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SU Press Celebrates University Press Week

Monday, November 1, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

The Syracuse University Press is celebrating the 10th annual University Press Week (UP Week) Nov. 8-12. In honor of UP Week, the Libraries will host a display featuring books from Syracuse University Press. SU Press is also offering a 50% off…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Students Awarded Inaugural Gensler Rising Black Designers Scholarships

Wednesday, October 27, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Two School of Architecture students have received a prestigious national scholarship for young Black designers by Gensler, one of the world’s largest design and architecture firms. Krystol Austin G’22 (M.Arch.) and Coumba Kanté ’22 (B.Arch.) were named two of the…

Health & Society

NIH Awards $1.95M to Study State-Level COVID Policies, Mental Health

Monday, October 25, 2021, By Jessica Youngman

Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, is the principal investigator for a five-year research project that will examine the impacts of state COVID-19 mitigation policies on adult psychological health, drug overdose and suicide….

Campus & Community

Understanding the Current COVID Data and Remaining Committed to Good Public Health

Thursday, October 21, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: You have likely noticed the very positive data and trends reported on the Syracuse University COVID dashboard over the past several weeks. I call your attention to a few important data points: The number…

Campus & Community

International Pronouns Day Is Oct. 20

Tuesday, October 19, 2021, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Oct. 20, the University will again celebrate International Pronouns Day (IPD), a global initiative established in 2018 that seeks to make respecting, sharing and educating about personal pronouns a common occurrence. Referring to people by the pronouns they…

Media, Law & Policy

In Memoriam: Vernon L. Greene, Pioneer in the Interdisciplinary Study of Aging

Monday, October 18, 2021, By Eileen Korey

Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and International Affairs Vernon Greene, who passed away on Oct. 10 at the age of 77, saw the aging process as much more than a person getting old, and his vision helped build Syracuse University’s…

Campus & Community

Review the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Draft Strategic Plan

Monday, October 18, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: As Syracuse University seeks to identify its next chief diversity and inclusion officer, we are serving as an interim leadership team, charged with engaging the campus community to advance the University’s inaugural Diversity,…

Arts & Culture

Genet Gallery Presents ‘Peter Piening: Abstract Visions in Modernist Graphic Design’

Friday, October 15, 2021, By Erica Blust

A new exhibition at Syracuse University’s Sue and Leon Genet Gallery features Peter Piening’s dynamic abstract commercial work and his role as an educator. According to exhibition curator Meri A. Page, assistant professor of communications design in the College of…

Campus & Community

New Provost Gretchen Ritter Welcomed to Campus, Shares First Priority

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By Kathleen Haley

As Syracuse University’s new vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer, Gretchen Ritter says her first priority during the coming weeks and months will be to get to know the faculty and students of her new campus community. “I look…

Arts & Culture

First Phase Complete of New Onondaga Art Installation on the Quad

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By Jen Plummer

Those strolling through the Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle may notice a new addition to the landscape this week, as the first phase of a new Onondaga Art Installation—led by the Indigenous Students at Syracuse (ISAS), Native Student Program, Ongwehonwe Alumni…