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New CSD Study Uses Electrical Brain Stimulation to Help Treat Stroke Patients With Aphasia

Thursday, August 5, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Researchers in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) are testing a cutting-edge method of electrical brain stimulation to help stroke patients suffering from a language disorder called aphasia. The National Institutes of Health-funded study, led by Ellyn Riley,…

Campus & Community

Masks and Cleaning Supplies Available by Request

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff: In support of the University’s focus on protecting the health and well-being of our campus community, please remember that an ample supply of masks and cleaning products is available to you. Departments, schools and colleges can…

Campus & Community

Students to Present Research During SOURCE Summer Symposium Aug. 10 and 11

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, By News Staff

Over 100 students will present on a variety of topics—from research on shape memory polymer foams for hemorrhage control to water quality of an Adirondack lake and modern utility fashion design—during the Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement…

Veterans

Career Path for Fort Drum Soldier Starts at Syracuse University

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, By Matt Michael

Like many soldiers who are leaving the military, U.S. Army Specialist Luke McKean had an idea of what he wanted to do when he transitioned to civilian life but wasn’t exactly sure how to go about it. But thanks to…

Media Tip Sheets

A Second Union Vote for Amazon Would Acknowledge Workers’ Rights

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

The National Labor Relations Board is pressing officials for a new union vote for Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, AL. Earlier this year, workers voted down a measure that would have made the warehouse the first unionized shop for the…

Media, Law & Policy

David Barbier Jr. ’23 Shadowed CEO of AMC Networks as Part of Ubben Posse Fellowship

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, By Kathleen Haley

David Barbier Jr. ’23 was looking to explore more of his professional interest in television, radio and film and stretch himself in a challenging role. He found what he was searching for after applying and being named a 2021 Jeff…

Media Tip Sheets

Partisan politics at the root of vaccine hesitancy, according to new article

Tuesday, August 3, 2021, By Lily Datz

In a new article posted this week, Syracuse University professor of political science Shana Kusner Gadarian, along with her co-authors, Sara Wallace Goodman (UC Irvine) and Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University) ask the question: “How do we explain the pattern between vaccinated…

USA Today

Vulnerable Conversations Around the Dangers of Drug Use and Addiction

Monday, August 2, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Dessa Bergen-Cico, associate professor of public health in Falk College, was quoted in the USA Today story “Dax Shepard is taking ‘heavy testosterone injections,’ which are often misused. What experts want you to know.” Bergen-Cico, a coordinator of the Addiction Studies program…

Campus & Community

COVID-19 Update: Important Public Health Information

Monday, August 2, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: Late yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified Onondaga County as a region of substantial transmission due to an increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases. In response, a short time…

USA Today

Using the Lottery To Incentivize Americans To Get Vaccinated

Sunday, August 1, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Rebecca Ortiz, assistant professor of advertising in the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the Sinclair Broadcast story and the USA Today article “COVID: Ohio ‘Vax-a-Million’ lottery may not have worked, study says.” Ortiz commented on the efficacy of using lottery…