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Veterans

Assisting a Veteran on Memorial Day

Monday, May 25, 2020, By Keith Kobland

Memorial Day is the day set aside to honor and mourn military members who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. We do this in a number of ways, including graveside services and displaying the United States flag….

Professor Nina Kohn writes “Nursing homes need increased staffing, not legal immunity”

Saturday, May 23, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education at the College of Law, wrote a commentary for The Hill titled “Nursing homes need increased staffing, not legal immunity.” In her piece, Kohn states…

Campus & Community

Removing Belongings from On-Campus Housing

Friday, May 22, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, As developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic continue to evolve, I know retrieval of belongings has been top-of-mind for many of you. I write to share that we have received further guidance pertaining to travel and can now begin…

Associated Press

“Reporters Alcindor, Collins, Jiang get under Trump’s skin”

Friday, May 22, 2020, By Lily Datz

Lynne Adrine, director of the Newhouse DC Graduate Program, was quoted by the Associated Press for the story “Reporters Alcindor, Collins, Jiang get under Trump’s skin.” The three journalists, Yamiche Alcindor, Kaitlan Collins and Weijia Jiang, all have “a knack…

Campus & Community

Important Update About the Return to Campus Plan for Faculty and Staff

Thursday, May 21, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff: As announced yesterday, Syracuse University will resume residential instruction in August 2020, which includes an accelerated academic calendar. Simultaneously, a cross-functional working group of deans, faculty and staff is working to develop and implement a comprehensive…

STEM

Julia Riley is Awarded the 2020 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize

Thursday, May 21, 2020, By News Staff

Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) announces that Julia Riley ’20, a double major in biochemistry and neuroscience in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the first place award of the 2020 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize. The…

Business & Economy

‘Unleash the Entrepreneurs America Needs to Build a Post-Coronavirus Economy’

Wednesday, May 20, 2020, By News Staff

Carl J. Schramm is a University Professor in the School of Information Studies and former president of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. COVID-19 has resulted in unemployment rates in America the likes of which haven’t seen since the Great Depression….

Campus & Community

Fall Semester to Follow Accelerated Academic Calendar

Wednesday, May 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: Syracuse University is eager and excited to welcome students, faculty and staff back to campus in just a few short months for the start of the Fall 2020 semester. Subject to continuing and…

Health & Society

Five Strategies for Transitioning to a Plant-Based Diet

Wednesday, May 20, 2020, By Keith Kobland

As more consumers turn to a meatless diet due to meat shortages and concerns over the spread of COVID-19, Sudha Raj, teaching professor of nutrition and food studies in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, has suggestions on…

STEM

Ph.D. Student Wins American Chemical Society Award for Blood-Brain Barrier Research

Wednesday, May 20, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Nandhini Rajagopal, a biomedical and chemical engineering doctoral student in Professor Shikha Nangia’s research group in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has won the American Chemical Society’s prestigious Chemical Computing Group Research Excellence Award. This award recognizes exceptional…