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Students Learn Craft of Creative Writing With Stellar Faculty, New Undergraduate Degrees

Tuesday, January 18, 2022, By News Staff

In a 2019 interview, National Public Radio’s Scott Simon asked Chanelle Benz G’12 a pointed, and timely, question about her debut novel, “The Gone Dead,” in which the lead character returns to the Mississippi Delta shack her father owned in the…

Campus & Community

‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ Response to University’s Free Community COVID-19 Testing

Wednesday, January 12, 2022, By John Boccacino

With access to COVID-19 tests becoming increasingly scarce in and around Central New York, Syracuse University began offering free COVID-19 testing to the Central New York community on Jan. 4. Announced earlier this month by New York State Gov. Kathy…

Media Tip Sheets

Playtime, Deep Breaths, and Movement Can Help Calm Kids’ COVID Fears

Wednesday, January 12, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

COVID-19 is widespread in the U.S., and even the nation’s youngest kids are feeling the anxiety that comes with facing the ongoing pandemic. From missing school, to hearing about classmates getting sick – and often catching it themselves – it’s…

Health & Society

NSF Grant Enables Innovative Research at Falk College and College of Engineering and Computer Science to Combat Addiction, Ease Recovery

Monday, January 10, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Researchers at Syracuse University’s Falk College and College of Engineering and Computer Science are teaming up to provide hope and help to those in need.   It comes in the form of scientific study and expert knowledge with the goal of…

Campus & Community

Important Information About Quarantine and Isolation

Monday, January 10, 2022, By News Staff

Dear Division Heads, Deans and Directors: We approach the start of the spring semester facing a new and different challenge related to operating the University during the COVID-19 pandemic—the highly infectious omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 illness….

Campus & Community

Libraries Sign Cambridge University Press ‘Read and Publish’ Agreement

Wednesday, January 5, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries recently signed a three-year “read and publish” open access agreement with Cambridge University Press. The agreement was negotiated through the Libraries’ NERL consortium (formerly NorthEast Research Libraries). Under this contract, any Syracuse University faculty, staff or student can…

Campus & Community

‘Pop Life’ Podcast with Kendall Phillips ‘Pops the Hood’ on Popular Culture

Thursday, December 23, 2021, By Matt Michael

Before Joe Lee left Syracuse radio station WAER at the end of summer, he met with Kendall Phillips and had a favor to ask. Lee, WAER’s director and general manager, was the creator, producer and host of “Pop Life,” a…

Media, Law & Policy

Syracuse Law Announces the Deborah and Sherman F. Levey ’57, L’59 Endowed Scholarship

Tuesday, December 21, 2021, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law and Deborah Ronnen, of Rochester, New York, announce the creation of the Deborah and Sherman F. Levey ’57, L’59 Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship, as part of the Forever Orange campaign, builds on and memorializes the enduring…

Campus & Community

Libraries Sign Agreement to Eliminate Fees for PLOS Authors

Monday, December 20, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries has signed an agreement with PLOS that will take effect in 2022 eliminating author fees for individual corresponding Syracuse University authors. This transformative agreement is on the heels of the first one signed with the American Chemical…

Campus & Community

Behind the Scenes, Facilities Dispatchers Keep the Lights On (and the Pipes Working) at Syracuse University

Thursday, December 16, 2021, By Jennifer DeMarchi

There are not many jobs on the Syracuse University campus where the office cheat sheet includes items like “clogged toilet,” “hot office,” “broken garbage disposal” and “Quad event set-up.” The list of potential mishaps is at least 10 pages long…