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Mackenzie Mertikas (’20) featured in Wall Street Journal’s “Noted: Class of 2020”
Mackenzie Mertikas (‘20), the outgoing Student Association president, was included in the Wall Street Journal’s wrap-up of student graduation speeches in “Noted: Class of 2020”. Her virtual graduation speech, recorded on the Shaw Quad on campus, was featured alongside a…
Extended Summer Health and Wellness Services
As Syracuse University continues to monitor, assess and respond to developments associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Barnes Center at The Arch has extended summer services and programs to increase student-centered health and wellness support. Even when off campus,…
Q&A with 2020 Udall Scholar Anna Feldman
Anna Feldman, a rising senior in environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, was recently named a 2020 Udall Scholar. The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college…
Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF Team Earns Honorable Mention in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge
A team of students from Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) has placed among the top in this year’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge, a collegiate competition that inspires student teams…
Important Update about Retrieval of Students’ Belongings from Syracuse University
Dear Parents and Families: I recognize many of you, and your students, are anxious to return to campus to retrieve belongings from residence halls. And although phase one of the reopening of New York state is now underway, at this…
‘China and US Must Cooperate to Lead World Out of Coronavirus Danger’
James B. Steinberg is a University Professor of social science, international affairs and law, and former dean of the Maxwell School. He is also a former U.S. deputy secretary of state. “The international response to the COVID pandemic is a…
‘Why the Coronavirus Appears Tied to Fewer Heart Attacks’
Brooks B. Gump is the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College. Kevin Heffernan is the Dean’s Associate Professor in the School of Education and director of Syracuse University’s Human Performance Lab. In an opinion piece…
New Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program Launching through Gift from Intelligence++ Foundation
An innovative, interdisciplinary program focused on inclusive entrepreneurship and design is being offered for the 2020-21 academic year in a partnership of the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars (LaunchPad) at Syracuse University Libraries, the Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education…
‘The Pandemic Exposed A Painful Truth: America Doesn’t Care About Old People’
Nina Kohn is the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law in the College of Law. “Across America—and beyond—we are losing our elders not only because they are especially susceptible [to COVID-19]. They’re also dying because of a more entrenched…
‘The Postal Service is Essential to National Security’
Osamah F. Khalil is an associate professor of history in the Maxwell School. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of medical and food supply chains as well as the importance of often overlooked and underpaid service workers, Khalil says…