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Campus & Community

Beyond the Badge: DPS Officer Grateful for Opportunity to Support Black Reign Step Team as Advisor

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By Christine Grabowski

As the library operations coordinator for the Department of Public Safety (DPS), Officer George Wazen believes that sincerity, compassion and understanding are the keys to successfully engaging with the students he oversees as part of the library student floor monitoring…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries’ Module-2 Storage Facility Progresses Toward Completion

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By News Staff

Construction is well underway on the second module of the Syracuse University Libraries’ storage facility on South Campus, which will house some of the University’s most treasured multimedia and special collections holdings. The 15,000-square-foot facility will include cool and cold…

Campus & Community

Native Heritage Month 2021 Celebration

Wednesday, November 3, 2021, By Shannon Andre

Each November, the Native Student Program in Multicultural Affairs, in collaboration with campus partners and student organizations, host a series of events in honor of Native Heritage Month. The schedule of events explores and celebrates the contributions, histories, cultures and…

Veterans

SU Press and IVMF Announce 2021 Veterans Writing Award Winner

Monday, November 1, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Press announces that Brian O’Hare’s short story collection “Something Hidden” is the winner of the 2021 Veterans Writing Award. O’Hare is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and former U.S. Marine Corps officer. Currently, he’s an award-winning…

Campus & Community

SU Press Celebrates University Press Week

Monday, November 1, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

The Syracuse University Press is celebrating the 10th annual University Press Week (UP Week) Nov. 8-12. In honor of UP Week, the Libraries will host a display featuring books from Syracuse University Press. SU Press is also offering a 50% off…

Arts & Culture

Join the Lender Center Conversation: ‘Creative Activity as a Human Right’

Sunday, October 31, 2021, By Matt Michael

For James Haywood Rolling Jr. ’91, the upcoming “Creative Activity as a Human Right” event is two months in the planning but decades in the making. Rolling, a dual professor of arts education in the College of Visual and Performing…

Health & Society

Public Housing Violence Research Earns Top Honor for Maxwell Doctoral Student

Wednesday, October 27, 2021, By News Staff

Madeleine “Maddy” Hamlin ’17 M.A./M.P.A. says a books-for-inmates program she was involved in as a high school student in Urbana, Illinois, was the early spark that ultimately led to research focusing on urban issues ranging from public housing to mass…

Campus & Community

First-Year Seminar Curriculum Rewards Lead Instructors With Connection

Monday, October 25, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Why do faculty and staff from across the University volunteer to lead sections of the First-Year Seminar? Consuelo Endrigo-Williams and Rhonda Chester do it for the connection with students and the life of the University outside the boundaries of their…

Media Tip Sheets

Expert Available to Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine for Children

Monday, October 25, 2021, By Lily Datz

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s independent vaccine advisers are meeting Tuesday to discuss Pfizer’s request for authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11. If the FDA approves it, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent advisory…

Los Angeles Times

Facebook Struggles To Keep Its Positive Image Alive Amidst Internal Conflict

Sunday, October 24, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in multiple outlets in stories about Facebook. They include The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek, and The Associated Press. In the story for the Los Angeles Times, Grygiel discussed…