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Were Tornadoes Caused By Climate Warming? Warming Likely Makes Storms More Intense

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

President Biden is visiting the state of Kentucky today, assessing damage from the weekend tornado outbreak that killed more than 80 people across several states. The brunt of the damage was in Kentucky where more than 70 people lost their…

Campus & Community

Jamie Winders Appointed Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

Thursday, December 9, 2021, By News Staff

Vice Chancellor and Provost Gretchen Ritter announced today the appointment of Jamie Winders, director of the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute and professor of geography and the environment, to the position of associate provost for faculty affairs. The Executive Committee of…

Campus & Community

First-Year Seminar and Shared Competencies Help Students Chart a Course

Monday, December 6, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Luke Elliott  ’25 is a first-year student who chose Syracuse University with two interests in mind: communications and international relations. He’s already an intern at HillCom, learning about public relations, communications planning and graphic design. Even with a strong sense…

Campus & Community

With Adele’s Assistance, Syracuse Alumnus Proposes to Girlfriend on National Television

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, By Kim Infanti

Quentin Brunson ’12, G’13 knows he’s set the bar high. Extremely high. The whole world’s talking about his very public proposal to his girlfriend of seven years, Ashleigh Mann, during Adele’s “One Night Only” television concert special Nov. 14 at…

Media Tip Sheets

Legal, Political, and Historical Perspectives on Biden’s COVID Vaccination Mandate

Saturday, November 13, 2021, By Lily Datz

Last week, details of President Joe Biden’s COVID vaccination mandate went public. The requirements include a deadline for Jan. 4 where private companies with 100 or more employees must ensure employees have been vaccinated or test negative at least once…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Announces the 2021/2022 Season

Monday, November 8, 2021, By Joanna Penalva

The Department of Drama announced a return to in person, live performance for the 2021/2022 season beginning with the contemporary romantic comedy “In Love and Warcraft,” Nov. 12-20 in the Arthur Storch Theatre. In addition to “In Love and Warcraft,”…

Campus & Community

Meet Eamon Lee: 7 Questions to Get to Know Syracuse University’s New Executive Chef

Monday, October 18, 2021, By Jennifer DeMarchi

Food Services has hired a new executive chef with deep roots in the Central New York region. Chef Eamon Lee brings over three decades of experience in the food services industry to the University. In the near term, Eamon will…

The Hill

President Biden Is Facing An ‘Enormous Challenge’ Says Syracuse Professor

Sunday, October 10, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for articles by The Hill, “The Memo: Biden stuck in middle of tricky Democratic fight,” and by Newsday. Reeher discussed…

Campus & Community

A Legacy Gift and New Institute to Advance Innovation in Life Sciences and Business

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Eileen Korey

Charles (Charlie) and Carolyn Wheeler ’67 have been married and in business together for more than five decades. They have lived conservatively, which has allowed them to build an estate that achieves a shared dream—to help humanity for generations to…

Health & Society

Food and Social Justice Advocate Avalon Gupta VerWiebe Named First Recipient of the Evan Weissman Scholarship

Thursday, September 30, 2021, By News Staff

Avalon Gupta VerWiebe, a food studies graduate student in the Falk College, is the first to receive the Evan Weissman Scholarship, a newly created scholarship fund honoring the late Professor Weissman that supports food studies graduate students. Gupta VerWiebe’s personal…