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Health & Society

A New Tool to Fight Alcohol and Opioid Deaths

Monday, September 14, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Joseph Ditre, associate professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.3 million grant to develop a program to target interrelations between pain, hazardous drinking and the use of prescription opioid medications. When it comes…

Health & Society

‘Black Lives Matter Is a Continuum of Black Protest Over Centuries’

Monday, September 14, 2020, By News Staff

  Danielle Smith is a professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program. “For more than 400 years, Black people have expressed in countless ways that Black Lives…

Campus & Community

Embracing the Disability Community as One University

Monday, September 14, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: As we work to create a safe and healthy community in challenging circumstances, we are asking a lot from each of you and each other. Today, I am writing to ask for your…

McKnight's Long-Term Care News

“The problem with home care.” 

Monday, September 14, 2020, By Lily Datz

Jun Li, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the McKnight’s Long-Term Care News story “The problem with home care.” Li recently completed research about those who go into home care, finding…

Campus & Community

Virtual Stress Relief: ‘Parenting During These Uncertain Times’ Offered to Faculty, Staff

Monday, September 14, 2020, By News Staff

Uncertainty abounds in our day-to-day lives, leaving many feeling anxious, overwhelmed and looking for an outlet to help manage the added stress we’re experiencing. Carebridge, Syracuse University’s faculty and staff assistance program, is kicking off their monthly virtual stress relief…

Interfaith Youth Corp

“‘I Go Right to the Edge’ & Other Prayers for College.”

Monday, September 14, 2020, By Lily Datz

The Rev. Brian Konkol, Ph.D., Dean of Henedricks Chapel, was quoted in the Interfaith Youth Corp story “‘I Go Right to the Edge’ & Other Prayers for College.” The article provides “prayers, reflections, meditations, that offer courage and wisdom from diverse faiths…

Media, Law & Policy

Faculty Comment: President’s “Eviction Ban” Postpones What Will Be Tsunami of Economic Devastation

Monday, September 14, 2020, By News Staff

The Trump administration’s new eviction ban faces a slew of legal and political challenges that could undercut an ambitious and unorthodox attempt to save tens of millions of Americans from homelessness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on…

Campus & Community

University Adopts Disability External Review Committee’s Phase One Recommendations

Monday, September 14, 2020, By News Staff

Syracuse University announced today that it will adopt all Phase One recommendations as presented to Chancellor Kent Syverud by the Disability External Review Committee. The committee, formed at the Chancellor’s request in April 2018, is comprised of faculty, staff and…

Truthout

Danielle Smith writes “Black Lives Matter is a Continuum of Black Protest Over Centuries.”

Monday, September 14, 2020, By Lily Datz

Danielle Smith, director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program and professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote the Truthout opinion piece “Black Lives Matter is a Continuum of Black Protest Over Centuries.” “Today,…

CBS News

“Why did COVID-19 become partisan?” 

Sunday, September 13, 2020, By Lily Datz

Shana Kushner Gadarian, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the CBS Sunday Morning piece “Why did COVID-19 become partisan?” During the pandemic, Gadarian worked with colleagues to survey American attitudes towards COVID-19. The team…