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VPA Communications Design Students Win in Graphic Design USA, Creative Quarterly Competitions
Communications design (CMD) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design were named winners in two major design competitions. In Graphic Design USA’s (GDUSA) 2020 American Graphic Design Awards, 12 members of CMD’s Class of 2020…
Wellness Initiative Offers Up Heart-Healthy Programs to Faculty and Staff in Celebration of American Heart Month
American Heart Month, celebrated each February, is dedicated to motivating as many Americans as possible to adopt healthier lifestyles that can help prevent heart disease. As one of the hardest working muscles in your body, it’s crucial to include heart…
Bringing Earlier Era of Activism to Digital Life
Bringing seven decades of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life is the mission of the Colored Conventions Project (CCP). Co-founded by faculty director P. Gabrielle Foreman, the CCP is a scholarly and community research project focused on digitally preserving Black political activism…
New Paper Questions the Safety and Reward of Investing in Business Development Companies
A new paper by Syracuse University Professor Joseph Warburton offers compelling new evidence of the risk of business development companies (BDCs). Warburton, who holds dual appointments as professor of law in the College of Law and professor of finance in…
Syracuse Stage Presents ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’
Syracuse Stage continues the 2020/2021 online on-demand season with the stunning documentary drama “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Anna Deavere Smith. “Twilight” will be available as video on demand Feb. 3-14 at syracusestage.org. Smith…
The State of the Immigration Courts
Immigrant rights activists energized by a new Democratic administration and majorities on Capitol Hill are gearing up for a fresh political battle. A coalition of national advocacy groups announced a new campaign to help push through President Biden’s plan to open…
Athlete, Activist Maya Moore Joins the Martin Luther King Jr. Virtual Event Series Jan. 27
The Syracuse University Department of Athletics and Hendricks Chapel will present a virtual conversation with athlete and activist Maya Moore on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. ET on Zoom. Registration is free and open to all at mlk.syr.edu. A…
‘Democracy on Trial: Can We Save It?’
James Roger Sharp, professor emeritus of history in the Maxwell School, wrote an op-ed for Syracuse.com titled “Democracy on trial: Can we save it?” Sharp is an expert in American political history, having researched and written extensively about the history…
Hehnly Lab Awarded $1.2M NIH Grant to Research Critical Tissue Formation
A key process during the development of an embryo is tissue morphogenesis, where the number of cells in an organism increase through cell division and tissues begins to take shape. Heidi Hehnly, assistant professor of biology, has been awarded a…
A&S Researchers Awarded $2.1M Grant to Study Causes of Congenital Heart Defects
Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1 percent of births in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Doctors have been unable to lower that number…