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The New York Times

“Stopping Online Vitriol at the Roots.” 

Monday, November 2, 2020, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was featured in The New York Times story “Stopping Online Vitriol at the Roots.” Phillips, an expert on disinformation and political communications, says…

STEM

Syracuse University Researchers Collaborate with Harvard, Georgia Tech, Resources for the Future to Give Environmental Policies Context

Friday, October 30, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

The electrical sector comprises companies that generate, transmit and distribute electric power. Every industry, business and member of the public is a customer and, therefore, a stakeholder. The electrical sector also encompasses public regulatory agencies. All combined, the sector accounts…

Health & Society

Writing Our Lives Nurtures Young Writers Online

Friday, October 30, 2020, By Jennifer Russo

In October 2019, the Writing Our Lives program marked its 10-year anniversary in the Syracuse community. From its early days in the community rooms of libraries with handfuls of students, to recent years’ programming including conferences with hundreds of participants…

USA Today

“Trump’s EPA rewrote the rules on air, water energy. Now voters face a choice on climate change issues.”

Thursday, October 29, 2020, By Lily Datz

Charles Driscoll, University Professor of environmental systems in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was quoted in the USA Today story “Trump’s EPA rewrote the rules on air, water energy. Now voters face a choice on climate change issues.”…

Business & Economy

Applications Open for LaunchPad 2020 Impact Prize

Wednesday, October 28, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad) is accepting online applications now through Nov. 1 for the Impact Prize, a competition for social entrepreneurship.  The Impact Prize is open to Syracuse University and State University of New York…

Campus & Community

Esports Offers Both Recreational and Educational Opportunities for Students

Friday, October 23, 2020, By Noah Lowy

Earlier this year, at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, New York, Alpha North Esports and Entertainment hosted the “Battle of the Colleges” esports tournament. Syracuse University’s Rocket League team competed in the tournament and had reached the third-place match….

CNY Central

“UV lights helping stop the spread of coronavirus”

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By Lily Datz

Eric Schiff, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and interim director of the Center of Excellence, was interviewed by CNY Central for the story “UV lights helping stop the spread of coronavirus.” Schiff studies solar cell…

Campus & Community

STOP Bias Gains Traction, Helps Individuals ‘Be the Change’

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By Eileen Korey

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,…

Media, Law & Policy

‘When It Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location’

Monday, October 19, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, wrote an op-ed for The Hill: “When it comes to healthy aging: location, location, location.” Professor Kohn, an expert…

STEM

NSF Equipment Grants to Fund Acquisition of Two Chromatography-Mass Spectrometers

Sunday, October 18, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

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…