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CLASS Peer-to-Peer Learning Strategies Project Receives NSF Grant to Extend Training, Research

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Diane Stirling

The Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) has received a National Science Foundation grant of $240,000 to expand a peer-to-peer academic coaching program that acquaints students with effective learning strategies and helps them adopt those tactics in their STEM…

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College of Visual and Performing Arts Welcomes New Full-Time Faculty

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) welcomed six new full-time faculty members in August. Chanee Choi is a visiting assistant professor of computer art and animation in the Department of Film and Media Arts. Choi is a transdisciplinary…

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School of Architecture Announces Fall 2022 Visiting Critics

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Julie Sharkey

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Two studios will be held on campus this fall. Ju Bin (Horizontal Design) Ju Bin, along…

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Action-Based Programs for Diabetes Prevention, Blood Pressure Management Offered to Faculty and Staff

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Jen Plummer

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 38% of all U.S. adults live with prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes, and nearly half (47%) have hypertension, or high blood pressure. While these statistics…

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Fulbright Scholars Return to Syracuse University In-Person After 2 Years

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Hope Alvarez

They never intended to meet. Daniela Orozco Poveda was from Colombia, while Jonato Xavier was from Timor-Leste, a nation located on the island of Timor between Indonesia and Australia. While they were once strangers living oceans apart, the world suddenly…

Media Tip Sheets

Gas-Powered Car Bans Won’t Work Without Infrastructure Investments

Friday, September 9, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

California lawmakers have passed a measure cracking down on the future sales of new gasoline cars. The rules call for the ban of new gas-powered cars by 2035, with target guidelines to phase out the cars in increments. It is…

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Tarryn Mento Named WAER News Director

Thursday, September 8, 2022, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Tarryn Mento, professional in residence at WAER, has been named the station’s news director. The announcement was made by executive director and general manager Chris Bolt. “Tarryn has a professional past that shows commitment to elevating journalism and creativity,” Bolt…

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Min Liu Appointed Abdallah H. Yabroudi Endowed Professor in Sustainable Civil Infrastructure

Thursday, September 8, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

The College of Engineering and Computer Science is proud to introduce Min Liu as the Abdallah H. Yabroudi Endowed Professor in Sustainable Civil Infrastructure at Syracuse University. Liu’s research centers on developing innovative approaches and generating knowledge on how to…

STEM

Syracuse University Joins Consortium in NSF I-Corps Hub’s $15M STEM Innovation Program

Thursday, September 8, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University has joined nine other colleges in the newly awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps): Interior Northeast Region Hub (IN I-Corps), a $15 million, five-year investment by the NSF that is designed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship…

Food Insecurity Has Worsened for the Elderly and Women Living Alone

Wednesday, September 7, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

Today, the USDA released the Household Food Security in the United States in 2021 detailing the level of food insecurity at the national level in 2021 indicating that the level of food insecurity, 10.2%, is unchanged from the level in…