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New Measures to Ensure Security at Residence Halls

Friday, June 26, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: Last month, when students and families returned to campus to retrieve belongings from residence halls, more than 100 students reported missing or misplaced items from their rooms. The items were left behind when the University quickly…

Marketplace

“More advertisers are joining the Facebook boycott”

Friday, June 26, 2020, By Lily Datz

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Marketplace story “More advertisers are joining the Facebook boycott.” The call for Facebook to create more policies to regulate hate speech and misinformation is growing, and…

Campus & Community

Coronavirus Update 6.25.20: New York Travel Restrictions, Fall 2020 Website, Subcommittee Reports

Thursday, June 25, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: Summer is officially here, and our preparations to welcome thousands of students, faculty and staff back to campus are well underway. In normal times, a tremendous amount of work goes on behind the scenes…

Arts & Culture

Bandier Program Provides Curriculum for Inaugural Songwriting Academy

Wednesday, June 24, 2020, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School’s Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries has been chosen to partner with After-School All-Stars and TikTok on the inaugural Songwriting Academy, which launched today. The Bandier Program provides curriculum for the academy, which gives students from…

STEM

Professor and Ph.D. Student Receive NSF Grant for Business Focusing on 3D Printing of Microfluidic Devices

Wednesday, June 24, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Too small to be seen even with standard microscopes, microfluidics research looms large over many aspects of biochemistry, nanotechnology and biotechnology research. Precision microfluidics involve a device that has channels allowing a flow of just 50 microns or less. A…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Professor Named Upjohn Research Initiative Grant Recipient

Wednesday, June 24, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

The jury for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Upjohn Research Initiative has announced five grant recipients of its Upjohn Research Initiative, including Nina Sharifi, assistant professor in the School of Architecture. Sharifi will receive $25,000 to research and produce…

Campus & Community

ACC Council of Presidents Announces Constitution and By-Law Changes

Tuesday, June 23, 2020, By News Staff

The Atlantic Coast Conference Council of Presidents announced Monday that it has unanimously adopted a series of changes to the ACC Constitution and By-Laws that will go into effect on July 1, thus enabling the leadership to more effectively engage…

Campus & Community

Fall 2020 Calendar, Academic Strategy/Contingency Subcommittee Report and FAQ

Tuesday, June 23, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues, I know that many of you are working hard individually and at the department, program, school and college level to deliver summer courses online, support our students and prepare for the fall. I continue to hear from many…

Campus & Community

Associate Provost LaVonda Reed Offers Resources for Juneteenth Reflection

Thursday, June 18, 2020, By News Staff

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, commemorates when slaves in Texas received word of their freedom from bondage—more than two years after slavery officially ended. Since then, much has been written about the Black experience and the struggle for freedom, equality,…

WSYR's Bridge Street

“Fighting Diabetes and Obesity in Veterans.”

Thursday, June 18, 2020, By Lily Datz

Robert Doyle, The Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Biochemistry and Biotechnology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed by WSYR’s Bridge Street for the segment, “Fighting Diabetes and Obesity in Veterans.” Professor Doyle has “received…