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Media, Law & Policy

Faricy Explores Public Perceptions of Welfare via the US Tax Code

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By News Staff

In their new book, “The Other Side of the Coin: Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures” (Russell Sage Foundation, 2021), Syracuse University professor Christopher Faricy and Bucknell University professor Christopher Ellis examine how public opinion differs between two types of…

Campus & Community

Lender Center Fellows Following Weissman’s Vision for Food Justice

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By Matt Michael

Stop hunger in Syracuse. In its simplest form, that was Evan Weissman’s vision and why he pursued the Lender Center Faculty Fellowship. Weissman, an associate professor in Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, wanted to use the fellowship…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Improving the Security Situation Between US-Mexico’

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By Lily Datz

Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations in the Maxwell School, authored an op-ed for The Hill titled “Improving the security situation between US-Mexico.” McCormick is an expert on U.S.-Mexico…

Campus & Community

Faculty Writing Groups Open for Spring 2021

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By News Staff

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence is offering four options for full-time and part-time faculty seeking support, feedback, accountability or interaction with colleagues while completing or making significant progress on a scholarly writing project. Groups will begin on Feb….

Sen. Klobuchar’s Antitrust Bill Sets Stage For Future Reform

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

This month, Sen. Amy Klobuchar unveiled an antitrust reform bill that could enhance regulations and crack down on anticompetitive practices at the nation’s largest tech operations including Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. The Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Act is…

Campus & Community

Gifting Solace in Words and Images

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Paula Meseroll

Faced with creating classwork for an incoming cohort of first-year photography students and hampered by the constraints imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, Associate Professor Doug DuBois of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Transmedia came up…

Campus & Community

Schine Reopens: Important Guidelines on Building Usage

Monday, February 8, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students: Happy first day of the spring semester! During winter break, we spent much time preparing for your arrival and planning new and expanded ways to be involved over the semester. Of course, one of the newest aspects to…

STEM

What Drugs Cause Birth Defects? Search for Answers Turbocharges Zhen Ma’s Bioengineering Lab

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Zhen Ma arrived at Syracuse University in 2016, fresh from a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, to set up his own lab. Appointed assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering and the Carol and Samuel Nappi…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Kicks Off Spring 2021 Series, Featuring Four Dynamic Guests, on Feb. 16

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The University Lectures continues its 20th season this spring with four dynamic speakers: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, on Tuesday, Feb. 16; Misty Copeland, principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater, on Tuesday, Feb. 23; Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham, agent for…

Campus & Community

6 Things to Know About the Upgraded COVID-19 Stadium Testing Center

Friday, February 5, 2021, By Jen Plummer

The University conducted more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests in the fall semester. In the spring semester, the University’s Public Health Team expects to double, or even triple, that number. How will they do that? The team is expanding and optimizing…