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Campus & Community

COVID-19 Update: Daily Dashboard Tracking | Expanded Testing | Flu Shot Clinic

Tuesday, September 29, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: This week, we will mark two milestones in our collective efforts to sustain Syracuse University’s residential campus in the face of the COVID-19 health emergency. The first is to record the 50,000th COVID test…

Spectrum News

“Finding Vibrant Views: Madison County Man Helps Create Foliage Map.”

Monday, September 28, 2020, By Lily Datz

Alan Middleton, Associate Dean of Research and Scholarship and professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for the Spectrum News story “Finding Vibrant Views: Madison County Man Helps Create Foliage Map.” Scott Flaherty, the Executive…

Schenectady Daily Gazette

“Diversity gap persists on Schenectady Police Department.” 

Monday, September 28, 2020, By Lily Datz

Danielle Smith, professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, was interviewed for the Schenectady Daily Gazette story “Diversity gap persists on Schenectady Police Department.” The lack of diversity…

Campus & Community

Care@Work by Care.com Membership Now Available to Benefits-Eligible Faculty and Staff

Monday, September 21, 2020, By News Staff

As recently announced by Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost John Liu and Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer Andrew R. Gordon, the University now offers an institutional membership in the caregiving website Care.com to benefits-eligible faculty and staff….

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…

Media, Law & Policy

UN Human Rights Chief Calls for ‘Urgent and Profound Action To Combat Systemic Racism’ in US

Tuesday, September 15, 2020, By News Staff

The United Nations human rights chief called on Monday for “urgent and profound action to combat systemic racism” in the U.S. during her opening speech for the Human Rights Council in Geneva. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet,…

Health & Society

‘Black Lives Matter Is a Continuum of Black Protest Over Centuries’

Monday, September 14, 2020, By News Staff

  Danielle Smith is a professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program. “For more than 400 years, Black people have expressed in countless ways that Black Lives…

Truthout

Danielle Smith writes “Black Lives Matter is a Continuum of Black Protest Over Centuries.”

Monday, September 14, 2020, By Lily Datz

Danielle Smith, director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program and professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote the Truthout opinion piece “Black Lives Matter is a Continuum of Black Protest Over Centuries.” “Today,…

Campus & Community

Diverse Group of New, Distinguished Faculty Arrive on Campus

Thursday, September 10, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

Syracuse University has added 79 new members to its accomplished faculty. While some have transitioned into new faculty roles, 58 are new to the University community. Among the brand new faculty are award-winning authors, performers, military officers and professionals with…