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Health & Society

Free ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con Accessible Technologies Webinar Available Thursday

Tuesday, July 16, 2019, By News Staff

The Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (BBI), is co-hosting the free Accessible Technology Webinar Series. The next webinar, “(Dis)abling Comics, ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con, and Accessible Technologies,” is Thursday, July 18, from 2…

CNN Health

Summer Camps Requiring Vaccinations for Children

Sunday, July 14, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Brittany Kmush, assistant professor in Falk College, was quoted in the CNN article “Summer camps are requiring children get vaccinated amid measles fears.” In the article, Kmush explains that “if one child comes to a camp with the measles virus…

Democrat & Chronicle

The Impact of New Farm Worker Rights on New Yorkers

Friday, July 12, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Rick Welsh, Falk Family Endowed Professor in Falk College, was quoted in the Democrat and Chronicle article “Five ways a new bill of rights for farm workers will impact New Yorkers.” In the article, Welsh called the recently passed legislation…

Wisconsin Public Radio

Why Are America’s Small-Town Radio Stations Folding?

Thursday, July 11, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Dennis Deninger, Professor of Practice in Television, Radio and Film in the Newhouse School and professor of practice in Falk College, was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio for the story “Why are America’s small-town radio stations folding?”  

Youtube’s Harassment Policy Called Into Question

Thursday, July 11, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Carolyn Hedges, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by Al Jazeera for the story “Does YouTube support hate speech?” Hedges spoke with Al Jazeera’s The Stream to discuss if YouTube “is harboring harassment or an online home…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries Awarded Collaborative Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant

Wednesday, July 10, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded an $82,688 grant to Colgate University, Cornell University, Syracuse University and the University of Rochester to plan and pilot a skill-sharing program. The grant is part of the Laura Bush 21st…

STEM

Sarkar Earns International IEEE Award

Monday, July 8, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

Tapan K. Sarkar, an internationally renowned professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded the 2020 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Electromagnetics Field Award. The award—reserved for top…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Sponsors Student-Led Organ and Choral Music Workshop in Accra, Ghana

Monday, July 8, 2019, By Delaney Van Wey

Through support from Hendricks Chapel, students and faculty from Syracuse University, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Brooklyn College will travel to Accra, Ghana, this August to participate in a weeklong workshop on organ and choral music alongside Ghanaian…

Media, Law & Policy

Committee Members Appointed in Search for the Next Dean of the Newhouse School

Wednesday, July 3, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Michele G. Wheatly today announced the members of a search committee for the next dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, following the death of Dean Lorraine Branham on April 2….

STEM

Apollo Anniversary and the Future of Space Exploration

Tuesday, July 2, 2019, By News Staff

The upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is July 20. The moon landing marked the culmination of America’s Cold War human spaceflight program and positioned itself as a global leader in science and technology. Apollo 11, the mission Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin…