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Campus & Community

Slow Food to Hold Exciting Events This Fall

Wednesday, July 15, 2020, By Noah Lowy

Syracuse—one of the snowiest cities in the country—may not be considered a farming or culinary powerhouse, but members of the student organization, Slow Food, at Syracuse University have come together to promote the abundance and variety of local food, cooking…

Arts & Culture

Community Folk Art Center Introduces Online Gallery

Monday, July 13, 2020, By News Staff

The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) has launched a new online gallery to enable visitors to learn more about artists from the African Diaspora and other underrepresented groups. The robust site also offers a virtual means by which former exhibiting…

Health & Society

Muslim Chaplaincy at Hendricks Chapel Publishes Report on COVID-19 Impact on Student Life

Wednesday, July 8, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

A new report published by Muslim Student Life at Syracuse University, a chaplaincy within Hendricks Chapel, is increasing awareness about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Muslim college students in the United States. In collaboration with the Center for…

Health & Society

‘Avoid the Coronavirus Blame Game’

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By News Staff

Rebecca Ortiz is an assistant professor of advertising in the Newhouse School. Her primary areas of expertise are health communication research and campaign development and evaluation. In many states across the United States recently, the coronavirus positivity rate for people…

STEM

Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Student Awarded Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Zheng Xiong, a biomedical and chemical engineering Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded a 2020 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his potential contributions…

Al Jazeera

“Mexico ‘more violent’ and ‘worse’ two years after AMLO election.”

Wednesday, July 1, 2020, By Lily Datz

Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the Al Jazeera story “Mexico ‘more violent’ and ‘worse’ two years after AMLO election.” Two years ago the election of Lopez Obrador brought hope for change to…

Campus & Community

Nine Faculty Members Honored with Teaching Recognition Award

Wednesday, July 1, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Nine faculty members were announced in May as recipients of the 2019-20 Meredith Teaching Recognition Award. Seven faculty members were awarded in the Early Performance category: Walter Freeman, Juliet Golden, Jennifer Grygiel, Fatma Sonmez-Leopold, Shannon Sweeney, Po Tung (Douglas) Yung…

Campus & Community

Staff, Faculty Members, Along with International Students and Families, Support Essential Workers through Fundraising Effort

Wednesday, July 1, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

When a group of local Chinese American community members, including University faculty and staff, heard about the devastating impact of COVID-19 on China’s people and its health care system earlier this year, they recognized what could happen in the United…

STEM

Professor and Ph.D. Student Receive NSF Grant for Business Focusing on 3D Printing of Microfluidic Devices

Wednesday, June 24, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Too small to be seen even with standard microscopes, microfluidics research looms large over many aspects of biochemistry, nanotechnology and biotechnology research. Precision microfluidics involve a device that has channels allowing a flow of just 50 microns or less. A…

Arts & Culture

Virtual Event: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Seretta C. McKnight ’80

Tuesday, June 23, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

The Black Celestial Choral Ensemble (BCCE) at Hendricks Chapel has served as an important part of the Syracuse University community for over 40 years. The Rev. Dr. Seretta C. McKnight ’80, founder of the BCCE, will join Hendricks Chapel Dean…