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Arts & Culture

Incoming Drama Major Alethea Shirilan-Howlett ’24 Debuts First Full-Length Play on YouTube on Sunday

Friday, June 5, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Growing up, Alethea Shirilan-Howlett ’24, a senior at Jamesville-DeWitt (J-D) High School and an incoming first-year drama major (theater management track) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, dreamed of being an actress. After attending a pre-college arts program…

STEM

‘SpaceX’s Mission: A New Chapter in Space Exploration—and in Humanity’s Age-Old Quest’

Thursday, June 4, 2020, By News Staff

Sean O’Keefe is a University Professor and the Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership in the Maxwell School. O’Keefe served as administrator of NASA during the George W. Bush Administration. In a recent op-ed…

Arts & Culture

Ariel Chu Named a 2020 Luce Scholar

Wednesday, June 3, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In 1986, Ariel Chu’s parents immigrated from Taiwan to the United States. In Taiwan, her parents were both engaged in their passions—her father was a well-known programmer and her mother a beloved Chinese literature teacher. The political and economic uncertainty…

Campus & Community

Bea González to Retire After 36 Years of Creating Opportunity for Syracuse University Students, Connecting the University with the Greater Community

Wednesday, June 3, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

When Bethaida “Bea” González came to Syracuse at age 3 from her birthplace of Cayey, Puerto Rico, her family settled in an apartment on Adams Street, on the periphery of the Syracuse University campus. She had no way to know…

STEM

The Physics Behind Tissue Flow in the Embryo

Tuesday, June 2, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

A group of physicists from Syracuse University recently teamed up with researchers from Columbia University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering to study the developing tissue flow in an embryo that has many similar genes and cell behaviors to that of a…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Begins Welcoming Phase One Faculty and Staff Back to Campus

Tuesday, June 2, 2020, By News Staff

Earlier today, Syracuse University began welcoming back members of its campus community, an important milestone to safely bring back students, faculty and staff after the monthslong work-from-home effort during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. As announced earlier this week…

MIT Technology Review

“How to protect yourself online from misinformation right now.”

Tuesday, June 2, 2020, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was quoted by the MIT Technology Review for the article “How to protect yourself online from misinformation right now.” The…

Campus & Community

Update on Return to Campus Plan for Faculty and Staff

Monday, June 1, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff: Thank you for your patience as the cross-functional working group of deans, faculty and staff has further developed and solidified our plans for returning faculty and staff to campus. I write to share an update on…

“Nursing home residents isolated by coronavirus now face looming challenge: Voting.” 

Friday, May 29, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education at the College of Law was interviewed by ABC News for the story “Nursing home residents isolated by coronavirus now face looming challenge: Voting.” Kohn,…

Campus & Community

Academic Affairs Update 5.29.20: Fall Calendar, Course Development Stipends, Resuming Research Activity

Friday, May 29, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues: As we move toward a phased reopening of the University, we are writing today to address three issues that we know are critical to your ability to plan for the remainder of the summer and the start of…