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Campus & Community

Lender Center Fellows Following Weissman’s Vision for Food Justice

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By Matt Michael

Stop hunger in Syracuse. In its simplest form, that was Evan Weissman’s vision and why he pursued the Lender Center Faculty Fellowship. Weissman, an associate professor in Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, wanted to use the fellowship…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Improving the Security Situation Between US-Mexico’

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By Lily Datz

Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations in the Maxwell School, authored an op-ed for The Hill titled “Improving the security situation between US-Mexico.” McCormick is an expert on U.S.-Mexico…

Sen. Klobuchar’s Antitrust Bill Sets Stage For Future Reform

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

This month, Sen. Amy Klobuchar unveiled an antitrust reform bill that could enhance regulations and crack down on anticompetitive practices at the nation’s largest tech operations including Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. The Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Act is…

Campus & Community

New Future Professors Fellowship Program Seeking Applicants

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The Office of Academic Affairs has announced a new program designed to increase the number of underrepresented minorities entering the professoriate. The Syracuse University Future Professors Fellowship Program seeks to award five fellowships annually to talented postdoctoral scholars in any…

Campus & Community

Gifting Solace in Words and Images

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Paula Meseroll

Faced with creating classwork for an incoming cohort of first-year photography students and hampered by the constraints imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, Associate Professor Doug DuBois of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Transmedia came up…

Campus & Community

Schine Reopens: Important Guidelines on Building Usage

Monday, February 8, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students: Happy first day of the spring semester! During winter break, we spent much time preparing for your arrival and planning new and expanded ways to be involved over the semester. Of course, one of the newest aspects to…

STEM

What Drugs Cause Birth Defects? Search for Answers Turbocharges Zhen Ma’s Bioengineering Lab

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Zhen Ma arrived at Syracuse University in 2016, fresh from a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, to set up his own lab. Appointed assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering and the Carol and Samuel Nappi…

STEM

Syracuse Native Finds Career in Team Science

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Plansky Hoang ’15, G’20 is the youngest of seven children born to immigrant parents in Syracuse. She attended Henninger High School and came to Syracuse University as an undergraduate to major in biomedical and chemical engineering. “When I started college,…

Associated Press

“The biggest win: In 2020, NFL found ways to play every game.”

Sunday, February 7, 2021, By Lily Datz

Dennis Deninger, professor of practice in Falk College and the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the Associated Press story “The biggest win: In 2020, NFL found ways to play every game.” Deninger, an expert on the Super Bowl, says that…

Campus & Community

6 Things to Know About the Upgraded COVID-19 Stadium Testing Center

Friday, February 5, 2021, By Jen Plummer

The University conducted more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests in the fall semester. In the spring semester, the University’s Public Health Team expects to double, or even triple, that number. How will they do that? The team is expanding and optimizing…