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User Beware: We Still Don’t Know How Oracle Will Treat US Consumer Data

Tuesday, September 22, 2020, By Daryl Lovell

President Trump approved a tentative deal over the weekend that allows TikTok to stay in U.S. app stores for now. On Friday, officials had announced WeChat and TikTok apps would be banned, citing national security concerns as the reason behind…

Campus & Community

Update on Day Hall Floor 8 COVID-19 Testing

Monday, September 21, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: This evening, we received the results from yesterday’s COVID-19 testing that the Public Health Team administered to the students living on Day Hall Floor 8. I am pleased to share there are no new…

Roll Call

“Campus Notebook: Unattended gun in Capitol bathroom need not concern the public, Capitol Police argued.”

Monday, September 21, 2020, By Lily Datz

Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, was quoted by Roll Call for the article “Campus Notebook: Unattended gun in Capitol bathroom need not…

Campus & Community

Residents on Day Hall Floor 8 Test Positive for COVID-19, Entire Floor Now Quarantining

Sunday, September 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: A short time ago, we were notified that three students living on Day Hall Floor 8 have tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, all Floor 8 residents are undergoing immediate COVID-19 testing and…

Campus & Community

Important Public Health Information for Day Hall Floor 8 Residents

Sunday, September 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Residents of Day Hall Floor 8: A short time ago, we were notified that students living on Day Hall Floor 8 have tested positive for COVID-19. In alignment with the University’s public health response protocol, and based on guidance…

Media, Law & Policy

Survey Results Highlight a Worrying Lack of Basic Holocaust Knowledge

Thursday, September 17, 2020, By News Staff

According to the U.S. Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey, the first-ever 50-state survey on Holocaust knowledge among millennials and Generation Z (adults aged between 18 and 39), almost half (48%) could not name a single concentration camp or ghetto established…

Campus & Community

Actor and Activist Wilmer Valderrama Kicks Off 20th Season of the University Lectures on Tuesday, Sept. 22 (Date Changed to Wednesday, Sept. 23)

Thursday, September 17, 2020, By News Staff

Actor, producer, singer and activist Wilmer Valderrama (“That ’70s Show,” “NCIS”) will kick off the 20th season of the University Lectures series on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. [The event date has been changed to Wednesday, Sept. 23.] Valderrama…

Dashboard Update, New State Dashboard and Important Reminders

Wednesday, September 16, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: Over the last several days, Syracuse University has administered nearly 15,000 COVID-19 tests across campus, and we will continue testing students through Friday as part of our second round of on-campus surveillance. I’m pleased…

Campus & Community

Inspired by Student-Athletes to Put Even More ‘Skin in the Game’

Wednesday, September 16, 2020, By Eileen Korey

John Wildhack ’80 uses the word “connective tissue” to describe the ties that bind him and his family to Syracuse University. “It’s an incredibly unusual place that has been part of my family since the day I was born, with…

“Pandemic brings toilet paper from Mexico to American stores.” 

Tuesday, September 15, 2020, By Lily Datz

Patrick Penfield, professor of supply chain practice and director of Executive Education in the Whitman School, was quoted in the Associated Press story “Pandemic brings toilet paper from Mexico to American stores.” Penfield says that it has been common for…