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Campus & Community

Stretch and Breathe Begins, Various Days and Locations

Tuesday, June 5, 2018, By News Staff

Faculty and staff are invited to join us for Stretch and Breathe again this summer. It’s a 20-minute class designed to help you unplug and clear your mind. You will relax your mind, body and soul. It will be the…

Media, Law & Policy

SCOTUS Cake Case Straddled Two First Amendment Clauses – Decision Focused on One

Monday, June 4, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

In a 7-2 decision today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple on grounds that it went against his religion. Associate professor Roy Gutterman is director of…

Business & Economy

Latest Sears’ Announcement is Really About Private Brand Portfolio

Thursday, May 31, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Sears announced today that it plans to close 72 non-profitable stores as “part of ongoing efforts to streamline the company’s operations.” The list of exact stores that will be impacted will be announced later on today. Ray Wimer is an…

Media, Law & Policy

No Light Matter – Killing ‘Roseanne’ Show Was Inevitable

Wednesday, May 30, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

On May 29, ABC announced it was canceling its rebooted “Roseanne” sitcom after Roseanne Barr made racist statements on Twitter. Eunkyu Lee is a professor of marketing at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management. From a marketing and branding standpoint, he…

STEM

Stripling Elected to Board of Freedom to Read Foundation

Tuesday, May 29, 2018, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor of Practice and Senior Associate Dean Barbara Stripling has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF). She will begin her term in June after the organization’s…

Campus & Community

David M. Van Slyke Reappointed Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Tuesday, May 22, 2018, By News Staff

Today’s announcement follows a comprehensive decanal review that took into account the feedback of Maxwell faculty and staff, the Maxwell Advisory Board and the Maxwell Faculty Council. Van Slyke’s appointment was approved by the Board of Trustees’ Executive Committee.

Veterans

Navigating Benefits and Services Remains a Top Challenge for Veterans, Families

Monday, May 21, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

This month House lawmakers approved a $52 billion legislative package that would revamp the way the Department of Veterans Affairs pays and provides health care for veterans. Nick Armstrong is the senior director for research and evaluation at Syracuse University’s…

Campus & Community

Excellence Personified

Monday, May 21, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) celebrated the accomplishments of its 2017-18 fellows. The cohort consisted of semesterlong Faculty Fellows as well as yearlong Dissertation Fellows and Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellows. Vivian May, director of the…

Health & Society

Facing Another Potential Ebola Epidemic, Use of ‘Experimental’ Vaccine Doesn’t Cut It

Monday, May 21, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an immunization campaign to fight Ebola, where numerous cases of the disease have been confirmed. According to reports, the experimental vaccine is not yet licensed but was effective in treatments…

Veterans

To Help Military Spouses Get Jobs, Do More Than Extend Service Tours

Friday, May 18, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

May has been a month to highlight the sacrifice, struggles and service of military spouses. On May 9, President Trump signed an executive order to make it easier for military spouses to secure employment. Friday, May 11 was officially observed…