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Campus & Community

COVID-19 Update: Important Information on Returning to Work on Jan. 4

Thursday, December 31, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff: As 2020 comes to a close and with Orange Appreciation Days almost complete, many of you are beginning to think about your return to work on Jan. 4. At the same time, the prevalence of COVID-19…

Campus & Community

Message from Dean of Students Marianne Thomson

Wednesday, December 23, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: It is with great sadness I write today to share news of the passing of a member of our Syracuse University community. Yesterday, Laura Rodriguez, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, died…

Campus & Community

Spring Semester New York City Program Update

Monday, December 21, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students: I am writing today to provide you with an update on Syracuse University’s programs in New York City (NYC) for spring 2021. As Chancellor Kent Syverud noted in his message to the community, pandemic conditions are evolving. This…

MSNBC

“Military families in need of food assistance amid pandemic.”

Sunday, December 20, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nicholas Armstrong, senior director for research and analytics in the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), was interviewed by MSNBC for the story “Military families in need of food assistance amid pandemic.” Armstrong, who is also an adjunct faculty…

Campus & Community

VPA Remembers Professor Emeritus William ‘Will’ O. Headlee

Friday, December 18, 2020, By Erica Blust

William “Will” O. Headlee, professor emeritus of organ in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music and Syracuse University organist emeritus, passed away on Nov. 9, in Syracuse. He…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Nasty, Brutish and Short’

Thursday, December 17, 2020, By Lily Datz

David Driesen, University Professor in the College of Law, authored an opinion piece for The Hill titled “Nasty, Brutish and Short.” Driesen is an expert on environmental law and economics. In the piece Driesen explains that before government use of…

STEM

Highly Competitive National Science Foundation Grants Bolster Research and Student Experiences

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program is one of the largest annual funding programs in the country. The highly competitive grant provides 70% of the budget for new experimental equipment. Universities share 30% of the cost and…

Arts & Culture

A Vital Space: CNY Humanities Corridor Offers Unique Resource to Writers

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

While writing a book is, to a great degree, a solitary venture, collaboration can be a key element in the process of taking a work from rough draft to print. It often takes many sets of eyes to provide the…

Media, Law & Policy

‘After 4 Damaging Years, Biden Must Restore Press Freedom’

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, By Lily Datz

Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech in the Newhouse School, wrote an op-ed for Syracuse.com titled “After 4 damaging years, Biden must restore press freedom.” Gutterman, an…

Campus & Community

A Passion for Leadership and Teamwork: Custodial Manager Annette Statum

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, By Jen Plummer

Annette Statum vividly recalls the hot summer day in 1994 when she walked down Ainsley Drive to the Commissary because she’d heard the University was hiring. Busy raising her children at the time, Statum was looking for part-time work. After…