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PolitiFact

Many Factors Are Contributing To the Growing Supply Chain Crisis

Saturday, November 13, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Patrick Penfield, professor of supply chain practice and director of Executive Education in the Whitman School, was interviewed by NBC 4 Washington, PolitiFact, and CNY Central for stories about the continued issues facing the global supply chain. In the PolitiFact interview, Penfield discussed the continuing…

New York Times

Halloween Costume Shortages Amidst Supply Chain Crisis

Wednesday, November 3, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Julie Niederhoff, associate professor of Supply Chain Management in the Whitman School, was quoted in The New York Times, for the piece, “​​How the Supply Chain Stole Halloween.” Niederhoff explains how the pandemic has led to severe issues within the…

Veterans

IVMF Awarded New $5 Million Federal Grant to Assist Small Businesses

Thursday, October 28, 2021, By News Staff

At a press conference today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has been named as one of only eight Tier 1 grantees, selected as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s…

Vox

Black Friday Shopping and the Supply Chain Crisis

Friday, October 15, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Patrick Penfield, professor of supply chain practice and director of Executive Education in the Whitman School, was quoted in multiple news outlets in stories about the global supply chain crisis. They include Vox, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Sinclair Broadcast Group, WRVO-FM (Oswego), News Channel 9, and WSKG-FM (Binghamton)….

Campus & Community

Food Services Seeks Employee Assistance for Clemson Game on Oct. 15

Monday, October 11, 2021, By Jennifer DeMarchi

Food Services is asking University employees to sign up for a shift at a concessions stand during Friday night’s home football game against the Clemson Tigers. Staffing shortages have left the department without many of its usual concessions workers, and…

Media Tip Sheets

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebrates Indigenous Resilience and Persistence

Monday, October 4, 2021, By Lily Datz

Scott Stevens is the director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program and an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Philip Arnold is associate professor and chair of the Department of Religion in A&S and…

The Growing Drug Crisis and Its Ties To the Murdaugh Family

Tuesday, September 21, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, was quoted in the NBC News story “Behind Alex Murdaugh’s ‘fall from grace’: Drug addiction fueled by opioid epidemic.” Monnat discussed the growing…

STEM

New Online Bachelor’s Degree Launched to Meet Demand for Data Analysis Professionals

Monday, September 13, 2021, By Lyndy McLaughlin

In this highly digitized world, organizations rely on data insights to react to emerging trends and inform business strategies. To do this successfully, they need employees with data analysis expertise who can collect information and translate it into actionable plans….

STEM

Syracuse University Chosen by U.S. Department of Energy to Assist Manufacturers in Reducing Carbon Footprint

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, By News Staff

Syracuse University was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to be among 32 universities to help local manufacturers improve their energy efficiency, as part of a $60 million investment. The DOE and its largest-ever cohort of university-based Industrial…

STEM

Forensic Scientists Design the First Machine Learning Approach to Forensic DNA Analysis

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

As the field of forensics evolves, more complex evidence is being processed with greater precision, sensitivity and speed than ever before. To give a real-life example, consider a bank robbery where the perpetrator uses a pen, available to all customers,…