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Campus & Community

End-of-Semester Checkout Procedures

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: With residential instruction concluding Tuesday, Nov. 24, we are already planning move-out for the semester to ensure a smooth process. When you depart your on-campus housing for Thanksgiving, you will not return to campus again until…

Veterans

Applications Now Open: Military-Connected Student Scholarships

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, By Stephanie Salanger

As the best place for veterans past, present and future, Syracuse University offers many unique opportunities and programs for both veterans and military-connected students. This fall, Syracuse’s Office of Veterans and Military Affairs (OVMA) is accepting applications for multiple military-connected…

Campus & Community

Philanthropic Spirit that Never Loses Sight of the Goal

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, By Eileen Korey

Brett Jefferson ’88 likes to cite the book titled “David and Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell, when reflecting on life’s challenges that confronted him as a boy. The book explores the power of the underdog and the role of adversity in…

Campus & Community

Annual Plant Sale Benefits Scholarship Funds

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, By News Staff

The Women of the University Community (WUC) will hold its annual plant sale this year to benefit three endowed scholarships: The Mildred Eggers, Ruth Tolley and Beverly Whaley Scholarship Funds. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual poinsettia and wreath…

Campus & Community

Oct. 16 Is Shark Day at the LaunchPad

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

On Oct. 16, Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars (LaunchPad) is celebrating”Shark Day.” Beginning at 2 p.m., the LaunchPad will host the annual Family Weekend ‘Cuse Tank competition, where student entrepreneur teams will compete “Shark Tank” style for $10,000…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Coronavirus Isolated Nursing Home Residents. Now It Might Keep Them From Voting.’

Wednesday, October 14, 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 Washington Post titled “Coronavirus isolated nursing home residents. Now it might keep them from…

The Houston Chronicle

“Should NASA get multiyear funding to give it stability?”

Monday, October 12, 2020, By Lily Datz

Sean O’Keefe, University Professor in the Maxwell School, was interviewed by The Houston Chronicle for the article “Should NASA get multiyear funding to give it stability?” O’Keefe is an expert on national security and space policy after working across various…

STEM

Newly Installed Solar Panels on Schine Student Center Roof to Begin Producing Clean Energy

Monday, October 12, 2020, By News Staff

Campus sustainability encompasses a broad range of actions and choices—some of which are subtle, while others are eye-catching. The renovation of the Schine Student Center has meant the addition of another attention-grabbing clean energy element: new solar panels on the…

Campus & Community

University Completes Steam Station Review, Enters Partnership with Enwave Energy

Monday, October 12, 2020, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced a long-term alliance with Enwave Energy to operate the University Steam Station. The partnership will support ongoing campus growth with reliable and sustainable energy. The University first announced the review of its steam operations in 2018,…

Rochester First

“Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day in Rochester.”

Monday, October 12, 2020, By Lily Datz

Scott Manning Stevens, associate professor and director of Native American and Indigenous studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, was quoted in the Rochester First story “Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day in Rochester.” Stevens says that education about Native American…