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Health & Society

Wellness Initiative Offers Expanded Health and Wellness Offerings for Faculty and Staff

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Wellness Initiative supports faculty and staff wellness in a variety of ways. In addition to lifestyle change programs such as the virtual Diabetes Prevention Program, the initiative offers activities infusing participants with happiness, gratitude, positivity and mindfulness….

Campus & Community

Access Counselor Ensures Students with Disabilities Have Proper Accommodations for Academic Success

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

As someone born with significant hearing loss, Michael Mazzaroppi G’14 says it was inevitable that he would become an advocate for others with disabilities. After working abroad at a school for the Deaf and an agency for the Deaf, and…

Campus & Community

More Information on Fall Semester Checkout, Zoom Sessions Scheduled

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families, We are writing as a follow up to our Oct. 14 message regarding end-of-semester checkout procedures and to provide clarity about what is expected before students depart for winter break. Specifically: Students do not need to…

Campus & Community

STOP Bias Gains Traction, Helps Individuals ‘Be the Change’

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By Eileen Korey

Recognizing bias, how it manifests itself, how it impacts communities, how to report it and how to stop it is what the STOP Bias initiative is all about. “Whether it’s a single individual or multiple people impacted by one incident,…

Campus & Community

Temporary Parking Access Available for Faculty and Staff COVID-19 Testing

Monday, October 19, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff: Several weeks ago, we announced that the University’s ongoing virus surveillance testing program would transition from repeated testing of all students to large-scale “freedom from disease” sampling of the residential campus population. Faculty epidemiologists from the…

Campus & Community

Hillel, STOP Bias Partner for Pilot Training on Addressing Anti-Semitism

Monday, October 19, 2020, By Shannon Andre

Working collectively to address concerns raised by Jewish students last spring, Syracuse Hillel and the STOP Bias program have partnered to develop an anti-Semitism education and prevention training that will be piloted this fall with undergraduate students. The training is…

Campus & Community

Professor Lasch-Quinn Explores the Meaning of Life in New Book

Monday, October 19, 2020, By News Staff

In her new book, “Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living” (Notre Dame Press), Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, professor of history in the Maxwell School, explores Americans’ stirring interest in ancient Greco-Roman philosophies including…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Hillel Encourages Student Voter Participation in Upcoming Election

Monday, October 19, 2020, By News Staff

What is on students’ minds this semester? Are they thinking about the coronavirus, schoolwork, socializing (distantly), finding a job or the upcoming Presidential election? Election season is in full swing and the conversation regarding voting is at the forefront. Hillel…

Media, Law & Policy

‘When It Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location’

Monday, October 19, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, wrote an op-ed for The Hill: “When it comes to healthy aging: location, location, location.” Professor Kohn, an expert…

Associated Press

“Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election?”

Sunday, October 18, 2020, By Lily Datz

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by the Associated Press for the story “Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election?” Grygiel, a social media expert, says that a main problem plaguing Facebook is…