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Health & Society

School Violence Expert on the Impact of the March to End Gun Violence

Monday, March 26, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Ellen deLara, a Syracuse University associate professor emerita of social work, is available to discuss issues around school violence and school shootings. She sent along some comments after this weekend’s march to end gun violence as well as the issue…

Campus & Community

Inaugural Forever Orange Week Showcases the Syracuse Bond

Monday, March 26, 2018, By News Staff

This new initiative, hosted by the Forever Orange Student Alumni Council, features an array of activities that focus on that strong connection, while highlighting the ways students can be leaders who foster Orange pride on campus.

Health & Society

Falk College, Onondaga County Health Department Partner to Reduce Sodium Intake

Friday, March 23, 2018, By Michele Barrett

The Syracuse community’s youngest citizens in childcare programs, as well local school-aged and college students, are the beneficiaries of Onondaga County Health Department and Falk College’s joint efforts aimed at reducing sodium intake. The Department of Health’s Healthy Communities Initiative…

Health & Society

Same Mosquito Transmitting Yellow Fever, Dengue and Zika Virus

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Brazil is working to get a handle on the worst outbreak of yellow fever in decades. Just this week, the government announced that it planned to vaccinate the entire country against the virus by April 2019. David Larsen is an…

Media, Law & Policy

Can Judges Rule on Gerrymandering and Stay Non-Political?

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Professor Keith Bybee, a legal scholar at Syracuse University who studies issues around gerrymandering and perceptions of judicial bias, is available to discuss the legal issues of Benisek v. Lamone which will be argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, March…

Campus & Community

National Orange Day Celebrates Syracuse University’s Founding in 1870

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By John Boccacino

This year, the celebration of the University’s 148th birthday on National Orange Day, March 24, will kick off Syracuse University’s first-ever Forever Orange Week.

Health & Society

Dr. Sharon Brangman ’77 to Give 35th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By News Staff

Dr. Sharon Brangman ’77, Distinguished Service Professor and Chief of Geriatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University, will give the 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture on Wednesday, March 28, at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham…

Campus & Community

Shadow Day Marks 20 Years of Inspiring Seymour Students

Monday, March 19, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

Shadow Day will mark its 20th anniversary at the University on Friday, March 23, when 94 fifth-grade students from the Syracuse City School District’s Seymour Dual Language Academy visit campus for the day. The event, formerly coordinated by University College,…

STEM

Research Team Develops 3D Tissue Model of Developing Human Heart

Friday, March 16, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

The heart is the first organ to develop in the womb and the first cause of concern for many parents. For expectant mothers, the excitement of pregnancy is sometimes offset by anxiety over medication they require. Parents and doctors often…

Media, Law & Policy

If United Airlines Has Any Hope of Reputation Repair, Here’s What Needs to Happen

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

United Airlines is facing another public controversy after mistakenly shipped a family’s German Shepherd to Japan while the family flew to Kansas City. This comes after a 10-month-old bulldog died in an overhead bin on a flight from Houston to…