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Consequences of Ignoring Public Health Guidelines
Dear Students: Your diligence and continued commitment to public health is helping to keep COVID-19 infection rates manageable on our campus. Most of you are doing the right things. However, we are writing to take advantage of a teachable moment…
Virtual Stress Relief: ‘Parenting During These Uncertain Times’ Offered to Faculty, 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…
Newhouse Professor Embraces Technology to Deliver Interactive Hybrid Instruction
Associate Professor Barbara Fought has taught an online course for the past five years through the Newhouse School’s online master’s communications program. Her familiarity with digital learning helped her move her other courses online in the spring during the University’s…
Nina Kohn writes “Older adults are feeling the heat, literally.”
Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education at the College of Law, co-authored a commentary for The Hill titled “Older adults are feeling the heat, literally.” The opinion piece addresses the extreme…
Dipre Awarded $20,000 Counseling Fellowship from NBCC Foundation
Kirsis Allennys Dipre, a doctoral student in the counseling and human services department in the School of Education, was recently selected for the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program for Doctoral Counselors (NBCC MFP) by The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National…
Libraries Offering Delivery Service, Pickup Option for Faculty
For the Fall 2020 semester, Syracuse University Libraries will be providing new faculty delivery service options that include UPS mail delivery to faculty residences and a reserve and hold pickup option from either Bird Library or Carnegie Library. These services…
Hendricks Chapel Virtual Conversation Series Welcomes Nationally Renowned Religious Leaders
The Rev. Charles L. Howard, the University of Pennsylvania’s first-ever vice president for social equity and community, and Dean Jonathan Lee Walton of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, are the next guest speakers on “Matters that Matter: A…
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…
What shutdown of Dakota Access Pipeline means for Standing Rock Sioux tribe and environmental justice
Over the past three years, Native American tribes, indigenous rights groups, and environmental justice organizations have contested the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline runs from North Dakota to Illinois, carrying oil between the two states, and in turn threatening the…
Arlene Kanter writes, “Turning Their Back on People with Disabilities in the Name of Religious Freedom.”
Arlene Kanter, professor in the College of Law and founder and director of the Disability Law and Policy Program, authored the Jurist op-ed titled, “Turning Their Back on People with Disabilities in the Name of Religious Freedom.” In the op-ed…