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Business & Economy

Target, Walmart and Amazon Shopping Events Signal Back-to-School Sales Creep

Friday, June 4, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

Amazon’s competition just got a little bigger. Retail giants Target and Walmart hope to cash in on the yearly sales frenzy of Amazon Prime Day by holding their own retail events on the same days. Ray Wimer, professor of retail…

Media Tip Sheets

Migrant Protection Protocols Officially Ends

Wednesday, June 2, 2021, By News Staff

In a memo from June 1, 2021, the Biden administration officially ended the Migrant Protection Protocols (aka “Remain in Mexico”) by memo Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) a data gathering, data research…

Campus & Community

Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Syracuse University Libraries Sharing Resources to Reflect on Juneteenth

Wednesday, June 2, 2021, By News Staff

In observance of Juneteenth, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion is partnering with Syracuse University Libraries to share meaningful opportunities to better understand this significant day in American history and reflect on the continued struggle for equity and justice. Each…

Campus & Community

Drumlins Celebrates Grand Opening of Bistro 1926

Wednesday, June 2, 2021, By Jennifer DeMarchi

On Thursday, June 3, Drumlins Country Club will celebrate the grand opening of its new restaurant, Bistro 1926. In a nod to the club’s nearly 100-year history, the name of the restaurant is a reference to the year the club…

Campus & Community

A Lifetime of Service: Remembering Dean Emeritus Bradley Strait ’58, G’60, G’65

Wednesday, June 2, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

For many years, College of Engineering and Computer Science Dean Emeritus Bradley Strait ’58, G’60, G’65 led the academic procession at Syracuse University’s annual Commencement as the mace bearer. The mace bearer is a role that recognizes the importance of…

Campus & Community

COVID-19 Update: Campus Access | Required Testing | Masks

Tuesday, June 1, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As we begin our summer academic sessions at Syracuse University, I want to share several important public health updates and reminders related to campus operations for the next few months. Just as adherence to public…

Campus & Community

Thirty-Four Doctoral Students Awarded Summer Dissertation Fellowships

Sunday, May 30, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The Graduate School has awarded Summer Dissertation Fellowships to 34 doctoral candidates to facilitate progress toward completion of their dissertation. Each $4,000 award provides funding to offset living or research-related expenses, allowing candidates to fully focus on completing their degrees….

Arts & Culture

Architecture Student Named Honors Thesis Prize Award Recipient

Sunday, May 30, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Vasundhra Aggarwal ’21 (B.Arch.), a fifth-year student in the School of Architecture, was announced as a Class of 2021 Honors Thesis Prize recipient during the virtual presentation of the Renée Crown University Honors Program Convocation on Friday, May 21. As…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Scholars Publish Innovative Edited Book on Public Policy and the Life Course

Sunday, May 30, 2021, By News Staff

Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London, two professors from the Maxwell School’s Department of Sociology, the Aging Studies Institute and the Center for Aging and Policy Studies, co-edited a new book “Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies” (Routledge, 2021)….

Media Tip Sheets

Syracuse Experts Available to Discuss Key Pride Month Issues

Friday, May 28, 2021, By News Staff

The month of June is Pride Month in America. Originally started as Gay Pride Day to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising that was the catalyst for the gay liberation movement in the U.S., the day has morphed into a month…