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Campus & Community

Last Night’s Selfish and Reckless Behavior

Thursday, August 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students: Last night, a large group of first-year students selfishly jeopardized the very thing that so many of you claim to want from Syracuse University—that is, a chance at a residential college experience. I say this because the students…

Campus & Community

Professor John Burdick Remembered for His Teaching and Advocacy

Tuesday, August 18, 2020, By News Staff

Throughout his life, and particularly in his work as a cultural anthropologist, John Burdick was a strong advocate for peace, social justice and social change. As a professor of anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and…

Campus & Community

Giving Back and Creating Opportunities: Gifting Textbooks for First-Generation Students

Tuesday, August 18, 2020, By Eileen Korey

For Shelly Lotman Fisher ’80, a Syracuse University education came with lots of textbooks…and a whole lot more. “I loved every minute of my time there. I grew both educationally and as a person,” she explains. “It really helped give…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Announces Leadership Transitions in Enrollment and the Student Experience

Monday, August 17, 2020, By News Staff

With the retirements of two longtime leaders at Syracuse University, Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced interim appointments in key positions, naming a diverse group of leaders who will provide seamless transitions in enrollment and the student experience. Amanda Nicholson is…

Media Tip Sheets

University Scientists Selected to Implement COVID-19 Early Warning System in Upstate New York

Monday, August 17, 2020, By Lily Datz

The New York State Department of Health has selected the SARS-CoV-2 Early Warning Wastewater Surveillance Platform (SARS2-EWSP) to pilot a statewide coronavirus transmission early warning system, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced today. With $500,000 in state pilot funding,…

Business Insider

University Scientists Selected to Implement COVID-19 Early Warning System in Upstate New York.”

Saturday, August 15, 2020, By Lily Datz

David Larsen, associate professor in the Department of Public Health at Falk College, was quoted by Business Insider for the story “University Scientists Selected to Implement COVID-19 Early Warning System in Upstate New York.” Professor Larsen has been leading the…

Campus & Community

Important Move-In Information

Saturday, August 15, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: We know this year’s move-in will be one like no other. The University has worked diligently to prepare for your safe arrival to campus, and we look forward to warmly welcoming you in a few short…

Arts & Culture

BBI, Syracuse University Libraries Partner with Disability Writer, Scholar and Activist Kenny Fries on Arts Grant

Friday, August 14, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Kenny Fries, a world-renowned poet, memoirist and disability arts leader and a professor in the creative writing master’s of fine arts degree program at Goddard College, will partner with the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), Syracuse University Libraries and “Wordgathering: A…

Campus & Community

Coronavirus Update 8.14.20: Putting Our Fall 2020 Plan to Action

Friday, August 14, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: The start of every new semester brings with it excitement and anticipation.  This year, those emotions are heightened and for some include anxiety associated with a return to campus life during the COVID…

Media, Law & Policy

Catherine Gerard Concludes 15 Years of Leadership at PARCC

Thursday, August 13, 2020, By News Staff

After serving as its director or co-director since 2005, Catherine Gerard has stepped down from her leadership role at the Maxwell School’s renowned Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC), effective July 1, 2020. Gerard will…