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BBI Receives $6.2 Million Award for Southeast ADA Center to Advance Understanding of Disability Rights, Responsibilities

Tuesday, September 7, 2021, By Eileen Korey

For the third time in 15 years, the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) has been awarded a five-year, $6.2 million grant to advance and support understanding of rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) through its Southeast ADA…

STEM

How 9/11 Impacted the Technology and Techniques of Forensic Science

Tuesday, September 7, 2021, By News Staff

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed so much of American life in the coming years, exposing major security vulnerabilities but also bolstering international coordination, crisis planning and mass disaster response. Strategies and methods developed at Ground Zero in…

Health & Society

Lender Center Fellowship Offers Students an Opportunity to ‘Work Locally, Think Globally’

Tuesday, September 7, 2021, By Matt Michael

About three years ago, Seyeon Lee was invited by CenterState CEO, an economic development organization in Syracuse, to help design a women’s wellness center on the North Side of the city. Lee, an associate professor of environmental and interior design…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Internships for Area High School Students Turns Into ‘Something Special’

Tuesday, September 7, 2021, By Matt Michael

High school students running around the Syracuse University campus with blow torches . . . what could possibly go wrong? University Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer Pete Sala admits that thought crossed his mind when Cydney Johnson, vice president…

Arts & Culture

VPA Welcomes New Full-Time Faculty

Friday, September 3, 2021, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) welcomed 10 new full-time faculty members for the 2021-22 academic year. Gabrielle Demeestère joins the Department of Transmedia as an assistant teaching professor of film and will teach screenwriting and directing. Born…

Media Tip Sheets

Merkel Prepares to Step Down With Legacy of Tackling Crises

Thursday, September 2, 2021, By News Staff

The AP wrote, “Angela Merkel will leave office as one of modern Germany’s longest-serving leaders and a global diplomatic heavyweight, with a legacy defined by her management of a succession of crises that shook a fragile Europe rather than any…

Campus & Community

Campus to Celebrate Grand Opening of 119 Euclid Ave., Space to Honor University’s Black Community

Thursday, September 2, 2021, By News Staff

The campus community is invited to the celebratory opening of 119 Euclid Ave., a new space for students to gather and honor the University’s Black community and experiences, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, from 3 to 9 p.m. The celebration will…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law to Offer AccessLex Institute’s Helix Bar Review to Students at No Charge

Wednesday, September 1, 2021, By Martin Walls

In a national first, the College of Law has partnered with legal education nonprofit AccessLex Institute to offer the institute’s interactive Helix Bar Review prep course free of charge to all Syracuse Law students. Helix Bar Review is a state-of-the-art,…

Market Watch

Will Social Security Survive the Test of Time?

Tuesday, August 31, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Eric Kingson, professor of social work in Falk College, was interviewed for the MarketWatch piece “Your retirement is years away. Can you count on Social Security?” Kingson, co-author of the book “Social Security Works for Everyone!” stated that “Social Security…

Campus & Community

Recent Graduate Discovered Love of Statistics, Leadership as a Supplemental Instruction Leader With CLASS

Tuesday, August 31, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Jo O’Gorman’s decision to leave Tennessee and come to Syracuse wasn’t a big departure. With parents who met at Syracuse University while earning their master’s degrees, O’Gorman grew up hearing stories about the campus. On their campus visit, they reluctantly…