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STEM

Julia Riley is Awarded the 2020 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize

Thursday, May 21, 2020, By News Staff

Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) announces that Julia Riley ’20, a double major in biochemistry and neuroscience in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the first place award of the 2020 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize. The…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF Team Earns Honorable Mention in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge

Monday, May 18, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

A team of students from Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) has placed among the top in this year’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge, a collegiate competition that inspires student teams…

Media, Law & Policy

‘The Pandemic Exposed A Painful Truth: America Doesn’t Care About Old People’

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By News Staff

Nina Kohn is the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law in the College of Law. “Across America—and beyond—we are losing our elders not only because they are especially susceptible [to COVID-19]. They’re also dying because of a more entrenched…

Media, Law & Policy

‘The Postal Service is Essential to National Security’

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By News Staff

Osamah F. Khalil is an associate professor of history in the Maxwell School. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of medical and food supply chains as well as the importance of often overlooked and underpaid service workers, Khalil says…

Health & Society

Southeast ADA Center Launches Disability and COVID-19 Portal

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By News Staff

The Southeast ADA Center (SEADA), a project of the Burton Blatt Institute and a member of the ADA National Network, has launched the Disability and COVID-19 Portal. The portal, in development since mid-March, began as a way for the SEADA…

Campus & Community

Three New Members Elected to Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees

Tuesday, May 12, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University has announced the election of three new members to its Board of Trustees, all of whom are alumni of the University. The new members are Christine A. Carona ’85, Vincent H. Cohen Jr. ’92, L’95 and Raj-Ann Rekhi…

Campus & Community

Summer Office Hours Modified

Monday, May 11, 2020, By News Staff

Traditionally, Syracuse University has transitioned to summer office hours beginning on the Monday following Commencement. In accordance with New York State orders, a very limited number of staff designated as essential personnel are working in offices on campus at this…

Veterans

Graduating Student Veteran: Ariel Blanco

Saturday, May 9, 2020, By Leah Lazarz

Ariel Blanco’s interest in the military was piqued while he was in high school in Miami, impressed by both the demeanor of the recruiters that visited the school and the opportunity military life could provide. “I grew up in a…

Veterans

Graduating Student Veteran: Peggy Trujillo

Saturday, May 9, 2020, By Leah Lazarz

With her graduation this month, Peggy Trujillo will have both a 20-year journalism career and her Syracuse University diploma. As the child of a U.S. Air Force master sergeant, Trujillo spent her childhood moving from place to place for her…

Media Tip Sheets

Is it a right to not wear a mask?

Thursday, May 7, 2020, By Lily Datz

Reporters looking for an expert to offer insight into the political and social divides of wearing masks in public should contact Syracuse University associate law professor Doron Dorfman. Prof. Dorfman can offer a legal analysis of what can or cannot be…