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STEM

BioInspired Institute Awards First Six Seed Grants

Tuesday, December 8, 2020, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Syracuse University’s BioInspired Institute announced today that it has awarded six seed grants to 12 faculty members to advance interdisciplinary, collaborative research in materials and living systems.  Seed grants provide funding for innovative ideas, producing data that can be used…

Campus & Community

LaunchPad Announces Winners of Campus Hult Prize Competition

Monday, December 7, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries has announced the winners of the Syracuse University campus Hult Prize social impact competition, held virtually on Dec. 4. This year’s winners will be nominated for the global regional $1 million competition…

Media Tip Sheets

COVID Vaccine Concerns: How Long Might it Take to Get One?

Sunday, December 6, 2020, By Lily Datz

Professor of Supply Chain Management at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management and vaccine development expert Burak Kazaz says the biggest issue facing vaccine availability will be in manufacturing rather than distribution.  The problem partly is due to limited availability of ingredients that in…

Campus & Community

Important Updates from the Office of Academic Affairs

Friday, December 4, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues: As we near the end of the fall semester, we are writing to provide you with some important updates from the Office of Academic Affairs regarding: Extension of the tenure clock for faculty who joined Syracuse University in…

Media, Law & Policy

Students, Faculty to Use Immersive Media to Explore the Complicated History—and Future—of Syracuse’s I-81

Thursday, December 3, 2020, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The construction of Interstate 81 in the 1960s cut through the city of Syracuse, leaving a wound that still pains the community five decades later. With newly secured funding from the Journalism 360 initiative, a team of Newhouse School students…

Business & Economy

Women in Leadership Initiative Announces Spring 2021 Programming

Tuesday, December 1, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

After kicking off in the fall of 2018, the Women in Leadership (WiL) initiative, created through the vision of Candace Campbell Jackson, senior vice president and chief of staff to Chancellor Kent Syverud, and a steering committee of women leaders,…

Campus & Community

Be Alert: Increased Phishing Email Activity

Tuesday, December 1, 2020, By Eric Ferguson

The Information Security team within Information Technology Services (ITS) has seen an increase in phishing email activity targeting Syracuse University students, faculty and staff in recent weeks. These attacks include password harvesters that provide links directing the recipient to “click…

Campus & Community

Orange Community Comes Together for Annual International Thanksgiving Celebration

Monday, November 30, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Members of the Syracuse University community came together to share a meal—virtually—on Nov. 19, as the University held its 36th Annual International Thanksgiving Celebration via Zoom. The celebration was started at the University in the 1980s by the Rev. T.E….

Arts & Culture

David Prince, Curator of the Art Museum, to Retire in January

Wednesday, November 25, 2020, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Museum of Art announced that David Prince, the museum’s curator, will retire on Jan. 4. During his 34 years of service to the museum and the University, Prince introduced thousands of students, faculty, staff  and community…

Veterans

Stories of Service: Shanon Meeks and Jennifer Vollbrecht

Thursday, November 19, 2020, By News Staff

In celebration of veterans, the University recognizes the experiences and stories of student, faculty, staff and alumni veterans. These stories are just some of the many from among the veteran and military-connected community members on campus whom the University is…