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Rabbi Sandra Lawson to Speak on How Identities Can Influence Change

Thursday, October 22, 2020, By News Staff

This year has been full of uncertainty, division, and racial and political injustices. But it has also been a year of activism, collaboration and community. Syracuse Hillel is working with students to address the issues occurring in the world today,…

Campus & Community

Flu Vaccine and COVID-19 Testing Opportunities Continue Throughout October for Students, Faculty and Staff

Thursday, October 22, 2020, By News Staff

Opportunities for the campus community to receive a flu vaccine and/or COVID-19 testing continue weekdays throughout the month of October as part of the University’s ongoing effort to keep our campus safe, healthy and open for residential learning. As outlined…

Campus & Community

Krista Tippett, Creator of ‘On Being,’ to Join Special ‘After the Election’ Conversation

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

Krista Tippett, a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and creator of  “On Being,” will speak with the Syracuse University community for a special presentation of “Matters that Matter: A Conversation Series from Hendricks Chapel.” Tippett and Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol will…

Campus & Community

Alumnus Thom Filicia ’93 Is the Next Guest of the University Lectures Series

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The University Lectures series continues its 20th season with a virtual presentation by alumnus Thom Filicia ’93 (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Registration is required to attend the virtual lecture. Filicia’s…

Arts & Culture

Communication and Rhetorical Studies Faculty Honored by National Communication Association

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By Erica Blust

Two faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) have received awards from the National Communication Association (NCA). Charles E. Morris III, professor and chair of CRS, received the Distinguished Scholar…

Campus & Community

STOP Bias Gains Traction, Helps Individuals ‘Be the Change’

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By Eileen Korey

Recognizing bias, how it manifests itself, how it impacts communities, how to report it and how to stop it is what the STOP Bias initiative is all about. “Whether it’s a single individual or multiple people impacted by one incident,…

Campus & Community

Temporary Parking Access Available for Faculty and Staff COVID-19 Testing

Monday, October 19, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff: Several weeks ago, we announced that the University’s ongoing virus surveillance testing program would transition from repeated testing of all students to large-scale “freedom from disease” sampling of the residential campus population. Faculty epidemiologists from the…

Media, Law & Policy

‘When It Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location’

Monday, October 19, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, wrote an op-ed for The Hill: “When it comes to healthy aging: location, location, location.” Professor Kohn, an expert…

STEM

NSF Equipment Grants to Fund Acquisition of Two Chromatography-Mass Spectrometers

Sunday, October 18, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

The familiar saying goes, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” But for scientists, understanding those smaller parts is critical to scientific discovery. A method known as chromatography-mass spectrometry lets researchers analyze and study the composition of…

Campus & Community

Next Round of COVID-19 Surveillance Testing Begins Oct. 20

Friday, October 16, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students: Beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 20, the Syracuse University Public Health Team will begin a third round of COVID-19 surveillance testing for all residential students. This next round of testing is part of the enhanced virus surveillance strategy that…