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CDC Should Broaden Its Guidelines About Masks

Wednesday, April 1, 2020, By Hailey Womer

April 1, 2020- According to CDC and World Health Organization guidelines, only the sick and their caretakers should wear face masks. But the CDC is considering broadening its guidelines and should do so immediately, says public health expert Dr. David…

Campus & Community

Coronavirus Update 3.31.20: Community Assistance Portal and Student, Faculty and Staff Resources

Tuesday, March 31, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Orange Community: Tomorrow we begin the final full month of the 2019-20 academic year. April is a month that traditionally goes by in the blink of an eye—occupied by end-of-year events, award ceremonies, a push to…

Campus & Community

Coronavirus Update: Expanded Services, New Resources and Reminders 3.28.20

Saturday, March 28, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: These are difficult days. At the same time, these difficult days represent an opportunity to demonstrate to each other and the world what it means to be and identify as a member of…

Campus & Community

Extension of Tenure Clock in Response to COVID-19

Friday, March 27, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues: Hopefully, each of you and your families are well. Thank you for supporting our students and one another during this period of tremendous disruption and uncertainty. I commend each of you for the swift transition to remote instruction…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Launches New Podcast Series: ‘Today’s Artists. On Photography’

Thursday, March 26, 2020, By Cjala Surratt

They say necessity is a great motivator and bedfellow in a tumultuous season. After weeks of hard work to develop more online content while closed to the public, Light Work affirms those maxims with the inaugural launch of the Light…

Campus & Community

New York State Senator Rachel May Honors Syracuse University for Its 150th Anniversary

Wednesday, March 25, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University received a special acknowledgement recently from New York State government in honor of the University’s 150th anniversary. State Senator Rachel May recognized the University in a message on the floor of the New York State Senate on March…

Arts & Culture

Cruel April 2020 Kicks Off with a Livestream Reading by Natalie Scenters-Zapico on April 2

Monday, March 23, 2020, By News Staff

Point of Contact will once again host nationally and internationally celebrated poets for this year’s Cruel April Reading Series, which will be held Thursdays in April at 6 p.m. In response to the rapidly developing situation surrounding COVID-19, Point of…

Media, Law & Policy

Mark J. Lodato Named Dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Monday, March 23, 2020, By News Staff

Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Zhanjiang “John” Liu today announced the selection of Mark J. Lodato as dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Lodato comes to Syracuse from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication…

Campus & Community

Expanded Pass/Fail Grading Option Offered for Spring 2020 Semester

Sunday, March 22, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Syracuse University Undergraduate Students: In a previous message, I indicated that we have extended the deadline to April 3 for undergraduate students to choose the pass/fail grading option. In light of the quickly developing COVID-19 pandemic and in recognition…

Tom Perreault

Professor and Chair, Geography and the Environment