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Paula C. Johnson

Professor of Law, Co-Director of Cold Case Justice Initiative
CNY Central

The History Behind Juneteenth

Friday, July 6, 2018, By Essence Britt

Herb Ruffin, associate professor of history and chair of African American Studies, was interviewed by CNY Central for a story about the Juneteenth Celebration in Syracuse. Ruffin, an expert in African American history, explains what Juneteenth is: “It is a celebration of…

Campus & Community

Keith A. Alford Appointed Interim Chief Diversity Officer

Thursday, June 28, 2018, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Professor Keith A. Alford to the newly created post of interim chief diversity officer (CDO), effective July 1. Alford is an associate professor, chair of the Falk College’s School of Social Work and graduate program…

Campus & Community

English Language Institute Seeking Volunteers to Host Students

Tuesday, June 26, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

The English Language Institute (ELI) is seeking volunteers to invite international students to share a meal in their homes at a convenient time between mid-July and the first week in August. The students, hosted by the English Language Institute in…

STEM

Graduate Students Travel to Rwanda for Environmental Research

Tuesday, June 19, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

From June 1-16, 11 graduate students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the College of Arts and Sciences, who are part of the EMPOWER graduate training program at Syracuse University, joined 12 students from the University of…

Media, Law & Policy

How One Newhouse Alumna Is Bringing Business News to Underserved Audiences

Wednesday, May 30, 2018, By News Staff

When Kori Hale G’13 was working as an investment banker, she didn’t see any representations of herself on the business news shows she watched from the trading floor. “I was like, ‘I can’t relate to this,’” she says. “And, I…

Campus & Community

Excellence Personified

Monday, May 21, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) celebrated the accomplishments of its 2017-18 fellows. The cohort consisted of semesterlong Faculty Fellows as well as yearlong Dissertation Fellows and Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellows. Vivian May, director of the…

Health & Society

Facing Another Potential Ebola Epidemic, Use of ‘Experimental’ Vaccine Doesn’t Cut It

Monday, May 21, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an immunization campaign to fight Ebola, where numerous cases of the disease have been confirmed. According to reports, the experimental vaccine is not yet licensed but was effective in treatments…

Business & Economy

Whole Foods Discount for Amazon Customers is Logical Next Step in ‘Cyber-Physical Strategy’

Thursday, May 17, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

This week Whole Foods launched a loyalty program for Amazon Prime members, offering them special discounts at their grocery stores. The specials are available now in Florida and will roll out to all other stores starting this summer. Associate professor…

STEM

ECS Professor Secures Yahoo Donation of Servers for Research Processing

Tuesday, May 15, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

The search to answer research questions through vast amounts of data requires massive amounts of computer server space. Syracuse University has a healthy number of data servers ready to assist researchers, but a recent donation by Yahoo is adding more…