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Campus & Community

DEIA Strategic Planning Process Next Steps

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Thank you to all those who have engaged with the latest diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility campus initiatives, updates and developments. I write today to announce new opportunities for engaging with the planning process and…

STEM

Using Syracuse Lava to Understand Metal Worlds

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

In August 2022, NASA will embark on a space mission to 16 Psyche, a 140-mile diameter giant metal asteroid situated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. NASA says it will be the first mission to investigate a planetary…

STEM

Sophomore Ellen Jorgensen Named a 2021 NOAA-Hollings Scholar

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In high school, Ellen Jorgensen was highly involved in the Green Club in her school and led initiatives that focused on waste reduction. She also developed education initiatives for her peers to give them a sense of responsibility regarding the…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Has Marijuana Changed or Have We?’

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By Lily Datz

Dessa Bergen-Cico, professor of public health in the Falk College, authored an op-ed for Syracuse.com titled “Has marijuana changed or have we?” Bergen-Cico is the coordinator of Falk’s addiction studies program and has expertise in addiction, drug use and mental…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Mourns Loss of Professor J. François Gabriel

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Former Syracuse University architecture Professor J. François Gabriel died March 26 at age 91. A native of France, Gabriel earned diplomas at the Collège des Arts Appliques in 1948 and École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1965, where he developed…

Arts & Culture

Curating the Bigger Picture: Evan Starling-Davis Approaches Literacy from Multiple Entry Points

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Evan Starling-Davis is a narrative artist, curator and producer. More precisely, he names himself a digital-age “griot”—a term used for traveling poets, musicians and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history derived from the African diaspora’s culture and history….

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Diploma Symbolizes Decades of Sacrifice and Determination

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Eileen Jevis

Katherine O’Neil Veley graduated from Syracuse University in 2020 with a degree in creative leadership from University College (UC). Like the thousands of other students in the Class of 2020, Veley waited with excitement and anticipation for the day she…

Campus & Community

Are You Ready to Get Vaccinated? Pre-Register Today!

Monday, April 5, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: Later this week, Syracuse University expects to receive and administer COVID-19 vaccines on campus. For that reason, we are asking ALL students who plan to be vaccinated to pre-register by completing the online form. Once the…

STEM

Talking Trash With Laura Markley, Waste and Plastics Researcher in the College of Engineering and Computer Science

Sunday, April 4, 2021, By Jen Plummer

 Laura Markley is a scientist and a communicator who has been weaving these two skillsets together throughout her academic career. Currently a Ph.D. candidate in civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), Markley…

STEM

Solar Industry Shines Bright In Future US Energy, Infrastructure Plans

Saturday, April 3, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

Eric Schiff is a physics professor at Syracuse University and interim executive director of SyracuseCoE. His research interests include solar cell device physics. As the topic of infrastructure continues to be a federal focal point, Professor Schiff answers four questions…