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Important Syllabus Reminders
Dear Colleagues: Let me start this “syllabus reminders” email with a thank you. What a year 2020 has been, and we are barely halfway through it. You migrated your classes online last spring with little advance notice. Those of you…
Amid Bankruptcies, Retail Industry Will Thrive with Fewer Players
Luxury department store Lord & Taylor and the company that owns both Men’s Warehouse and Jos. A. Bank have announced plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The stores join a growing list of retailers that have made similar…
Hundreds of New Students Arrive Early as Part of University’s Safety Efforts
Several hundred new students were welcomed to Syracuse University on Sunday as part of the effort to bring students to campus safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students coming from states listed in New York State’s travel advisory, with high infection…
Taking Courses Fully Online
Dear Students, We are looking forward to welcoming you back to campus in just a few short weeks. Our focus continues to be the health and safety of our campus community this fall semester. With that in mind, your academic…
Coronavirus Update 7.31.20: Planning Progress, Dashboard, Virtual Sessions and More
Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: We are weeks away from welcoming students back to campus, and consequently our efforts to deliver a robust academic experience and a safe residential experience are in high gear. To provide just a…
Audio Documentary Highlights Career of Professor Sarah ‘Sally’ Short
Syracuse University Libraries’ “Sound Beat: Access Audio” and Falk College recently partnered to produce a vibrant audio documentary featuring Professor Emerita Sarah “Sally” Short, an academic trailblazer in nutrition and proud Orange alumna whose dedicated teaching career at Syracuse University…
Spontaneous Seed Deliveries Unlikely Harmful
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investigating reports of unsolicited packages of seeds arriving at U.S. residents’ doorsteps via the mail. Officials urge recipients not to plant them, but to contact their state plant regulatory officials instead. Jason Fridley is…
Professor Moves Renowned Cybersecurity Workshop Online
When his National Science Foundation grant expired, electrical engineering and computer science Professor Kevin Du figured his pioneering security education (SEED) cybersecurity workshop that he had run since 2015 had come to an end. Du had always intended the workshops…
“Zip codes with nursing homes and Brown and Black populations have been hit hardest by COVID-19.”
Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education at the College of Law, was interviewed by the Chicago Reader for the article “Zip codes with nursing homes and Brown and Black populations have…
Frequently Asked Questions about Student Testing
Dear Students and Families: Over the last several days, many of you have reached out to us with very specific questions about the testing process, what is expected, how to submit results and so on. Although we can’t specifically address…