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Campus & Community

COVID-19 Update: Winter Break 2021 Updates and Reminders

Thursday, December 16, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: Tomorrow we conclude the Fall 2021 academic semester. Like many of our experiences together throughout the pandemic, this semester challenged us in new and unique ways. Also like before, as an Orange community we…

Campus & Community

Consider Giving of Your Time, Talent and Treasure

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By News Staff

The Faculty, Staff, Emeritus and Retiree Giving Committee has been working to spread an important message: the importance of giving back to Syracuse University. Syracuse has shaped our lives and careers in many ways, just as it does for our…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Discusses Spring Semester 2022 and Progress Toward Strategic Goals

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By News Staff

In his remarks to the University Senate today, Chancellor Kent Syverud discussed spring 2022 planning, academic year goals and leadership searches. The full text of his remarks is below. Good afternoon. Forty-eight hours until the end of the fall semester…

Campus & Community

Upgrade Project at Center for Science and Technology to Temporarily Limit Access to Section of Parking Lot, South Entrance   

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By News Staff

A crane is scheduled to be set up on the east side of the Center for Science and Technology (CST) early next week to assist with the ongoing chilled water upgrade project in the fifth-floor mechanical room. The crane will…

STEM

Earth Sciences Professor Helping Shape Future of Paleoclimate Research

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Tripti Bhattacharya, Thonis Family Professor  of earth and environmental sciences, recently served as one of eight leading climate scholars on a panel to identify potential future paleoclimate research directions that will help advance understanding of current and future change in…

Media Tip Sheets

Were Tornadoes Caused By Climate Warming? Warming Likely Makes Storms More Intense

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

President Biden is visiting the state of Kentucky today, assessing damage from the weekend tornado outbreak that killed more than 80 people across several states. The brunt of the damage was in Kentucky where more than 70 people lost their…

Campus & Community

Retirement Benefits for Employees Hired Beginning in January 2022

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues: I am writing today to address some questions I have received about Syracuse University’s retirement benefits, specifically how future employees will be encouraged to contribute to their retirement accounts. First, and most importantly, the forthcoming retirement changes ONLY…

Campus & Community

Winter Village Brings Magic to Falk College

Tuesday, December 14, 2021, By Kerin Ruddy

Central New York is renowned for snow-covered hills and quaint towns that herald the holiday season. But who would expect to find one of the cutest villages—in miniature—tucked in a nook on the fourth floor of Falk College of Sport…

Morning Consult

The ‘Biden Bump’ Happening Abroad Right Now

Sunday, December 12, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the Morning Consult article “America is Experiencing a Biden Bump Abroad, but It’s What Allies Fear That Matters Most.” Khalil discussed the idea of the ‘Biden bump,’…

Wired

How the US Public Feels About the Developments of Artificial Intelligence

Saturday, December 11, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Baobao Zhang, assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the Wired article “Ex-Googler Timnit Gebru Starts Her Own AI Research Center.” Professor Zhang conducted a survey to gauge how AI researchers and the US public…