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Business & Economy

Falk College Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern Explores Ways to Benefit Farmworkers and Farmers

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, By Matt Michael

Laura-Anne Minkoff Zern, an associate professor of Nutrition and Food Studies in Falk College, says the focus of her field—food system sustainability and fair access to healthy food—often overlooks one key element: The people who labor to grow that food….

Media Tip Sheets

Fed Rate Hike Likely To Impact Holiday Shopping, Says Whitman Retail Expert

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

October 1 kicks off the last fiscal quarter of the year, which includes the biggest retail spending period as well – the holiday shopping season. With the federal rate hike recently increased, how might consumer spending shift as the holiday…

Veterans

SPEd Talk to Discuss Suicide Prevention and Education for Veterans

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, By Stephanie Salanger

In 2019, more than 6,200 veterans committed suicide. Suicides by veterans account for roughly 18 percent of all suicide deaths in the country, while veterans make up only 8.5 percent of the adult population. Hoping to address the topic of…

STEM

BioInspired Institute Hosts Inaugural Research Symposium Oct. 7

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, By Diane Stirling

BioInspired Institute faculty and student researchers, along with campus leaders, community biotech and biomaterials workforce innovators and institutional research partners will gather to discuss progress, celebrate discoveries and build community at the inaugural BioInspired Symposium on Friday, Oct. 7. The…

Campus & Community

Additional Online Course Tagging Working Sessions Planned

Monday, September 26, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Five online working sessions will be held between early October and mid-December for faculty members to obtain guidance on integrating the University’s Shared Competencies into their curriculum and to have support completing the course tagging process. The one-hour Zoom working…

Campus & Community

University Announces Inaugural Renée Crown Honors Professorships

Monday, September 26, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has announced that Heidi Hehnly, associate professor of biology, is the inaugural Renée Crown Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics and Karin Nisenbaum, assistant professor of philosophy, is the inaugural Renée Crown Professor…

Campus & Community

Special Collections Research Center Awards Two Faculty Fellows Grants for 2023-24

Monday, September 26, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) has awarded two Faculty Fellows grants for the 2023-2024 academic year. LaVerne Gray, assistant professor in the School of Information Studies, and Julia White, associate professor in the Department of Teaching and…

BR24

How Democrats Might Reverse the “Midterm Election Curse” in This Year’s U.S. Midterm Elections

Monday, September 26, 2022, By Julia Mazzer

Shana Kushner Gadarian, professor and chair of political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the article “US midterm elections: Are the Democrats about to make a comeback?” The article analyzes the possibility of the Democrat party winning the…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Announces the 2022/2023 Season

Friday, September 23, 2022, By Joanna Penalva

The Department of Drama announced the schedule for the 2022/2023 season, which kicks off on Oct. 15 with the popular musical “Sweet Charity,” Oct. 15-23 in the Syracuse Stage/Drama Theater Complex. In addition to “Sweet Charity,” the shows that make up the…

Media, Law & Policy

As U.S. Digital Corps Fellow, Alumna Does Work That Serves the Public Interest

Thursday, September 22, 2022, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Alumna Chizobam Nwagwu ’18 (neuroscience/policy studies) is currently serving in the inaugural cohort of U.S. Digital Corps (USDC) Fellows. The U.S. Digital Corps launched last year to recruit early-career technologists to work on priority projects in five skill tracks: software…