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Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Updates the University Senate on Spring Planning, Searches and Diversity Efforts

Wednesday, December 9, 2020, By News Staff

In his remarks to the University Senate, Chancellor Kent Syverud provided updates on spring planning, the search for a leader for the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience, progress on the provost search and the external review of the…

Vice (France)

“How conspiracy theories infect influencers.”

Wednesday, December 9, 2020, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was quoted in the Vice (France) story “How conspiracy theories infect influencers.” Phillips, an expert in misinformation, says that it may be too…

STEM

Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Training and Scholarship in Water and Energy Continue to Thrive Despite COVID-19

Wednesday, December 9, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

Entering its final year of National Science Foundation funding, the EMPOWER (Education Model Program on Water-Energy Research) program at Syracuse University has delivered powerful lessons on interdisciplinary approaches to graduate education. Originally led by Principal Investigator Laura Lautz and more…

Campus & Community

Nominations Now Open for Meredith Teaching Recognition Awards

Wednesday, December 9, 2020, By News Staff

Interim Vice President for Research Ramesh Raina today announced the opening of nominations for the Meredith Teaching Recognition Awards. The program is sponsored by the Meredith Professors to benefit non-tenured faculty members. Its specific goals are to recognize excellence in…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Comes ‘Home for the Holidays’

Tuesday, December 8, 2020, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage celebrates the joy and comfort of home this holiday season with the fully digital production “Home for the Holidays,” a heartwarming show filled with favorite songs and instrumental music, dancing and fond memories, available as video on demand…

Arts & Culture

The Bio-Art Mixer: Where Art and the Sciences Meet

Tuesday, December 8, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

In bio-art, artists and scientists use living tissues, bacteria and organisms to produce intriguing creations. These works are often intended to inspire conversations and action related to the environment, ecology and the effects of human interaction on nature. At Syracuse…

Media, Law & Policy

Kristen Patel ’90 Named Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs at Maxwell

Tuesday, December 8, 2020, By News Staff

Kristen (Kris) Patel ’90, a distinguished alumna of the Maxwell School with more than 25 years of experience leading intelligence and analytics programs in the public and private sectors, is the new Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of…

Campus & Community

Tarida Anantachai and Suzanne Preate Receive Libraries’ 2020 Distinguished Service Award

Tuesday, December 8, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries honored two outstanding staff members, Tarida Anantachai and Suzanne Preate, with the 2020 Distinguished Service Award at its annual “State of the Libraries” meeting, held virtually on Dec. 1. The award is a 30-year tradition that recognizes…

STEM

BioInspired Institute Awards First Six Seed Grants

Tuesday, December 8, 2020, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Syracuse University’s BioInspired Institute announced today that it has awarded six seed grants to 12 faculty members to advance interdisciplinary, collaborative research in materials and living systems.  Seed grants provide funding for innovative ideas, producing data that can be used…

Health & Society

Skepticism of Masks, Vaccinations Isn’t New: Ph.D. Candidate’s Research on 19th-Century Britain Provides Lessons for Today

Tuesday, December 8, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

Haejoo Kim, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, is currently researching and writing her dissertation “Medical Liberty and Alternative Health Practices in Nineteenth-Century Britain.” She is exploring 19th-century British anti-vaccination periodicals and pamphlets to examine the rhetoric. “When…