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Nutrition Professor Shares Top Tips for Cardiovascular Health in Honor of American Heart Month

Monday, February 21, 2022, By Jen Plummer

According to recent statistics from the American Heart Association, more than 874,000 Americans died of cardiovascular disease in 2019, and it remains the leading cause of death in the United States. The pandemic may further exacerbate poor cardiovascular outcomes, as…

Campus & Community

Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Program Helps Staff Member Ditch Emotional Eating and Dieting Mentality

Monday, February 21, 2022, By Jen Plummer

When Kristi Vega, academic support specialist in the School of Architecture, signed up for a program called Am I Hungry? offered by the Syracuse University Wellness Initiative for faculty and staff last September, she anticipated a run-of-the-mill group weight loss…

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Ph.D. Candidate Gleans New Insight From Ancient Evidence

Monday, February 21, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Lauren McCormick is finishing her doctoral dissertation in religion, but the path to her fundamental reinterpretation of an ancient Judean artifact draws on a broad base of multidisciplinary expertise that she has acquired over the course of her intellectual journey….

The Associated Press

“After Beijing bubble bursts, can the IOC save the Olympics?”

Sunday, February 20, 2022, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of television, radio, and film in the Newhouse School and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, was quoted in The Associate Press story “After Beijing bubble bursts, can the IOC save the…

Campus & Community

Black Health and Wellness Expo Events Promote Balance of Mental and Physical Well-Being

Friday, February 18, 2022, By News Staff

This year’s national Black History Month theme is health and wellness to help encourage the balance of mental health and physical health, share different lessons about the Black experience, and celebrate achievements in different areas of life. In alignment with…

Media Tip Sheets

School Board Threats Cannot Become ‘New Normal’

Friday, February 18, 2022, By Lily Datz

Violent threats and hostile attitudes toward school board members are becoming increasingly more common. Topics centered around race, gender, sexuality, and COVID-19 masking policies are often at the center of the angry confrontations. Where do local school districts go from…

Campus & Community

Weekend Preview: SoulTalk on Relationships | Stand Up Comedy | ‘King Richard’

Thursday, February 17, 2022, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: We have another full schedule of activities planned for this weekend, as well as events and programs lined up throughout next week. Pet therapy has returned at the Barnes Center at The Arch for the spring…

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‘Everyone Can Do It’: How to Eat Like an Olympian With Maggie McCrudden ’14

Thursday, February 17, 2022, By John Boccacino

At the peak of his Olympic swimming career, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was rumored to consume up to 12,000 calories daily during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. That’s six times the number of calories the average…

STEM

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Receives 2021 Shannon-Nyquist Technical Achievement Award

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

Pramod K. Varshney, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2021 Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society for outstanding contributions in the fields of distributed inference…

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Required Information Security Training for Faculty and Staff Now Available

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, By Eric Ferguson

Data security has never been more important to the University as a community and as an institution. With bad actors constantly evolving their methods of attack, the University’s faculty and staff remain its first and last line of defense. All…