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Newhouse School Announces Winners in 2021 Mirror Awards Competition
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications announced earlier this month the winners in the 2021 Mirror Awards competition for excellence in media industry reporting. Chosen from by a group of journalists and journalism educators, the winners are: Best Profile…
Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry and Former Faculty Member, Dies at 85
Nobel Laureate Ei-ichi Negishi, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences from 1972-79, died June 6 at age 85. A graduate of the University of Tokyo and the University of Pennsylvania, Negishi…
Disability External Review Concludes with Phase Two Recommendations
Syracuse University’s Disability External Review Committee has submitted its final report to Chancellor Kent Syverud, who has indicated his support for the implementation of the committee’s Phase Two recommendations beginning immediately. Due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Sharp Drop in Asylum Seekers Allowed Into Country Under MPP, TRAC’s Data Show
A new report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a research center at Syracuse University, shows that the number of immigrants whose cases transferred out of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) dropped sharply in May. 4,476 MPP cases had been…
Study Reveals COVID-19 Risk Factors for Those With IDD
A study of nearly 550 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities receiving residential services in New York City found that age, larger residential settings, Down syndrome and chronic kidney disease were the most common risk factors for COVID-19 diagnosis, and…
SyracuseServes Partnering with City of Syracuse, Local Community to Support Syracuse Veterans and Military Families
On Wednesday June 23, AmericaServes, a national initiative of Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), will launch in Syracuse. Working collaboratively with the City of Syracuse, the network will connect veterans and their families to local community…
A Gift to Inspire Innovation by Bringing Opportunity to Diverse Talent
It was the mid-1960s and Nicholas “Nick” Donofrio G’71, H’11 described it as a “great time” for electrical engineers. They were in huge demand and the young graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute took a job at IBM in Poughkeepsie, New…
iSchool Professor Receives Highest Honor in Field of Information Science and Technology
Steve Sawyer, professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and core faculty member in the Renée Crown Honors Program, has been recognized with the 2021 Award of Merit by the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), the highest…
NYSERDA Energy to Lead Grant to Support Net-Zero Energy Living Lab on South Campus
A team led by Nina Sharifi, assistant professor of architectural technology in the School of Architecture, is undertaking a $1.59 million retrofit demonstration project and “living lab” for ongoing research using a South Campus dormitory at Winding Ridge. The pilot…
Syracuse Program Preparing Students for Cybersecurity Fight Against Criminal Hackers
The federal government is taking on cybersecurity threats and ransomware attacks like never before. Now widely viewed as a national security threat, President Biden recently launched an initiative to address the dangers of ransomware by working with global partners to…