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What Can Ancient Climate Tell Us About Modern Droughts?

Thursday, June 5, 2025, By News Staff

Climate change is reshaping the global water cycle, disrupting rainfall patterns and putting growing pressure on cities and ecosystems. Some regions are grappling with heavier rainfall and flooding, while others face prolonged droughts that threaten public health, disrupt economies and…

Health & Society

A&S Researchers Explore the Impact of Climate Warming and Population Growth on America’s Rivers

Thursday, March 27, 2025, By News Staff

The chemistry of U.S. rivers is changing—and will change further in complex ways in different regions of the country. Scientists are exploring ways to predict future changes in watershed chemistry, which could improve managing them for climate change and community…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Provides Updates to University Senate on University Climate and Shared Governance

Thursday, September 26, 2024, By News Staff

Greetings, everybody. I should say that I had Tom’s [Dennison] job [chair of the Employee Benefits Advisory Council] in another life at the University of Michigan. I was the chair of a similar body there. I’m aware of the [health…

Arts & Culture

Green Teaching Summit: A Humanities Approach to Climate Education

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Can religion, philosophy, history, English and writing help tackle issues of climate change, environment and ecology? Absolutely, says Mike Goode, professor of English and outgoing William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities. Through his Tolley professorship, a role…

Campus & Community

Angelina Lim ’25 Named a 2024 Beinecke Scholar

Tuesday, June 11, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Angelina Lim ’25, a film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), has been named a recipient of a 2024 Beinecke Scholarship. Lim is the fourth Beinecke Scholar in Syracuse University’s history. The award provides graduate funding…

STEM

A&S Biologist Calls for Protection and More Studies of Natural Time Capsules of Climate Change

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, By News Staff

Packrats, also known as woodrats, are the original hoarders, collecting materials from their environment to make their nests, called middens. In deserts throughout western North America, for instance, packrat middens can preserve plants, insects, bones and other specimens for more…

Campus & Community

Access to Link Hall Limited Due to Summer Construction

Tuesday, May 14, 2024, By Jennifer DeMarchi

As part of the University’s ongoing Link Hall STEM renewal project that is now entering its third phase, extensive upgrades will be made to the building this summer. Beginning Tuesday, May 14, Campus Planning, Design and Construction (CPDC) will work…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Releases Updated Climate Action Plan

Friday, April 5, 2024, By News Staff

Last year, Syracuse University, in partnership with Student Association, announced a new set of goals to substantially enhance and propel the University’s sustainability efforts, including reaching net-zero emissions by 2032. Today, thanks to the work of the Sustainability Oversight Council…

Arts & Culture

Other Ways of Seeing: Understanding Ecology and Climate Through Art

Wednesday, April 3, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Helping students of all ages understand and respond to the implications of the climate crisis, and to think ecologically, is complicated and requires an innovative and collaborative approach. That’s why Mike Goode, professor of English in the College of Arts and…

Campus & Community

The Power of Faith: Fostering Community for Muslim Students With Imam Amir Durić (Podcast)

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, By John Boccacino

As a faith leader, an imam is the one who proceeds, the one who stands in front and leads the mosque’s worshippers as a role model. A deeply religious man, Amir Durić knew he was meant to serve as a…