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Campus & Community

Melanie Domanico Uses Her Personal Experience and Empathy to Keep Employees Working

Friday, October 16, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

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…

Campus & Community

Public Health Update and Status of In-Person Activities

Thursday, October 15, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: Since early last week, when we first detected an emerging cluster of COVID-19 positive cases among students living off-campus, the Syracuse University Public Health Team and the Onondaga County Health Department have worked aggressively…

Media, Law & Policy

Google Antitrust Investigation Points to Vulnerabilities

Thursday, October 15, 2020, By Daryl Lovell

Does Google’s massive and globally-used search engine shut out and stifle competitors in favor of its own products and services? The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to bring an antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant any day now, in…

Campus & Community

End-of-Semester Checkout Procedures

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: With residential instruction concluding Tuesday, Nov. 24, we are already planning move-out for the semester to ensure a smooth process. When you depart your on-campus housing for Thanksgiving, you will not return to campus again until…

Veterans

Applications Now Open: Military-Connected Student Scholarships

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, By Stephanie Salanger

As the best place for veterans past, present and future, Syracuse University offers many unique opportunities and programs for both veterans and military-connected students. This fall, Syracuse’s Office of Veterans and Military Affairs (OVMA) is accepting applications for multiple military-connected…

Campus & Community

Philanthropic Spirit that Never Loses Sight of the Goal

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, By Eileen Korey

Brett Jefferson ’88 likes to cite the book titled “David and Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell, when reflecting on life’s challenges that confronted him as a boy. The book explores the power of the underdog and the role of adversity in…

Campus & Community

Update on the Status of Our Investigation and Upcoming Town Halls from Loretta E. Lynch

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: I am writing to provide an update on our ongoing independent review of the Department of Public Safety (DPS). Community Review Board Framework and Town Halls As you may know, my team and…

Campus & Community

Oct. 16 Is Shark Day at the LaunchPad

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

On Oct. 16, Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars (LaunchPad) is celebrating”Shark Day.” Beginning at 2 p.m., the LaunchPad will host the annual Family Weekend ‘Cuse Tank competition, where student entrepreneur teams will compete “Shark Tank” style for $10,000…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Coronavirus Isolated Nursing Home Residents. Now It Might Keep Them From Voting.’

Wednesday, October 14, 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 Washington Post titled “Coronavirus isolated nursing home residents. Now it might keep them from…

STEM

Newly Installed Solar Panels on Schine Student Center Roof to Begin Producing Clean Energy

Monday, October 12, 2020, By News Staff

Campus sustainability encompasses a broad range of actions and choices—some of which are subtle, while others are eye-catching. The renovation of the Schine Student Center has meant the addition of another attention-grabbing clean energy element: new solar panels on the…