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Campus & Community

Navigating COVID

Friday, August 20, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: This weekend, many of our students will begin arriving on campus for the start of a new semester. Even before move-in begins, our community has already achieved a significant milestone. In April, I asked…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Students With Disabilities Could Sue Their Schools to Require Masks’

Friday, August 20, 2021, By News Staff

Doron Dorfman, associate professor in the College of Law, co-wrote commentary for The Washington Post titled “Students with disabilities could sue their schools to require masks.” Professor Dorfman studies the intersections of health, law and social science to understand perceptions…

Campus & Community

Interim Leadership Team Named to Advance University’s DEIA Priorities, Strategic Plan

Thursday, August 19, 2021, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of an interim leadership team to advance the University’s diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility priorities and strategic planning efforts. Led by Diane Lyden Murphy ’67, G’76, G’78, G’83, dean of the David B….

Media, Law & Policy

‘Britney Spears’ Case Has Shown Why Guardianship Laws Need to Change’

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, By News Staff

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, authored an op-ed for The Guardian titled “Britney Spears’ case has shown why guardianship laws need to change.” Kohn…

STEM

Department of Defense, Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering Partner to Develop Innovative Solutions for National Security

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, By News Staff

The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) announced a new partnership with the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), a Department of Defense program office that connects academia and startups to solve national security problems. NSIN has appointed Roger Misso…

Arts & Culture

Why Rhetoric Matters in Academia and Beyond

Saturday, August 14, 2021, By Eileen Korey

It is not uncommon to hear the dismissive phrase, “Oh, that’s just rhetoric!” Its use—usually lobbed as an insult—suggests that rhetoric is simply a collection of empty phrases. But the importance of rhetoric and rhetorical studies—especially at Syracuse University and…

STEM

iSchool Launches Online Information Management and Technology Undergraduate Program

Saturday, August 14, 2021, By News Staff

Beginning in fall 2021, students will have the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree in information management and technology online through the School of Information Studies (iSchool). The new online program allows students seeking a part-time degree to have access…

Campus & Community

Libraries Creates Department of Digital Stewardship

Saturday, August 14, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries recently created the Department of Digital Stewardship as the next step in the ongoing development of its Digital Library Program. The new department will enhance organizationwide focus on a variety of specialized, digital activities and the necessary…

Arts & Culture

Jabberwocky Murals Installed in Bird Library

Saturday, August 14, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Visitors to the lower level of Bird Library can get a sense of what it might have been like to step into the former campus music venue Jabberwocky, which operated in the Kimmel basement from 1969-85. Original murals from Jabberwocky…

Courier & Press

Drug Contamination Leading To Spike In Overdoses

Saturday, August 14, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, was quoted in the Evansville Courier & Press story  “’On a pace to set a record’: Overdose deaths in Vanderburgh on the rise for 2nd…