and accommodations specialist with the Office of Disability Access and Inclusion. When faced with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities—like breathing, walking, seeing or hearing—Syracuse University…