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Arts & Culture

Community Folk Art Center Celebrates 50 Years

Monday, October 24, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Habibatou Traore ’24 was in her first weeks at Syracuse University when she heard African drumming during an activities fair for new students last fall. She followed their sound to Joshua Williams, who teaches West African dance and drumming at…

Newsday

Using Wastewater To Prevent Future COVID-19 Surges

Monday, October 24, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

David Larsen, associate professor of public health in the Falk College spoke with Newsday for the story “Wastewater a key barometer of COVID-19, scientists say.” The article highlights recent research showing that wastewater can be a useful predictor for future…

Arts & Culture

Special Collections Research Center Contributes to the Art Museum’s Exhibition ‘Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time’

Monday, October 24, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) has selected collection items currently on view at the Syracuse University Art Museum’s most recent exhibition, “Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time.” On view until Dec. 11, “Precious Metal” is a…

Politico

Loads of Money and COVID-19 Equipment Wasted in New York As a Result of Treatment Evolving

Friday, October 21, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Brooks Gump, Falk Family Endowed Professor of public health in the Falk College, was interviewed by Politico for the article “New York spent $250M on tech to fight Covid that no one uses.” The article highlights how then-Governor Andrew Cuomo…

Newsweek

Maxwell Professor Gives Expert Opinion On Putin’s Partial Mobilization of Russia

Friday, October 21, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Sean McFate, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and an adjunct professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was interviewed by Newsweek for the story “‘Act of Desperation’: Putin’s Partial Mobilization of Russia Could Be…

The New York Times

Wegmans’ Self-Checkout App Discontinued After Experiencing Losses

Friday, October 21, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Ray Wimer, professor of retail practice in the Whitman School, was interviewed by The New York Times for the article “Wegmans Discontinues Self-Checkout App, Citing Losses.” The article explains why Wegmans is discontinuing SCAN, a self-checkout app that was created…

The Guardian

iSchool Professor Gives Expert Advice About Truth Social

Friday, October 21, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Jennifer Stromer-Galley, professor in the School of Information Studies and Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, was interviewed by The Guardian for the article “Is Truth Social another of Trump’s bungled businesses?” The article highlights the app Truth…

The Associated Press

Professor Gouldin Combats Misinformation

Friday, October 21, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Lauryn Gouldin, Crandall Melvin Associate Professor of Law and Director, Syracuse Civics Initiative at the Law School, was quoted by The Associated Press for the series, “Not Real News:  A look at what didn’t happen this week,” a news roundup…

New York Daily News

Professor Greenky Highlights Implications of New York’s New Gun Law

Friday, October 21, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Lynn Greenky, associate teaching professor in The College of Visual and Performing Arts, wrote an opinion piece in The New York Daily News titled “The First Amendment vs. New York’s Second Amendment restrictions.” The article explains the implications of the…

Campus & Community

Reminiscing on 50 Years of Bird Library With Architectural Librarian Barbara Opar ’73, G’74

Friday, October 21, 2022, By John Boccacino

In the fall of 1972, Syracuse University took a bold step to shape the future of libraries on campus when the Ernest Stevenson Bird Library opened. Up to that point, libraries were dark spaces where students conducted their research or…