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Campus & Community

A Lasting Impression: Parking and Transportation Services Staff Member Ed Rother Retires After 30 Years of Service

Thursday, November 18, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

When prospective students and families arrive on the Syracuse University campus, the first person they often meet is Ed Rother. A member of the Parking and Transportation Services team, Rother has staffed the University’s north entry gate on South Crouse…

STEM

Arts and Sciences’ Physicists Part of Cosmic Explorer Project Deemed ‘Crucial’ by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Thursday, November 18, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Physicists from the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S’) Gravitational-Wave Group are at the leading edge of exploring the universe with gravitational waves. From designing and building gravitational-wave observatories to studying the science of current detections from the Laser Interferometer…

Campus & Community

New Members of the Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence Announced

Thursday, November 18, 2021, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud has announced the new members of the Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence for 2021-22. Robert D. Hradsky, vice president for the student experience and dean of students, and Diane Lyden Murphy, dean of the Falk…

Campus & Community

With Adele’s Assistance, Syracuse Alumnus Proposes to Girlfriend on National Television

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, By Kim Infanti

Quentin Brunson ’12, G’13 knows he’s set the bar high. Extremely high. The whole world’s talking about his very public proposal to his girlfriend of seven years, Ashleigh Mann, during Adele’s “One Night Only” television concert special Nov. 14 at…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses Nov. 17 Meeting of the University Senate

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, By News Staff

In his remarks to the University Senate today, Chancellor Kent Syverud encouraged the campus community to get their flu shot, gave updates on key leadership searches and the DEIA Strategic Plan. The full text of his remarks is below. Thank…

The Washington Post

China and the United States Will Work Together To Tackle Climate Change

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor for political science in the Maxwell School, authored an opinion piece for the Washington Post “The U.S. and China agreed to work together on climate action. What would push this cooperation forward?” and was quoted in…

Media, Law & Policy

COVID Misinformation and How to Stop It

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, By Lily Datz

The Surgeon General just released a toolkit to help people fight misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. It is geared specifically for people to talk about misinformation within their close circles of friends and family. Social media researcher Jenny Stromer-Galley, professor at…

Media Tip Sheets

Asylum Grant Rates Increase Under Biden Administration

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, By Lily Datz

Under the new Biden administration, asylum seekers are seeing greater success rates in securing asylum. While the percent of immigrants who were denied asylum went up each year during the Trump administration to a high of 71 percent in FY…

Campus & Community

Graduate Student Mental Health Workshop for Faculty Dec. 3

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, By News Staff

Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, researchers reported rates of anxiety and depression among graduate students that are substantially higher than the general population. As the pandemic has heightened anxiety and stress among graduate students, faculty are finding new challenges in…

Media Tip Sheets

Psychology Professor Provides Tips To Navigate Holiday Season Stress

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, By Lily Datz

For many families, this holiday season will be the first that loved ones are gathering together again after a socially-distanced year apart. It will bring a sense of relief for many, but for others, a return of stress and anxiety…