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Giving Thanks for Your COVID-19 Response

Friday, November 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Orange Community: As the fall semester winds down, I am reflecting on the challenges everyone in the University has had to address this year. I am heartened and humbled by the way our community has responded…

Campus & Community

DPS Emergency Communications Center Joins Onondaga County Dispatch System

Thursday, November 19, 2020, By Christine Grabowski

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) has made the transition to a new dispatch system, which will increase interoperability between the department and other emergency responders in Onondaga County. The new system, known as Hexagon, ties DPS operations into the…

STEM

Dacheng Ren Named Permanent Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science

Thursday, November 19, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Dacheng Ren, Ph.D., has been named the permanent associate dean for research and graduate programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS). Ren is the Stevenson Endowed Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, and served…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Biden Transition: We Can’t Afford Time To Humor Trump’

Thursday, November 19, 2020, By Lily Datz

In a recent commentary for Breaking Defense, Sean O’Keefe, University Professor in the Maxwell School, noted the opening of President Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address in 1981, where the Republican observed that the peaceful and orderly transfer of national authority…

Media Tip Sheets

Post-Brexit UK Announces Largest Military Spending Since Cold War

Thursday, November 19, 2020, By News Staff

Britain announced its biggest military spending increase since the Cold War on Thursday, pledging to end the “era of retreat” as it seeks a post-Brexit role in a world Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned was more perilous than for decades….

Campus & Community

Annual Holiday Sharing Program Is Now Underway

Tuesday, November 17, 2020, By News Staff

This year, Syracuse University’s Holiday Sharing Program is again partnering with PEACE, Inc.’s Give-A-Holiday program to help local families in need during the holiday season. In 2019, 29 University schools, colleges and departments participated in the voluntary Holiday Sharing program….

Veterans

Veterans’ Writing Group Marks 10 Years of Creativity, Support and Community

Monday, November 16, 2020, By News Staff

In March 2010, writing professors Eileen Schell and Ivy Kleinbart founded a writing group inspired by Schell’s uncle’s service as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War. The premise was simple: create opportunity for military veterans and those close to…

Campus & Community

COVID-19 Update: Non-Essential Travel | NYS Travel and Quarantine Advisory | CDC Holiday Guidance

Monday, November 16, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff: With the holiday season quickly approaching, many of you are likely beginning to plan for travel and family gatherings. Given the significant spike in COVID-19 cases around the country and right here in Central New York,…

Campus & Community

Announcing the 2020 Student Entrepreneur Impact Prize Winners

Monday, November 16, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad) announced winners of the 2020 Impact Prize competition for social entrepreneurship held virtually on Nov. 13. Twenty-eight student teams from Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF pitched ideas for a chance to win…

STEM

Earth and Environmental Sciences Professors Contribute to Study on Future Climate Prediction

Monday, November 16, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Tiny bubbles of ancient air trapped deep beneath the ice in Antarctica contain important information about our atmosphere. By drilling into the ice, scientists have analyzed these bubbles and determined that carbon dioxide (CO2) levels on Earth today are higher…