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Health & Society

Addressing Trauma Through Writing

Thursday, January 5, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

As director of the Minority Stress and Trauma (MST) Lab, Jillian Scheer’s research focuses on bettering the mental and behavioral health of diverse and underserved sexual and gender minority people who have experienced trauma. In support of that work, Scheer,…

STEM

Nature-Inspired Designs Could Offer Solutions for Global Challenges

Thursday, January 5, 2023, By News Staff

Bioinspired research draws from the natural world to develop solutions for global challenges. But it can be difficult to turn these research ideas into actual materials and methods that can be applied to real world problems in areas like construction,…

Media Tip Sheets

Buffalo’s Resilience

Wednesday, January 4, 2023, By Vanessa Marquette

The city of Buffalo has faced many hard times in these past several months, including the mass shooting at Tops, the December blizzard and previous winter storm, a deadly house fire, and now worrying about Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamiln…

Campus & Community

Internal Revenue Service Announces Standard Mileage Rate for 2023

Tuesday, January 3, 2023, By Jennifer DeMarchi

The Internal Revenue Service has announced the optional standard mileage rate for 2023. Syracuse University employees may use this rate to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business purposes. Effective Jan. 1, the standard mileage rate is…

Campus & Community

Faculty and Staff Encouraged to Depart Campus by Noon; Essential Employees Asked to Report for Their Shifts

Friday, December 23, 2022, By News Staff

Syracuse University has been monitoring weather and travel conditions due to the Wind and Wind Chill Advisories in effect for Central New York. An extreme drop in temperature is expected to cause ice to quickly accumulate on the roads. As…

Business & Economy

Trip Inspires Business Venture for Maxwell Alums

Thursday, December 22, 2022, By News Staff

During a 2018 visit to Oaxaca, Mexico, Fabiola Lara and Sabith Khan soaked up the rich cultural traditions of artisans who sell handmade goods like baskets, rugs, coverlets and clothing. But the married Maxwell alumni pair were troubled by the…

Media, Law & Policy

Partnership With DC-Based Think Tank Brings Unique Opportunities for Maxwell Students

Thursday, December 22, 2022, By Jessica Youngman

As the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, U.S. Army General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley keeps a busy schedule that includes briefings and strategy sessions with other top officials in the Pentagon and White House. But,…

Health & Society

Can Kelp Help? Research Examines Dairy Farmer, Dairy Nutritionist Attitudes on Adding Feed Additive to Cut Methane Emissions

Thursday, December 22, 2022, By Diane Stirling

While the majority of climate change research focuses on reducing and capturing carbon dioxide, less attention has been paid to methane emissions, despite the gas having 30 times the warming effect. Over a quarter of the United States’ total methane…

Media Tip Sheets

Labor Expert Reacts to New Warehouse Worker Protection Act

Thursday, December 22, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act which will require major warehouse companies to give its new and current employees clear documentation about productivity work speed quotas and expectations. Gretchen Purser, associate professor of…

STEM

A&S Alumni Making a Difference at Moderna

Wednesday, December 21, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

When Amy Rabideau ’10 started working at Moderna in 2015, she never imagined that she would someday help fight one of the world’s deadliest viruses. Fresh out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she had received a Ph.D. in…