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Media, Law & Policy

Kristen Patel ’90 Named Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs at Maxwell

Tuesday, December 8, 2020, By News Staff

Kristen (Kris) Patel ’90, a distinguished alumna of the Maxwell School with more than 25 years of experience leading intelligence and analytics programs in the public and private sectors, is the new Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of…

Health & Society

Skepticism of Masks, Vaccinations Isn’t New: Ph.D. Candidate’s Research on 19th-Century Britain Provides Lessons for Today

Tuesday, December 8, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

Haejoo Kim, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, is currently researching and writing her dissertation “Medical Liberty and Alternative Health Practices in Nineteenth-Century Britain.” She is exploring 19th-century British anti-vaccination periodicals and pamphlets to examine the rhetoric. “When…

Campus & Community

LaunchPad Announces Winners of Campus Hult Prize Competition

Monday, December 7, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries has announced the winners of the Syracuse University campus Hult Prize social impact competition, held virtually on Dec. 4. This year’s winners will be nominated for the global regional $1 million competition…

Campus & Community

COVID-19 Update: December Testing Hours | Mask Reminder | Sharing Thanks

Thursday, December 3, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: I hope you had a healthy and peaceful holiday break and wish you the very best during the final days of this semester. And while the fall academic semester has not yet come to…

Business & Economy

Women in Leadership Initiative Announces Spring 2021 Programming

Tuesday, December 1, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

After kicking off in the fall of 2018, the Women in Leadership (WiL) initiative, created through the vision of Candace Campbell Jackson, senior vice president and chief of staff to Chancellor Kent Syverud, and a steering committee of women leaders,…

Campus & Community

Be Alert: Increased Phishing Email Activity

Tuesday, December 1, 2020, By Eric Ferguson

The Information Security team within Information Technology Services (ITS) has seen an increase in phishing email activity targeting Syracuse University students, faculty and staff in recent weeks. These attacks include password harvesters that provide links directing the recipient to “click…

Campus & Community

Overcoming Barriers and Borders to Bring Students Together

Monday, November 30, 2020, By Eileen Korey

The pandemic has impacted every member of the Orange community—students, faculty and staff—and transformed the way people live, learn and work. Perhaps nowhere have these changes been felt more dramatically than among international students and those who serve them with…

Interfaith Youth Corp

“Post-Election, Campuses Are Building Spaces to Heal.”

Monday, November 23, 2020, By Lily Datz

The Rev. Brian E. Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel, was quoted in the Interfaith Youth Corp story “Post-Election, Campuses Are Building Spaces to Heal.” Konkol has focused mental and spiritual wellbeing on campus after the election, and he believes that…

Campus & Community

COVID-19 Update: New Testing Hours | Response Checklists | Website Transition

Friday, November 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: The vast majority of our students have now departed campus or are in the process of leaving ahead of the Thanksgiving break. Although our campus population will decrease substantially over the next couple months,…

Campus & Community

Giving Thanks for Your COVID-19 Response

Friday, November 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Orange Community: As the fall semester winds down, I am reflecting on the challenges everyone in the University has had to address this year. I am heartened and humbled by the way our community has responded…