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Campus & Community

A Devotion to Family, Friends, Food and Social Justice: Remembering the Life of Professor Evan Weissman

Tuesday, April 14, 2020, By Michele Barrett

Evan L. Weissman, Ph.D., associate professor in food studies and nutrition in the Falk College, passed away unexpectedly while at home with his family on April 9. Weissman touched the Syracuse community where he lived, and that he loved deeply,…

How Families Can Reduce Stress While Social Distancing

Monday, March 30, 2020, By Hailey Womer

For Immediate Release: March 30, 2020 Social distancing measures can have a negative impact on mental health, experts say, and Americans are now facing at least one more month of isolation. As we get more anxious about our health and…

‘It Is Critical’ for States and Counties to Maintain SNAP Services: Child and Family Policy Expert

Friday, March 20, 2020, By Hailey Womer

For Immediate Release: March 20, 2020 If you’re looking for an independent source to provide insight and perspective on the impact of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on food security in the United States, child and family policy expert…

Health & Society

M.F.A. Design Students Collaborate with Food Bank of CNY, PepsiCo to Deliver Food to Underserved Families

Thursday, March 12, 2020, By Paula Meseroll

For the past year, students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ master of fine arts (M.F.A.) program in design have been working with the Food Bank of Central New York to raise community awareness of a new, innovative…

Arts & Culture

EVENT CANCELLED: Student Panel and Open Mic Will Examine Hip Hop and Reggaeton

Thursday, March 12, 2020, By News Staff

A student-led panel and open mic presentation will culminate a yearlong project titled Pa’ la calle (To the Streets) on March 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public at La Casita Cultural…

CGTN America

Chinese-American Students Face Backlash Amidst Coronavirus Hysteria

Wednesday, March 4, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Yingyi Ma, associated professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was interviewed by CGTN America for the story “Professor Yingyi Ma talks about the anxieties facing Asian American students during the COVID-19 scare.” In the video, Ma discusses the backlash…

Newsday

The Coronavirus Strikes Fear in the Immune-Compromised and Their Families

Wednesday, March 4, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Cora True-Frost, associated professor at College of Law, wrote an op-ed for Newsday, “Parenting in the shadow of scarce ventilators.” In her op-ed, Frost talks about life in quarantine from the perspective of a parent with an immune-compromised child.

Campus & Community

Zell Lecture with Magda Matache Examines Centuries of Roma Enslavement and Road to Healing

Monday, March 2, 2020, By Jennifer Russo

Romani justice scholar and activist Margareta (Magda) Matache, director of the Roma program at the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, will present the School of Education’s annual Zell Lecture on Tuesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. in…

TIME

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families: A Step Towards a More Equal America

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Mike Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and founder and executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, was highlighted in the TIME story “These 16 People and Groups Are Fighting for a More Equal America.”…

J. Christopher Hamilton

Assistant Professor, Television, Radio & Film