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Coronavirus Update: Staff Accommodations
Dear Syracuse University Faculty and Staff: Over the last several days, a team of administrators, staff and faculty experts has been working diligently to manage the University’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global health emergency. In addition to actions taken…
Guidance on Academic Accommodations
Dear Faculty Colleagues, Department Chairs and Academic Deans: As a follow-up to my message this past weekend, I am reaching out to you directly to provide recommendations on how to support protesting students to achieve their learning objectives. In consultation…
Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ Reality Dating Show: A Twist On Modern Romance
Bob Thompson, Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Pop Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the NBC News article “Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ brings the reality dating show into 2020.” In the story,…
Syracuse University and UC Berkeley Researchers Team Up to Develop 3D Human Heart Model Showing How Cardiac Cells Fail to Adapt to a Pathological Mechanical Environment
To better understand heart diseases, doctors and scientists are constantly trying to understand how cardiac tissue in the human heart is affected by its changing environment. Specifically, researchers have wanted to better understand how cardiac cells adjust themselves depending on…
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Student Xinyi Zhou Selected as First Recipient of the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship
Computer and information science Ph.D. candidate Xinyi Zhou was selected as the first recipient of the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship. Zhou’s research covers machine learning, data (text and graph) mining, social media mining and social computing…
‘Black Subjects in Modern Media Photography’ Examines Complexity and Paradoxes of Black Visual Modernity
“Black Subjects in Modern Media Photography: Works from the George R. Rinhart Collection” is on display through March 13 at the Syracuse University Art Galleries in the Shaffer Art Building. The exhibition of 145 photographic images includes work by news…
Chancellor Syverud Urges Seizing the Moment to Become ‘A World-Class Model’ in Annual Winter Message to the Community
In his 2020 Winter Message, Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke of Syracuse University being true to its values and seizing the moment to become a better institution and a model for the world. In his address, Chancellor Syverud discussed four key…
ECS Faculty Awarded $1.4 Million from Energy Department to Advance Building Energy Modeling
Two faculty members in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) will extend their collaborations to develop an innovative system that improves energy modeling of existing buildings using “aerial intelligence” acquired by drones. Senem Velipasalar, associate professor of electrical…
New Seating in Hendricks Chapel Will Accommodate Growth and Enhance Accessibility
Recent renovations to Hendricks Chapel continue to make history. In February, People’s Place Café celebrated a grand reopening with a renewed interior and updated menu. In May, central air conditioning was turned on in the main chapel for the first…
‘Out of Sight Into Mind’ Explores Magical Spirit of Dinosaurs in Modern Culture
Chris Wildrick has long been captivated by dinosaurs. As an artist, he is especially interested in and studies the aesthetics and interpretations of dinosaurs. He even once contemplated a career switch into the paleontology field. Over the past several years,…