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University Monitoring Winter Weather and Travel Conditions for Today and Tuesday, Feb. 16

Monday, February 15, 2021, By News Staff

Syracuse University is monitoring weather conditions pertaining to the Winter Storm Warning issued for today through the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb. 16. This effort includes reviewing the most up-to-date National Weather Service data and forecasting, and consulting with an independent…

Campus & Community

New Faculty Professional Development Opportunities Focus on Inclusive Excellence

Sunday, February 14, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

All Syracuse University faculty and instructors are invited to participate in two upcoming professional development opportunities focused on inclusive excellence. The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence invites faculty to participate in a Partnership for Inclusive Education. The purpose of…

Campus & Community

International Students in China Volunteer to Organize Student Activities in Shanghai

Friday, February 12, 2021, By Brandon Dyer

The travel restrictions put in place due to COVID have kept many newly enrolled international students home as they were about to begin their coursework at Syracuse University. The majority of these students live in China, so the University partnered…

Mother Jones

“Murder, Heart Attacks, Suicide, COVID—Immigrants Are Dying in “America’s Waiting Room.””

Friday, February 12, 2021, By Lily Datz

Austin Kocher, research assistant professor in the Newhouse School with the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), was quoted in the Mother Jones story “Murder, Heart Attacks, Suicide, COVID—Immigrants Are Dying in “America’s Waiting Room.”” Kocher, an expert on federal immigration…

Campus & Community

Identity Week 2021 Celebrates Diversity

Thursday, February 11, 2021, By Gabrielle Lake

Next week is Identity Week, celebrating the diversity and intersectionality of the Syracuse University community. With the help of the Dean of Students Office and cross campus partners, Identity Week will include events, speakers and guided conversations to promote the…

Business & Economy

Funding Available for Student Innovation Plans

Thursday, February 11, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars is accepting applications on a rolling basis from undergraduate and graduate students who need help moving an idea from concept to commercialization. Grants of up to $2,500 may be awarded to individual students…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Kent Syverud Delivers 2021 Winter Message to the University Community

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By News Staff

 Chancellor Kent Syverud shared his 2021 Winter Message to the University Community in a virtual message, recorded in the K.G. Tan Auditorium in the National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building at Syracuse University. Below…

Campus & Community

Lender Center Fellows Following Weissman’s Vision for Food Justice

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By Matt Michael

Stop hunger in Syracuse. In its simplest form, that was Evan Weissman’s vision and why he pursued the Lender Center Faculty Fellowship. Weissman, an associate professor in Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, wanted to use the fellowship…

STEM

What Drugs Cause Birth Defects? Search for Answers Turbocharges Zhen Ma’s Bioengineering Lab

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Zhen Ma arrived at Syracuse University in 2016, fresh from a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, to set up his own lab. Appointed assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering and the Carol and Samuel Nappi…

STEM

Syracuse Native Finds Career in Team Science

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Plansky Hoang ’15, G’20 is the youngest of seven children born to immigrant parents in Syracuse. She attended Henninger High School and came to Syracuse University as an undergraduate to major in biomedical and chemical engineering. “When I started college,…