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To Establish a Meditation Practice, Find Community and Be Curious
Meditation is not something you get better at or perfect. It’s a lifelong commitment to curiosity and persistence, says JoAnn Cooke, Buddhist chaplain at Hendricks Chapel. Cooke ’81 leads meditation sessions for the campus community during the week, along with…
Ideas to Counter Isolation Fatigue
Got the isolation blues? To ease the fatigue so prevalent during these pandemic times, to get the better of boredom, you might try a change of perspective or a change of pace. Here are some suggestions. First and foremost, step…
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Training and Scholarship in Water and Energy Continue to Thrive Despite COVID-19
Entering its final year of National Science Foundation funding, the EMPOWER (Education Model Program on Water-Energy Research) program at Syracuse University has delivered powerful lessons on interdisciplinary approaches to graduate education. Originally led by Principal Investigator Laura Lautz and more…
The Bio-Art Mixer: Where Art and the Sciences Meet
In bio-art, artists and scientists use living tissues, bacteria and organisms to produce intriguing creations. These works are often intended to inspire conversations and action related to the environment, ecology and the effects of human interaction on nature. At Syracuse…
Professor Pens Book on How Literary Classics Help Create the New Media They ‘Live’ In
The modern-day popularity of 18th-century authors like Jane Austen, William Blake and Walter Scott have resulted in historic literary texts making their way into contemporary media forms like film, panoramic paintings, fanfiction and even 3D photographs. In Romantic Capabilities: Blake, Scott,…
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…
Lots of Activities on the Events Calendar; Be Sure to Check It Out!
Dear Students: We have exactly 40 days until Thanksgiving break. While we’ve made it past the halfway point of the semester, I can’t stress enough how important it is for you to make good choices, stay vigilant and not let…
VPA Announces New Full-Time Faculty
Nine new full-time faculty members joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) this fall. In addition, seven current faculty members received new full-time appointments. Christine Albright-Tufts joins VPA as a tenure-track assistant professor of acting in the Department…
Maxwell Sociologists Examine Grandparenting Children With Disabilities
In their new book, “Grandparenting Children with Disabilities” (Springer Publishing, 2020), professors Madonna Harrington Meyer of the Maxwell School and alumna Ynesse Abdul-Malak ’13 (M.A., sociology), Ph.D. ’17 (sociology) of Colgate University explore the complex dynamics of how U.S. grandparents,…
Labor Day Weekend Reminder: Wear a mask. Keep your distance. Stay safe!
Dear Students: We are about to complete the second week of classes of the Fall 2020 semester, and for that reason we want to thank you for helping us maintain a safe and healthy campus. Many doubted that we would…