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Health & Society

Barnes Center Staff Therapist Helps Students Gain Insight Through Mindfulness

Wednesday, June 10, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

Mansi Brat teaches students how to embrace the present moment and find serenity with one’s thoughts—an often elusive ideal to grasp in the anxieties of today’s perfectionism-driven world. A staff therapist with the Barnes Center at The Arch and facilitator…

Campus & Community

Confronting Anti-Black Racism in Our Community

Tuesday, June 9, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: These last two weeks have revealed hard truths about ourselves, our institutions and our country. These are truths that Black Americans know all too well. Anti-Black racism has created economic disparity, health inequity,…

Campus & Community

CNN Political Analyst to Discuss Death of George Floyd, Strategies for Change in Friday Live Zoom Event

Tuesday, June 9, 2020, By Kevin Morrow

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion invites the Syracuse University community to attend the upcoming virtual event “In the Moment with Bakari Sellers: Reflections and Strategies for Change,” in which the CNN political analyst, attorney and author will look at…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Professor Awarded Fellowship at the Getty Research Institute

Monday, June 8, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

The Getty Research Institute (GRI) recently announced its incoming scholars in residence for 2020-21, including Lawrence Chua, assistant professor in the School of Architecture. Chua has been awarded a Getty Scholar Grant for his research focusing on transregional histories of…

Campus & Community

Coronavirus Update 6.8.20: Health and Safety Update

Monday, June 8, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: Recently, Syracuse University provided the campus community with an update on the work of the Public Health and Emergency Management Subcommittee of the Fall 2020 Open Working Group. That subcommittee has been engaged with…

Media Tip Sheets

What is Op-Ed Appropriate?

Monday, June 8, 2020, By News Staff

The controversial New York Times op-ed from U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), which called for a military response to protests across the nation sparked by the murder of George Floyd, is creating plenty of debate about what is appropriate for…

STEM

SyracuseCoE Innovation Fund Awards $20,000 to Local Companies

Monday, June 8, 2020, By Kerrie Marshall

Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE) has announced that two Upstate New York companies have been awarded funding through the SyracuseCoE 2020 Innovation Fund amounting to $20,000. The Innovation Fund is funded by the SyracuseCoE Partner…

Health & Society

Addiction Studies CAS Prepares Students for Work in Prevention, Policy and Sustainable Recovery

Sunday, June 7, 2020, By News Staff

As the opioid epidemic extends into its second decade, the nation faces a critical need for a well-educated workforce to address prevention, treatment, recovery and policies that address the systemic factors that perpetuate addictive behaviors. At the same time, state…

CNN

“University of North Carolina Wilmington calls professor’s tweets ‘vile and inexcusable’ following growing backlash online”

Sunday, June 7, 2020, By Lily Datz

Roy Gutterman, the Director of Tully Center for Free Speech and Associate Professor of Newspaper and Online Journalism in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, was quoted by CNN, “University of North Carolina Wilmington calls professor’s tweets ‘vile and…

Albany Times Union

“Come fall, universities must expand vision”

Saturday, June 6, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education at the College of Law, wrote a commentary, “Come fall, universities must expand vision” for the Albany Times Union. Many “universities and colleges across the…