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STEM

Celebrating Earth Day and Earth Month in April

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Melissa Cadwell

Around the world, April is a month of celebrating and increasing awareness about climate change and the environment. The Sustainably Management team’s goal this year is to inspire the campus community to learn how they can participate in helping protect…

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…

Campus & Community

Audio Arts Student Searches for Second Chances

Thursday, April 1, 2021, By Amy Sloane-Garris

Allie Westbrook, an audio arts student, talks about her transition from undergraduate to graduate studies amid a year unlike any other. She graduated with a B.M. in sound recording technology in May 2020 and was a Remembrance Scholar. Like many…

The Washington Post

“For every extra dollar invested in the IRS, the government could be getting $6 back.”

Thursday, March 25, 2021, By Lily Datz

Research from the Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) was cited in The Washington Post story “For every extra dollar invested in the IRS, the government could be getting $6 back.” The op-ed piece, written by Catherine Rampell, cites TRAC research…

Campus & Community

Highlight the Heroes Part 3: Staff Members Display Ingenuity, Determination, Teamwork in Face of COVID-19 Pandemic

Thursday, March 25, 2021, By Jen Plummer

As the novel coronavirus took hold in the United States and locally over a year ago, many members of the campus community had to reimagine countless processes, solve new and challenging problems, work together in ways previously unheard of and…

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…

Arts & Culture

Creative Writing Department Instructor Jules Gibbs Publishes New Book of Poetry

Friday, March 19, 2021, By News Staff

Poet Jules Gibbs’ new poetry collection, “Snakes & Babies,” was recently published by Syracuse University Press and The Sheep Meadow Press. Gibbs teaches in the Department of English and is a longtime board member of Punto de Contacto Gallery, where…

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…

Arts & Culture

Community Folk Art Center: A Welcoming Place for All to Discover Art, Culture and Community

Thursday, February 25, 2021, By Kathleen Haley

The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) has been a vital part of the University and city for nearly 50 years—a hub of art, cultural understanding and community. “CFAC is a bridge between the Syracuse University community and the local community,…

Veterans

Jill Biden Asks Student Veterans to Take Active Roles in Their Communities at 2021 Student Veterans of America National Conference

Thursday, February 25, 2021, By Brandon Dyer

A key opportunity for the student experience, Syracuse University student veterans attended the 13th annual Student Veterans of America (SVA) National Conference (NATCON) virtually on Feb. 19 and 20. The two-day event featured a keynote address by the first lady…