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What do seatbelt laws and vaccine mandates have in common?

Thursday, September 9, 2021, By Ellen Mbuqe

Throughout the United States, there are people who have come out strongly against mask or vaccine mandates. But Syracuse University assistant professor Kyla Garrett Wagner, who studies the relationships between public health and the First Amendment, says that laws and…

Arts & Culture

James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. Debate Begins the Syracuse Stage 2021/2022 Season

Thursday, September 9, 2021, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage reopens its doors for public performances with a fully staged professional reading of “Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers,” a “theatricalization” by Stage’s resident playwright Kyle Bass of the 1965 debate between writer and civil rights…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Professor Wins Facebook Reality Labs Research Grant to Study Impacts of Augmented and Virtual Reality

Friday, September 3, 2021, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Makana Chock, David J. Levidow Professor of Communications in the Newhouse School, has been awarded a $75,000 research grant from Facebook Reality Labs to explore the impacts of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) on bystander privacy. Chock will work with Se…

Arts & Culture

Postdoctoral Researcher Margaret Innes Awarded ACLS Fellowship for Research on Radical Labor Press Photography

Tuesday, August 31, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Have you ever tweeted or posted on Facebook about a political or social issue? If so, you are part of the more than 50% of Americans who report being civically active through social media, according to a 2018 study by…

STEM

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Ph.D. Student Awarded NSF INTERN Grant for Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tuesday, August 31, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

Mechanical and aerospace engineering Ph.D. student Sajag Poudel and Professor Shalabh Maroo in the College of Engineering and Computer Science were awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) INTERN grant to support Poudel’s research internship at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the Fall 2021…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries and GSO Hosting Graduate Research Roundtable Series

Saturday, August 28, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries and the Graduate Student Organization (GSO) are hosting a series of events for graduate students during the Fall 2021 semester in Bird Library. The Graduate Research Roundtable Series provides academic and professional development for graduate students of…

Campus & Community

Beth Ferri Named Associate Dean for Research in the School of Education

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Beth Ferri, professor of inclusive education and disability studies, has been named associate dean for research in the School of Education. “Professor Ferri is an internationally and nationally respected scholar whose work is influential in inclusive education and disability studies….

STEM

Syracuse University Is Part of Elite Multi-Institutional Physics Research Hub

Thursday, August 5, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Top physicists from five institutions from around the United States, including Duncan Brown, Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, will come together to explore the physics of neutron stars—the densest form of matter…

Campus & Community

Students to Present Research During SOURCE Summer Symposium Aug. 10 and 11

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, By News Staff

Over 100 students will present on a variety of topics—from research on shape memory polymer foams for hemorrhage control to water quality of an Adirondack lake and modern utility fashion design—during the Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement…

Campus & Community

Vonn Read to Serve as Acting Head Coach of Syracuse Women’s Basketball for 2021-22 Season

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, By News Staff

John Wildhack, director of Athletics at Syracuse University, today announced Vonn Read, currently associate head coach, will serve as acting head coach for the 2021-22 basketball season. “I am grateful to Vonn for stepping up to lead,” says Wildhack. “With…