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Campus & Community

Facilities Services Staff Go Above and Beyond to Return Lost Passport to Student

Wednesday, May 8, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The University’s Facilities Services team is known for working behind the scenes—without fanfare—to make University operations run smoothly and to handle unique situations. This past weekend, the team, together with local contractor Syracuse Haulers, pulled off a miracle of epic…

STEM

Undergraduate Spearheads Study Using Physics to Understand How Cells Self-Sort

Sunday, April 21, 2024, By News Staff

Erin McCarthy ’23, physics summa cum laude, is a rarity among young scientists. As an undergraduate researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics, she guided a study that appeared in March 2024 in Physical Review Letters….

Media Tip Sheets

Experts Weigh In on Tesla Layoffs

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, By Vanessa Marquette

Tesla announced significant layoffs and the departure of two senior executives on Monday, signaling increasing challenges amid rising competition and falling sales. Two Syracuse University faculty members shared their reactions to this news in the comments below. If you’d like…

Campus & Community

The Mid-State Regional Partnership Center: Supporting Those Who Support Students with Disabilities

Thursday, April 11, 2024, By Martin Walls

Kayleigh Sandford and Stephanie Spicciati have worked so long and so closely together that they almost finish each other’s sentences. Central New York school districts are lucky to be able to tap their experience and skills, two members of a…

Media Tip Sheets

Will Abortion Bring Voters to the 2024 Polls?

Thursday, April 4, 2024, By Ellen Mbuqe

Reporters looking for an expert to discuss how abortion can be a motivating factor for voters, please see comments from political science professor Shana Gadarian who studies political behavior and is co-author of “Pandemic Politics, The Deadly Toll of Partisanship…

Veterans

Soaring Over Barriers: Cindy Boyd G’04 Reflects on Navigating an Aeronautical Career

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, By Charlie Poag

Despite the Hollywood portrayal of combat aviation as a glamorous and glitzy environment, military aviators operate in highly perilous conditions, facing challenges that many civilian pilots wouldn’t dare encounter. Nevertheless, the inherent risks do not deter numerous young men and…

Health & Society

Joshua McIntosh G’12: Navigating Complexities, Transforming Higher Education

Monday, March 4, 2024, By News Staff

A new chapter unfolds for School of Education graduate Joshua G. McIntosh G’12 as he starts 2024 as executive dean of John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, bringing with him a wealth of experience and a trail…

Media Tip Sheets

Pandemic Journaling Project makes new home at Syracuse University

Thursday, February 15, 2024, By Ellen Mbuqe

A repository of data detailing the deeply personal experiences of more than 1,800 people living during the COVID pandemic will be available to researchers for the first time on Feb. 15. The Pandemic Journaling Project (PJP) offers insight into people’s…

Campus & Community

Addressing Belonging Among Neurodiverse Students, ‘Dialog’ Wins No Code Design Sprint

Wednesday, February 14, 2024, By Martin Walls

Dialog, an application to increase a sense of belonging on campus for students with disabilities, won the fast-paced, seven-day No Code Design Sprint, hosted by Syracuse University Libraries, the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), and School of Education…

STEM

Tidal Disruption Events and What They Can Reveal About Black Holes and Stars in Distant Galaxies

Thursday, February 1, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Astrophysicists from Syracuse University and the University of Leeds have collaborated with high school students in Syracuse to confirm the accuracy of an analytical model that can unlock key information about supermassive black holes and the stars they engulf. At…