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Campus & Community

Syracuse University Announces 2023 Unsung Heroes for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, By News Staff

The 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee has announced the 2023 Unsung Hero Award winners: Nichole Henry, Candice Ogbu, Thomas J. Wilson, Oceanna Fair, Trinity Brumfield and Camille Ogden. The Unsung Hero Award is given…

Campus & Community

ACC Academic Leaders Network Representatives Selected

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University has selected five faculty members as this year’s Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Leaders Network (ALN) representatives. The leaders network program facilitates networking across member institutions and fosters collaboration among academic leaders. The program is designed to offer…

Campus & Community

Motivated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Visits to Syracuse University, Rev. Phil Turner Hopes to Inspire Agents of Change in Local Community

Friday, January 13, 2023, By John Boccacino

During a life cut short by an assassin’s bullet, the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed Syracuse University students and faculty on two separate occasions, displaying both his trademark oratorical prowess and his innate drive to give every person…

Campus & Community

Important Reminders for Faculty

Thursday, January 12, 2023, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues: I hope you’ve had an enjoyable winter break, with some time spent with loved ones and friends. Thank you all for everything you did to make the fall semester a successful one for our students. The energy on…

Health & Society

Can Kelp Help? Research Examines Dairy Farmer, Dairy Nutritionist Attitudes on Adding Feed Additive to Cut Methane Emissions

Thursday, December 22, 2022, By Diane Stirling

While the majority of climate change research focuses on reducing and capturing carbon dioxide, less attention has been paid to methane emissions, despite the gas having 30 times the warming effect. Over a quarter of the United States’ total methane…

Media Tip Sheets

Labor Expert Reacts to New Warehouse Worker Protection Act

Thursday, December 22, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act which will require major warehouse companies to give its new and current employees clear documentation about productivity work speed quotas and expectations. Gretchen Purser, associate professor of…

Campus & Community

Darle Balfoort and John Olson Receive 2022 Libraries Distinguished Service Award

Wednesday, December 21, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries Assembly selection panel has chosen Darle Balfoort, library technician for access and resource sharing, and John Olson, government and geo-information librarian, as co-recipients of this year’s Distinguished Service Award. Balfoort and Olson contributed both individually and through…

Media, Law & Policy

For Social Work Students, Legislative Policy Day Is an Opportunity ‘Like No Other’  

Monday, December 19, 2022, By Matt Michael

For the 23rd time, the School of Social Work at the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics hosted the James L. Stone Legislative Policy Day Oct. 28 at the Onondaga County Courthouse in downtown Syracuse. And for the 23rd…

STEM

3 Faculty Members Attain Prestigious IEEE Fellow Recognition

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Three faculty members have been recognized as Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for 2023, a high professional honor conferred on less than 0.1% of the organization’s membership annually. Wenliang (Kevin) Du and Vir Phoha, both…

STEM

Qinru Qiu Named a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery

Thursday, December 8, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

Qinru Qiu, professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been named a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest and most prestigious association of computing professionals. Qiu…