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Campus & Community

Important Update Regarding Fiscal Year ’21 Vacation Time

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues: This time last year, we were in the thick of our university’s pandemic response. The commitment of our faculty and staff to Syracuse University made this last academic year possible. It also meant that countless members of our…

Campus & Community

Additional COVID-19 Restrictions Lifted

Tuesday, June 15, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Earlier today, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that 70% of all adults in New York State have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination. Here on the Syracuse campus, 97% of benefits-eligible faculty and…

STEM

A Gift to Inspire Innovation by Bringing Opportunity to Diverse Talent

Monday, June 14, 2021, By Eileen Korey

It was the mid-1960s and Nicholas “Nick” Donofrio G’71, H’11 described it as a “great time” for electrical engineers. They were in huge demand and the young graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute took a job at IBM in Poughkeepsie, New…

Media Tip Sheets

New research: how political bias impacts believing sexual assault victims

Monday, June 14, 2021, By Ellen Mbuqe

New research from Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications reveals a relationship between political biases and attitudes about sexual assault. Authored by assistant professor Rebecca Ortiz and PhD student Andrea Smith, the article “A social identity threat perspective on why partisans…

Campus & Community

Public Health Team Receives Chancellor’s Citation for Work During COVID-19 Pandemic

Friday, June 11, 2021, By News Staff

The COVID-19 pandemic brought a number of unique challenges to colleges and universities around the world, particularly how to keep members of campus communities safe and healthy while upholding constantly shifting public health guidelines. When the pandemic reached Central New…

Arts & Culture

German Language Class Connects U.S. Citizens With Their Jewish Family History

Thursday, June 10, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

If you were to take a walk around the streets of Bochum, a city once noted for its coal mining in western Germany, you would come across small bronze plaques slightly protruding from the sidewalk in front of many houses….

STEM

NYSERDA Energy to Lead Grant to Support Net-Zero Energy Living Lab on South Campus

Tuesday, June 8, 2021, By News Staff

A team led by Nina Sharifi, assistant professor of architectural technology in the School of Architecture, is undertaking a $1.59 million retrofit demonstration project and “living lab” for ongoing research using a South Campus dormitory at Winding Ridge. The pilot…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence Awards Downey Scholarships to 13 Students

Friday, June 4, 2021, By Kathleen Haley

The Syracuse University Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (SU ICCAE) has awarded Downey Scholarships to a group of 13 undergraduate, graduate and law students. The $1,500 award recognizes academic excellence, commitment to public service and potential to bring diverse…

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

Try to Get Your Alien News from the Free Press

Thursday, June 3, 2021, By Lily Datz

Last night, a much-anticipated report from the US government on UFOs revealed that American intelligence officials have found no evidence that aerial phenomena witnessed by Navy pilots in recent years are alien spacecraft. While there has been breathless coverage during…