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Health & Society

Lender Center Brings Labor Movement Leaders to Campus to Discuss the Fight for Workers’ Rights

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, By Jen Plummer

The revitalization of the American labor movement and the struggle for racial and economic justice were the central topics of a Lender Center Conversation held Monday, Oct. 24, in Dineen Hall. After introductory remarks from current and former leadership of…

Campus & Community

All Saints Day Commemoration Planned Nov. 1 at Hendricks Chapel

Thursday, October 27, 2022, By Diane Stirling

A Catholic Mass is scheduled in Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday, Nov. 1, to commemorate the occasion of the Solemnity of All Saints. The Mass will take place at 11:45 a.m. in the chapel and all are welcome to attend. All…

Tennessee Lookout

Why Two Stories About Missing Women In Tennessee Received Different Coverage

Wednesday, October 26, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Carol Liebler, professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Tennessee Lookout article “A Tale of Two Missing Memphis Women.” The article explains the concept of Missing White Women Syndrome, which was recently seen by the media’s…

City Journal

Why No One Has Talked About The CDC Confessing Its Pandemic Failures

Tuesday, October 25, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Carl Schramm, University Professor in the iSchool, wrote an opinion piece for City Journal titled “What Does Walensky’s Apology Really Mean?” The story explains why there are suspicions about director Rochelle Walensky’s public apology for the CDC’s failures during the…

Arts & Culture

Community Folk Art Center Celebrates 50 Years

Monday, October 24, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Habibatou Traore ’24 was in her first weeks at Syracuse University when she heard African drumming during an activities fair for new students last fall. She followed their sound to Joshua Williams, who teaches West African dance and drumming at…

The New York Times

Wegmans’ Self-Checkout App Discontinued After Experiencing Losses

Friday, October 21, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Ray Wimer, professor of retail practice in the Whitman School, was interviewed by The New York Times for the article “Wegmans Discontinues Self-Checkout App, Citing Losses.” The article explains why Wegmans is discontinuing SCAN, a self-checkout app that was created…

The Associated Press

Professor Gouldin Combats Misinformation

Friday, October 21, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Lauryn Gouldin, Crandall Melvin Associate Professor of Law and Director, Syracuse Civics Initiative at the Law School, was quoted by The Associated Press for the series, “Not Real News:  A look at what didn’t happen this week,” a news roundup…

New York Daily News

Professor Greenky Highlights Implications of New York’s New Gun Law

Friday, October 21, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Lynn Greenky, associate teaching professor in The College of Visual and Performing Arts, wrote an opinion piece in The New York Daily News titled “The First Amendment vs. New York’s Second Amendment restrictions.” The article explains the implications of the…

Veterans

New Book Highlights the Incredible Legacy of World War I Veteran William Shemin ’1924

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, By Jen Plummer

There are a few vivid details Sara Shemin Cass recalls about her grandfather, William Shemin ’1924 (1896-1973), from her time growing up in Westchester County, New York, and spending summers with her family upstate in Lake Champlain. At a strapping…

Campus & Community

New Plays, Series of Panel Discussions Highlight Syracuse Stage’s Cold Read Festival

Monday, October 17, 2022, By Joanna Penalva

Plays by Rogelio Martinez, Ty Defoe, Jessica Bashline and Craig Thornton highlight Syracuse Stage’s 2022/2023 Cold Read Festival of New Plays, Oct. 18-23. Curated by Stage’s Associate Artistic Director Melissa Crespo, the festival features four readings performed live in the…