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Campus & Community

Architecture Alumni Enter Competition in Memory of Former Professor

Monday, November 29, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

A team of alumni from the School of Architecture has won an award for their project submission in “The Living Museum,” a new architecture competition focused on the design of micro- accommodation units immersed in the Sardinian landscape of the…

Media Tip Sheets

Dollar Tree Branches Out On Prices – Will Consumers Care?

Wednesday, November 24, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

Get ready to pay an extra quarter. Dollar Tree announced earlier this month that it will be raising prices on many of its goods from the established $1 price mark, which it has held for more than 30 years, to…

Arts & Culture

Carrie Mae Weems to Premiere New Multidisciplinary Commissions Reflecting on the Last Five Years in America

Wednesday, November 24, 2021, By News Staff

One of the most eminent image makers and social commentators in America, University Artist in Residence at Syracuse University Carrie Mae Weems returns to the Park Avenue Armory in New York City this fall with a major new commission and…

Media, Law & Policy

Threats to Environmental Law with Upcoming Supreme Court Hearing

Monday, November 22, 2021, By Lily Datz

Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a set of cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. The justices’ decision in this pending case, West Virginia v. EPA, would have a huge impact on environmental law…

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Dean David Van Slyke on Recently Passed Infrastructure Bill

Monday, November 22, 2021, By Lily Datz

Reporters looking for expert insight on all issues regarding infrastructure, please see comments from David M. Van Slyke, Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy. Van Slyke…

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On the legacy of South Africa’s F.W. de Klerk

Monday, November 22, 2021, By Lily Datz

Syracuse University experts are available to talk to media about the legacy of F.W. de Klerk, the last president to rule over an apartheid South Africa. De Klerk died earlier today at age 85. Please reach out to Ellen James…

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Texas Mask Ban Violates the Americans with Disabilities Act

Monday, November 22, 2021, By Lily Datz

This week a federal judge has ruled that Texas’s ban on mask mandates in schools violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to court documents filed Wednesday in US District Court for the Western District of Texas. In part of the judge’s…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Athletics Announces $150M Fundraising Initiative to Create Unsurpassed Student-Athlete Experience

Monday, November 22, 2021, By News Staff

Two years ago, Syracuse University launched Forever Orange: The Campaign for Syracuse University, a $1.5 billion fundraising campaign that recently exceeded $1.052 billion in funds raised. Capitalizing on that momentum, Syracuse University’s Department of Athletics today announced it will seek…

Campus & Community

Campus Store to Partner with eCampus.com to Offer Students More Convenient, Affordable Access to Textbooks  

Sunday, November 21, 2021, By Jennifer DeMarchi

Syracuse University has selected eCampus.com to be its new full-service online textbook store beginning with the Spring 2022 term. eCampus.com was selected for its user-friendly services and its proven track record of reducing costs for students, which in some cases…

STEM

Government Agency Features A&S Physicist’s Pentaquark Research

Sunday, November 21, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) 2020 Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) bi-annual brochure highlighted research by Tomasz Skwarnicki, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), and a team of his collaborators. The brochure featured the…