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STEM

Engineering and Computer Science 2021 Research Day Award Winners Announced

Tuesday, March 23, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

On March 12, the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) held its annual Research Day. During the event, industry representatives, faculty and students from a wide range of disciplines learn about novel approaches to solving challenging research problems. Through…

Arts & Culture

Information-Encoded Quilt Created by iSchool Professor Wins Juried Competition

Friday, March 19, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Rachel Ivy Clarke teaches library and information sciences in the School of Information Studies. She describes her research as focused on rethinking librarianship as a design profession. Her deep interest in design thinking has led to a major collaborative research…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Disinformation Goes to Hollywood: Four Lessons From Journalism’

Friday, March 19, 2021, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, wrote an op-ed for First Draft titled “Disinformation goes Hollywood: four lessons from journalism.” Phillips co-authored the article with Claire Wardle, an expert…

Campus & Community

Young Research Fellows Program Seeking Applications from Undergraduates

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, By News Staff

The Young Research Fellows (YRF) program is currently seeking applications for its 2021-23 cohort. Young Research Fellows, guided by a faculty mentor, engage in two years of group mentoring in early research and creative inquiry development and have access to…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Biden Ends Policy Forcing Asylum-Seekers to ‘Remain in Mexico’–But for 41,247 Migrants, It’s Too Late

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Lily Datz

Austin Kocher, research associate professor with the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), wrote an op-ed for The Conversation titled “Biden ends policy forcing asylum-seekers to ‘remain in Mexico’ – but for 41,247 migrants, it’s too late.” TRAC uses Freedom of Information…

STEM

Giving Back to Honor a Great Mentor

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Peter Robison G’78 (Ph.D.) remembers joining professor emeritus of biology Richard Levy’s lab in 1974 during a particularly tumultuous time in our nation’s history. Richard Nixon had resigned from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal and students were feeling…

Campus & Community

New Red-Tailed Hawk Nest Cam Adds to Views of Soaring Raptors

Thursday, March 11, 2021, By Noah Lowy

A new nest camera following SU-Sue and Otto, the red-tailed hawks who’ve called Syracuse University home since 2012, is now live. The camera, donated by Anne Marie Patti Higgins ’76, G’90, is the newest of four cameras around campus that…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Stage Presents ‘Annapurna’ March 17 Through April 4

Monday, March 8, 2021, By Joanna Penalva

“Annapurna” is the name of a massif in the Himalaya mountain range, the Hindu goddess of nourishment and the next play in the reimagined and fully digital Syracuse Stage 2020-21 season. Written by Sharr White and directed by Syracuse Stage…

Associated Press

“‘WandaVision,’ a sitcom sendup, was a pandemic parable, too”

Friday, March 5, 2021, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of television, radio and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Associated Press story “‘WandaVision,’ a sitcom sendup, was a pandemic parable, too.”…

Media Tip Sheets

Amazon Union Efforts Part of Bigger Conversation of Racial, Economic Reckoning Facing US

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

Nearly 6,000 workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, AL are voting this month on whether they want to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. It could be the first Amazon warehouse union in the country. Lynne…