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Arts & Culture

Light Work Receives National Endowment for the Arts CARES Act Grant

Monday, July 20, 2020, By Cjala Surratt

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded Light Work a $50,000 grant as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Light Work is one of 855 organizations that the NEA selected from 3,100 applicants…

Campus & Community

Libraries’ Updated Course Reserves Process

Wednesday, July 15, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

For the Fall 2020 semester, the Syracuse University Libraries will provide reserves materials electronically to ensure that all students, on and off campus, can access these materials easily and safely. All requests should be submitted through the Libraries’ reserves system….

Campus & Community

ICE Rescinds Directive Affecting International Students

Tuesday, July 14, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Earlier today, we received notice that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has rescinded its July 6 directive that international students who planned to enroll only in online classes would not be permitted to remain…

Health & Society

Hendricks Chapel Virtual Conversation Series Welcomes Harvard Educator, Former NAACP President

Tuesday, July 14, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

The Rev. Cornell William Brooks of Harvard University, former president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), will join Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol for a virtual conversation on Thursday, July 23, at 7…

Arts & Culture

Community Folk Art Center Introduces Online Gallery

Monday, July 13, 2020, By News Staff

The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) has launched a new online gallery to enable visitors to learn more about artists from the African Diaspora and other underrepresented groups. The robust site also offers a virtual means by which former exhibiting…

STEM

Chemist Develops Potential Drug to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Without Harsh Side Effects

Sunday, July 12, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Robert P. Doyle, the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences and adjunct associate professor of medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has developed a new drug lead…

STEM

Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Student Awarded Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Zheng Xiong, a biomedical and chemical engineering Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded a 2020 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his potential contributions…

The Dallas Morning News

“Masks are now required in Texas. What if you can’t wear one because of a medical condition?”

Sunday, July 5, 2020, By Lily Datz

Doron Dorfman, associate professor in the College of Law, was interviewed by Dallas Morning News for the story “Masks are now required in Texas. What if you can’t wear one because of a medical condition?” Professor Dorfman, an expert on…

Campus & Community

Sororities Come Together to Raise Money for People Impacted by COVID-19 

Thursday, July 2, 2020, By Lisa Maresca

Greek life organizations have a long history of incorporating philanthropic work into their missions. That certainly was the case this March, when 13 sororities of the Panhellenic Council at Syracuse University banded together to raise more than $5,700 for people…

The Wall Street Journal

New York City Considers Testing Sewage for Coronavirus

Wednesday, July 1, 2020, By Lily Datz

David Larsen, associate professor of public health in Falk College, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal article titled “New York City Considers Testing Sewage for Coronavirus.” Larsen, an expert on global health and sanitation, leads the University’s waste water…