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LA Progressive

Rick Burton writes “White Shadows, Black Truths”

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, By Lily Datz

Rick Burton, David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management in Falk College, wrote an opinion article for the LA Progressive titled “White Shadows, Black Truths.” In the piece Burton, an expert on sports marketing and sports in society, explores…

Campus & Community

Alert: Security Update for Apple Users

Thursday, January 28, 2021, By Eric Ferguson

Apple has released a security update for iOS and IPadOS as a result of vulnerabilities that are being exploited, allowing attackers remote access to devices. To protect your iOS and IPadOS devices against these attacks, it is critical that you…

STEM

Hehnly Lab Awarded $1.2M NIH Grant to Research Critical Tissue Formation

Sunday, January 17, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

A key process during the development of an embryo is tissue morphogenesis, where the number of cells in an organism increase through cell division and tissues begins to take shape. Heidi Hehnly, assistant professor of biology, has been awarded a…

Boston Review

Luvell Anderson writes “Whiteness Is the Greatest Racial Fraud”

Wednesday, January 13, 2021, By Lily Datz

Luvell Anderson, associate professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote commentary in the Boston Review titled “Whiteness Is the Greatest Racial Fraud.” Anderson, who studies the philosophy of race, uses the piece to discuss the concept…

CNY Central

“The “unfriend” button gaining popularity; why a psychologist says it could be dangerous.”

Monday, January 11, 2021, By Lily Datz

Kevin Antshel, professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in the CNY Central story “The “unfriend” button gaining popularity; why a psychologist says it could be dangerous.” Antshel says that while such “all or nothing”…

History News Network

Danielle Smith writes “Images of the Capitol Riot Reflect a National Crisis.”

Sunday, January 10, 2021, By Lily Datz

Danielle Smith, professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and Director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, wrote an op-ed for History News Network titled “Images of the Capitol Riot Reflect a National Crisis.”…

Health & Society

‘2020 Was Broken and Beautiful. 2021 Needs Grace and Grit.’

Wednesday, January 6, 2021, By Lily Datz

The Reverend Brian E. Konkol, Ph.D., dean of Hendricks Chapel, wrote an op-ed for Syracuse.com titled “2020 was broken and beautiful. 2021 needs grace and grit.” The Rev. Konkol leads religious and spiritual life both at the University and across…

Health & Society

Participants Sought for Survey on Information, Preventive Behavior and Disparities in Pandemic Circumstances 

Tuesday, January 5, 2021, By News Staff

A research team in the School of Information Studies, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin and University of Washington, is seeking participants for a survey about information behaviors, risk perceptions and health disparities relating to COVID-19. Participants…

Campus & Community

VPA Remembers Professor Emeritus William ‘Will’ O. Headlee

Friday, December 18, 2020, By Erica Blust

William “Will” O. Headlee, professor emeritus of organ in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music and Syracuse University organist emeritus, passed away on Nov. 9, in Syracuse. He…

WAER Radio

SU Supply Chain Expert: Direct Shipments of Vaccine Ensure Product Integrity

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, By Lily Datz

Burak Kazaz, the Steven R. Becker Professor of Supply Chain Management in the Whitman School, was interviewed for the WAER Radio segment titled “SU Supply Chain Expert: Direct Shipments of Vaccine Ensure Product Integrity.” Kazaz, who also serves as the…