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COVID-19 Update: Virus Transmission | Staying Healthy | Testing | Flu Vaccine

Friday, December 11, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: Three weeks from today we will ring in the new year. We remain hopeful that 2021 will bring continued scientific progress that helps us overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Until then, we will continue to…

Media, Law & Policy

‘The Swamp That Needs Draining Now: It’s the Immigration Backlog ICE Created Through Indiscriminate Deportations’

Monday, December 7, 2020, By Lily Datz

Austin Kocher, a research assistant professor and faculty fellow in the Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse, wrote an op-ed for the Daily News titled “The swamp that needs draining now: It’s the immigration backlog ICE created through indiscriminate deportations.” Kocher’s research…

Campus & Community

New Action Underway to Combat COVID-19 Spread

Friday, December 4, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff: The resurgence of the COVID-19 virus around our country is intensifying on the heels of holiday travel and gatherings. Here in Onondaga County, we are experiencing rising infection rates and an uptick in hospitalizations. In response,…

Campus & Community

Important Updates from the Office of Academic Affairs

Friday, December 4, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues: As we near the end of the fall semester, we are writing to provide you with some important updates from the Office of Academic Affairs regarding: Extension of the tenure clock for faculty who joined Syracuse University in…

Media, Law & Policy

Syracuse University, College of Law Sign Agreement with Uzbekistan Institutions to Assist Uzbek Disability Rights Capacity Building

Thursday, December 3, 2020, By News Staff

Syracuse University and the College of Law have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three institutions from the Republic of Uzbekistan to strengthen academic ties with the republic, share expertise on disability rights and collaborate to create a disability…

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Arlene Kanter writes “What a day to recognize people with disabilities should mean to us all.”

Thursday, December 3, 2020, By Lily Datz

Arlene Kanter, professor in the College of Law, wrote an op-ed for syracuse.com titled “What a day to recognize people with disabilities should mean to us all.” Kanter, who is the founder and director of the Disability Law and Policy…

STEM

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professors Receive Technological Innovation Awards

Wednesday, December 2, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Electrical engineering and computer science professors Cenk Gursoy and Qinru Qiu received 2020 IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Awards. Both were nominated by Distinguished Professor Pramod Varshney. Qiu was recognized for her pioneering contributions in stochastic power management and…

Business & Economy

Women in Leadership Initiative Announces Spring 2021 Programming

Tuesday, December 1, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

After kicking off in the fall of 2018, the Women in Leadership (WiL) initiative, created through the vision of Candace Campbell Jackson, senior vice president and chief of staff to Chancellor Kent Syverud, and a steering committee of women leaders,…

Campus & Community

Be Alert: Increased Phishing Email Activity

Tuesday, December 1, 2020, By Eric Ferguson

The Information Security team within Information Technology Services (ITS) has seen an increase in phishing email activity targeting Syracuse University students, faculty and staff in recent weeks. These attacks include password harvesters that provide links directing the recipient to “click…

Campus & Community

New Staff within Office of Diversity and Inclusion Enhances Efforts to Create More Welcoming Campus

Monday, November 30, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

To continue to build its efforts in creating an equitable, diverse, accessible and inclusive campus, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion has welcomed new staff members and student advisors. The new staff members, working with Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer…