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IOC Would be Wise to Cancel 2021 Summer Games

Friday, May 1, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Syracuse University Sport Management Professor Rick Burton says pandemic creates unlevel playing field for all Olympic nations. For your coverage of the possible cancelation of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, please consider the comments below from Rick Burton, the David B. Falk…

Law Professor: Executive Order Does Not Relieve Suffering

Friday, May 1, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Syracuse University Constitutional Law Professor Jennifer Breen questions the need to place limitations on green cards and contends there is no evidence to suggest immigrants are contributing to growing national unemployment. If you are reporting on this subject, please consider Prof. Breen’s…

Health & Society

Falk Senior Applies Public Health Skills in East Africa

Friday, May 1, 2020, By Valerie Pietra

For Alizée McLorg ’20, public health is everywhere—from mentoring young adults in local Syracuse schools to analyzing demographic health surveys in East Africa. Her time at Syracuse has allowed her to do both, and in the process, discover her passion…

Campus & Community

Building a Resiliency Toolkit With Holistic Health and Wellness

Thursday, April 30, 2020, By News Staff

Building resiliency through daily practices of holistic health and wellness hold the potential to improve mental, emotional and physical well-being. Especially in times of uncertainty, some of the first actions in building a resiliency toolkit include acknowledging and accepting one’s…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel, Chaplains Find Virtual Ways to Provide Spiritual Nourishment and Connection

Thursday, April 30, 2020, By News Staff

Hendricks Chapel launched a new ministry, Music and Message, last year. The popular weekly gatherings feature musical performances and spoken reflections from a diversity of religious and spiritual perspectives. When on-campus activities were suspended in March due to the COVID-19…

Health & Society

Documenting COVID-19

Wednesday, April 29, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

The University Archives in the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Libraries is actively working to document the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Syracuse University. They are seeking to collect and preserve the personal responses of University students,…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Parenting in the Shadows of Scarce Ventilators’

Tuesday, April 28, 2020, By News Staff

Cora True-Frost is an associate professor of law in the College of Law. True-Frost, as a parent of a child with multiple disabilities, offers a personal account of the concerns she has for her son in receiving necessary care during…

Campus & Community

Keeping Students Engaged the Virtual Way

Tuesday, April 28, 2020, By Eileen Korey

“It’s a whole new way of thinking about the virtual world,” states Dave Sargalski, director of student engagement in the Office of Student Activities in describing what it means to engage students in social activities when they are sheltering in…

Campus & Community

Liang Wang Named Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2020-21

Tuesday, April 28, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

The School of Architecture has announced that architect and urban designer Liang Wang is the Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2020-21. Wang is currently a Doctor of Design candidate and previously a teaching fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of…

Campus & Community

Coronavirus Update 4.24.20: Social Distancing Vigilance, New Resources and Expanded Support

Friday, April 24, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: For so many, the evolving nature of the COVID-19 health emergency has imposed new and changing constraints on the activities of daily living. That said, I continue to be amazed by the resilience,…