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Schools Should Prioritize Desegregation, Consistent Policy and Better Social Services 

Saturday, April 9, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

Despite some improvements over the last decade, recent Census data shows that high percentages of American children are still living in communities with high concentrations of poverty. What sort of impact do these economic conditions have on the classroom? And…

Campus & Community

A&S Professor to Serve as President of Rhetoric Society of America

Wednesday, March 9, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Gwendolyn Pough, dean’s professor of the humanities and professor of women’s and gender studies in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), will serve a six-year term as president-elect, president, and past-president, of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA), beginning in July…

Campus & Community

Professor Pramod K. Varshney Honored With 2021 IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Pioneer Award

Wednesday, March 9, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

Pramod K. Varshney, distinguished professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, will be honored with the 2021 IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) Pioneer Award. Given annually since 1949, the award is one of the most notable awards in…

Campus & Community

School of Social Work’s Donation Drive to Fight Hunger in Syracuse

Tuesday, March 8, 2022, By Matt Michael

March is National Social Work Month, and this year’s theme is “The Time Is Right for Social Work.” For the Falk College’s School of Social Work, the time is right to help support the fight against hunger in the Syracuse…

Campus & Community

‘It’s Necessary to Remember’: Andy Guzmán ’22 on the Transformative Power of the Atrocity Studies Minor

Friday, March 4, 2022, By Martin Walls

Directed by Julia M. White, associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Leadership, the School of Education’s atrocity studies and the practices of social justice minor is an interdisciplinary program that examines violations of humanitarian law and other human…

Campus & Community

Atrocity Studies Annual Lecture to Address Climate Change and International Security

Monday, February 28, 2022, By Martin Walls

During the 2022 Atrocity Studies Annual Lecture—presented by the School of Education—a panel of experts in environmental politics, law and security, and environmental peacebuilding will address climate change as a risk factor for mass atrocities, the national and international responses…

The Guardian

“Truth Social: will Trump’s ‘free speech haven’ overcome its rocky start?”

Sunday, February 27, 2022, By Lily Datz

JM Grygiel, associate professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in The Guardian story “Truth Social: will Trump’s ‘free speech haven’ overcome its rocky start?” Grygiel, an expert on social media and emerging platforms, explained that the technical…

Campus & Community

Marcelle Haddix Appointed Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives

Friday, February 11, 2022, By News Staff

Vice Chancellor and Provost Gretchen Ritter announced today the appointment of Marcelle Haddix, Distinguished Dean’s Professor of Literacy, Race and Justice in reading and language arts, to the position of associate provost for strategic initiatives. The Executive Committee of the…

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The Lender Center for Social Justice Seeks Applications for Next Faculty Fellow

Thursday, February 10, 2022, By Maria Damiano

The Lender Center for Social Justice is seeking applications for its 2022-2024 faculty fellow. The deadline for the next round of applications has been extended to Friday, Apr. 1, at 5 p.m. The Lender Faculty Fellowship will support a two-year research…

Media, Law & Policy

Syrian Accountability Project Releases ‘2022 Winter Olympics and Genocide’ White Paper

Monday, February 7, 2022, By Robert Conrad

The Syrian Accountability Project (SAP) has released the white paper, “The 2022 Winter Olympics and Genocide: A History of Enabling Atrocities and the Path Forward.” The paper recognizes the genocide occurring in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region against the Uyghur…