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Campus & Community

Call for Goon Squad Health Ambassador Volunteers

Wednesday, July 22, 2020, By Gabrielle Lake

Students interested in volunteering as a Goon Squad Health Ambassador Volunteer are asked to visit the  Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs (FYTP) Goon Squad webpage to register. Since 1944, the Goon Squad, a friendly group of returning students, have…

Campus & Community

CALEA Invites Public Comment on Accreditation of the Department of Public Safety

Wednesday, July 22, 2020, By Christine Grabowski

A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) will be performing a full review of the policies and procedures, management, operations and support services of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Monday, July…

Veterans

Syracuse University Delivers Annual Virtual Warrior-Scholar Project to Empower First-Year Student Veterans

Wednesday, July 22, 2020, By Leah Lazarz

Last week, for the sixth year in a row, Syracuse University hosted the esteemed Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP), a no-cost academic boot camp for first-year student veterans. Normally held on campus to allow for a comprehensive campus experience, the program was…

Business & Economy

Julia Haber ’18 Empowers Students Virtually with Home From College

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, By Lily Datz

If the outbreak of the coronavirus posed one question for students, it was this: what does college look like when it’s not in person? This question ran through the mind of Syracuse University alumna Julia Haber ’18 just a few…

Health & Society

National Institute on Aging Funds Multi-University Aging and Policy Center

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, By Jessica Smith

A consortium of three upstate New York universities has received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to fund the Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS), headquartered at Syracuse University. The NIA, part of…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Advertising Alumni Win Gold Clio Award for Driver Safety Campaign

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, By News Staff

A concept that now-advertising alumni Will Milowsky ’19 and Yuxin Xiong ’19 worried might be “too simple” ended up winning them a Gold Clio Award, the first Newhouse student team to do so in the school’s history. Their campaign, “Drive Awake,”…

Campus & Community

Additional Information for Students and Families Impacted by NYS Travel Advisory

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: As a follow-up to the messages Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie and I shared with our community in recent days, I am reaching out with additional details pertaining to New York State’s travel advisory for individuals traveling…

Associated Press

“Facebook’s voting labels on candidate posts sow confusion.”

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nina Brown, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Associated Press story, “Facebook’s voting labels on candidate posts sow confusion.” Facebook  recently announced that it would start adding adding “informational labels to all posts about…

Campus & Community

10 States Added to New York Travel Advisory and Quarantine Order

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: A short time ago, the State of New York announced the addition of 10 states to the New York State Department of Health’s existing travel advisory and quarantine order. Specifically, the states added…

Campus & Community

Important Update on Quarantine Requirement and On-Campus Housing Assignments

Monday, July 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: We write today to update you on two interrelated subjects that are of great importance to our students and their families, as well as the broader campus community. Specifically, this message will address:…