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Syracuse Welcome 2023 Office Operations and Hours

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, By News Staff

As the University community looks forward to welcoming the newest class of incoming first-year and transfer students during Syracuse Welcome 2023, the team in New Student Programs has compiled a campus office hours resource list. Offices will be open to…

STEM

Sea Urchins Are Struggling to ‘Get a Grip’ as Climate Change Alters Ecosystems

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

 When driving through a rainstorm, traction is key. If your tires lack sufficient tread, your vehicle will slip and slide and you won’t have the grip needed to maneuver safely. When torrential rains hit nearshore, shallow water ecosystems, sea…

Campus & Community

DPS Campus Peace Officer Academy Graduates a New Class

Friday, August 11, 2023, By Alex Haessig

Earlier today, families, friends and colleagues of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Campus Peace Officer Academy recruits gathered together to celebrate their graduation. The ceremony, held at Drumlins Country Club, was an opportunity to reflect on their accomplishments but…

Campus & Community

Campus Move-In Guide: The Sustainable Way

Tuesday, August 8, 2023, By Christine Grabowski

Whether it’s your first time living in a residence hall or you’re moving back to campus or somewhere off campus, you can make your move as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible. Plus, save money, time and space in the…

STEM

New Research Examines Echo Chambers and Political Attitudes on Social Media

Monday, July 31, 2023, By Ellen Mbuqe

What is the role of social media in shaping our political attitudes? New research published in Nature sets out to understand whether and how the information people see on social media shapes their political views. Entitled “Like-minded Sources on Facebook…

Campus & Community

In Memoriam: Minnie Bruce Pratt

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, By Eileen Korey

In a welcome note on her website, Minnie Bruce Pratt invited visitors to make themselves at home. “I hope you enjoy all the connections here to art, politics, love and life,” she wrote. The retired Syracuse University professor built a…

Media Tip Sheets

On National Monuments for Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley

Tuesday, July 25, 2023, By Ellen Mbuqe

Paula C. Johnson, Professor of Law and Director of the  Cold Case Justice Initiative , offers reactions to the announcement that President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager who was abducted and killed by white…

Campus & Community

BioInspired Institute Awards 2 Cross-Institutional Project Grants

Tuesday, July 18, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University’s BioInspired Institute has awarded a new round of intramural grants to two interdisciplinary, cross-institutional research projects. One project looks at how polar fungi physically adapt to survive in extreme climate environments. Its researchers are working to determine how the…

STEM

First-of-Its Kind Research Studies Arsenic Exposure in Syracuse Children

Thursday, July 13, 2023, By Daryl Lovell

A new study published in the journal JAMA Network studies the connections between arsenic exposure and cardiovascular disease processes in children. Led by Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College,…

STEM

A&S Physicists Design Technology Used to Discover New Information About What the Universe Is Made Of

Tuesday, July 11, 2023, By News Staff

College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) physicists just launched a new tracking device to research the fundamental forces and particles in the universe. The device, known as the Upstream Tracker, was installed at the renowned European Organization for Nuclear Research…