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STEM

VPA’s Manfredi Receives Industrial Designers Society of America Young Educator Award

Tuesday, October 6, 2020, By Erica Blust

Louise Manfredi, an assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design, received a 2020 Young Educator Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), one of the oldest…

Campus & Community

SOURCE Recipients Represent Variety of Fields; Deadlines Approaching for Next Round of Funding

Tuesday, October 6, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

Dorbor Tarley’s research focuses on Black women’s reproductive health and how physician control has resulted in implicit and explicit biases that affect patient care. Tarley ’22 has seen the research that shows how Black mothers are more likely to die…

Campus & Community

University Community Mourns Passing of Staff Member and Student Bridget Lawson

Tuesday, October 6, 2020, By Jennifer Russo

The Syracuse University community is mourning the passing of Bridget Lawson, a dedicated staff member, friend, mentor and emerging scholar. For 20 years, Lawson was a fixture in many Syracuse University initiatives, academic opportunity services and organizations that benefitted diverse…

Campus & Community

Lender Center for Social Justice Seeks Applicants for Student Fellows

Monday, October 5, 2020, By Matt Michael

The Lender Center for Social Justice is seeking students from all academic disciplines to apply as a 2020-22 Lender Student Fellow. The Lender Center welcomes students who are passionate about finding solutions to complex problems, and the two-year fellowships will…

Campus & Community

Nikole Hannah-Jones Is the Next Guest of the University Lectures Series

Monday, October 5, 2020, By News Staff

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The New York Times’ acclaimed “The 1619 Project,” will be the next guest of the University Lectures series on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. She will be interviewed by Rawiya Kameir,…

The Conversation

Jennifer Stromer-Galley writes “Trump and Biden ads on Facebook and Instagram focus on rallying the base.”

Monday, October 5, 2020, By Lily Datz

Jennifer Stromer-Galley, professor in the School of Information Studies, authored an opinion piece for The Conversation titled “Trump and Biden ads on Facebook and Instagram focus on rallying the base.” Stromer-Galley studies political campaigns in the digital era and is…

The Atlantic

“The Joke’s On Us.”

Sunday, October 4, 2020, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed for The Atlantic story “The Joke’s On Us.” The article focuses on the ethics of “meme culture” or “internet culture,” a…

Campus & Community

School of Education Announces New Center on Disability and Inclusion

Friday, October 2, 2020, By Karly Grifasi

Bringing together decades of leadership into one collaborative center, the School of Education has announced the new Center on Disability and Inclusion (CDI). Formed to advance inclusive education and disability rights, and promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in…

Vice

“Why Is Amazon Tracking Opioid Use All Over the United States?”

Friday, October 2, 2020, By Lily Datz

Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and the Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the Vice story “Why Is Amazon Tracking Opioid Use All Over the United States?” The company’s human resources team…

Arts & Culture

First-Year Architecture Students Get in ‘Good Trouble’

Thursday, October 1, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

During the first four weeks of the Fall 2020 semester, 108 freshmen architecture students in Assistant Teaching Professor Valeria Rachel Herrera’s representation course (ARC 181) were immersed in a rigorous foundational drawing boot camp designed to help them understand ideas…