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STEM

BioInspired Institute Partners With Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Thursday, October 7, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The BioInspired Institute focuses on leading-edge research in materials and living systems and trains students at the undergraduate and graduate level. When the United States faced a reckoning on racism and structural inequities, BioInspired’s faculty and staff asked, “How can…

Daily Mail

Is Border Control Related to an Increase in Poisoned Drug Supplies? Syracuse Professor Weighs In

Wednesday, October 6, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

A news release highlighting research from Maxwell’s Shannon Monnat and the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion about low vaccination rates in rural areas of the U.S. was carried by more than 80 outlets, including Yahoo!,  The Associated Press,  MarketWatch and KCBS (San Francisco). Prof. Monnat…

Veterans

Making a Difference on the Battlefield, in the Corporate World and at Syracuse University

Wednesday, October 6, 2021, By Eileen Korey

The incoming chair of the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) Advisory Board, Richard M. (Rich) Jones ’92, G’95, L’95, believes that President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address provides us with a call to action. He says that the…

Media Tip Sheets

Huntington Beach Oil Spill – Reputation Management and Environment Will Need Cleaning Up

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Lily Datz

Syracuse University professors Erika Schneider and Linda Ivany provide thoughtful commentary on the oil spill impacting the coast of Orange County, California. Both are available for interviews and additional questions as this story evolves. Erika Schneider is a public relations…

STEM

Biology Major Gains Hands-On Experience With Endangered Animals in Costa Rica

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

From an early age, Leonardo Rivera ’22 had a fondness for animals and wildlife conservation. Growing up in tropical Puerto Rico, the biology major on a pre-veterinary track remembers investigating the habits of hermit crabs in the sand, watching as…

STEM

Arts and Sciences Physicist Part of a 5-University Team Programming Biological Cells to Design Futuristic Materials

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Jennifer Ross, professor and department chair of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is among a team of researchers that was recently awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design and create…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Expands Access to Food Pantry

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By News Staff

In an effort to make food resources more accessible to all students, Hendricks Chapel recently moved and expanded its food pantry. The pantry moved from a smaller room in the southeast stairwell to Room 004C, which is located on the…

NPR

Why Many Immigrants Are Aging Out of the DACA Program

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Austin Kocher, research assistant professor at Newhouse with the Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), was interviewed by NPR’s Morning Edition, “New rule shields DACA from being challenged in court.” Kocher explains this new rule saying, “So by putting the original…

Campus & Community

A Legacy Gift and New Institute to Advance Innovation in Life Sciences and Business

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, By Eileen Korey

Charles (Charlie) and Carolyn Wheeler ’67 have been married and in business together for more than five decades. They have lived conservatively, which has allowed them to build an estate that achieves a shared dream—to help humanity for generations to…

Media Tip Sheets

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebrates Indigenous Resilience and Persistence

Monday, October 4, 2021, By Lily Datz

Scott Stevens is the director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program and an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Philip Arnold is associate professor and chair of the Department of Religion in A&S and…