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Media, Law & Policy

Faricy Explores Public Perceptions of Welfare via the US Tax Code

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By News Staff

In their new book, “The Other Side of the Coin: Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures” (Russell Sage Foundation, 2021), Syracuse University professor Christopher Faricy and Bucknell University professor Christopher Ellis examine how public opinion differs between two types of…

Campus & Community

College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2021 VPA Scholars

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Erica Blust

Twelve seniors in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars program was established to recognize the achievements of the college’s top seniors. Students are…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Announces Spring 2021 Visiting Critics

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Four studios will be held on campus this spring. The School of Architecture is also offering…

Campus & Community

Creative Writing Program Introduces New Undergraduate Degree

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

The Department of English’s signature creative writing program–home of the renowned M.F.A. in creative writing–will now offer a new bachelor of arts degree. Building on the nationally ranked master’s program, the new creative writing major and minor are open to…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Impeachment and Deplatforming Aren’t Enough to Move Forward’

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, authored an op-ed for WIRED titled “Impeachment and Deplatforming Aren’t Enough to Move Forward.” Phillips is an expert on media literacy, mis- and…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Presents ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’

Friday, January 29, 2021, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage continues the 2020/2021 online on-demand season with the stunning documentary drama “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Anna Deavere Smith. “Twilight” will be available as video on demand Feb. 3-14 at syracusestage.org. Smith…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Adds Vincent H. Cohen ’92, L’95 to Board of Advisors

Wednesday, January 20, 2021, By Martin Walls

Syracuse University College of Law is pleased to announce the addition of Vincent H. Cohen ’92, L’95—Partner at Dechert LLP, based in Washington, DC—to its Board of Advisors. Cohen is widely recognized and honored for his work in high-stakes litigation…

STEM

$1.5 Million NIH Grant Funds ALS-Linked Research

Tuesday, January 12, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

The human body is made up of trillions of cells. Within each cell are proteins which help to maintain the structure, function and regulation of the body’s tissues and organs. When cells are under stress, as in response to heat…

Arts & Culture

College of Visual and Performing Arts Flexes Creative Muscle to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic

Monday, January 11, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

“Visual and Performing Arts students wouldn’t have a reason to be here if they couldn’t sing or hold an instrument or act onstage or spend time in the studio.  The arts are a social activity, not something that lends itself…

Health & Society

Participants Sought for Survey on Information, Preventive Behavior and Disparities in Pandemic Circumstances 

Tuesday, January 5, 2021, By News Staff

A research team in the School of Information Studies, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin and University of Washington, is seeking participants for a survey about information behaviors, risk perceptions and health disparities relating to COVID-19. Participants…