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Twelve Selected as 2021 Syracuse University Scholars

Thursday, March 18, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Twelve seniors have been named as the 2021 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. The Syracuse University Scholars Selection Committee, a Universitywide faculty committee, selected the 2021 scholars using criteria that included coursework and academic…

Campus & Community

Architecture and Maxwell Schools to host City Scripts ‘Charting Renewal’ Public Forum

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

The School of Architecture and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will host “Charting Renewal: Blueprint 15 and Re-renewal,” a City Scripts public forum on Thursday, April 1 from 5:30–7 p.m. Free and open to the public, the…

Campus & Community

Forever Orange Week 2021 Celebrates Lifelong Connections

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Chris Velardi

As Dibya Patnaik ’21 looks forward to graduating from Syracuse University in just two months, the senior from Robbinsville, New Jersey, can’t help but look back at her college experience with a renewed sense of clarity. “I’ve come to the…

STEM

Giving Back to Honor a Great Mentor

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Peter Robison G’78 (Ph.D.) remembers joining professor emeritus of biology Richard Levy’s lab in 1974 during a particularly tumultuous time in our nation’s history. Richard Nixon had resigned from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal and students were feeling…

Arts & Culture

Florence Art Program Alum Discusses Her Passion for Jewelry on PBS Program

Sunday, March 14, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Alumna Laura Marsolek ’13, G’17 was recently featured on an episode of the PBS series “Postcards,” a Minnesota-based public television show featuring the art, history and cultural heritage of western Minnesota. Marsolek, a native of Ortonville, Minnesota, is a metalsmith,…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries to Adopt Quartex for Its Digital Collections

Sunday, March 14, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries recently selected Quartex as its new platform for in-house digital collections. Quartex, designed by Adam Matthew Digital, is a flexible and responsive hosted digital asset management platform with extensive front-end capabilities that enables organizations to showcase, share…

CNBC

“One year into Covid: A comprehensive guide to vaccinations, mask-wearing, self-care, productivity and more”

Thursday, March 11, 2021, By Lily Datz

Kevin Antshel, professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in the CNBC story “One year into Covid: A comprehensive guide to vaccinations, mask-wearing, self-care, productivity and more.” Antshel, who serves as the director of clinical…

STEM

Professor Vir Phoha Examines Ethics of Facial Recognition Software

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

The use of facial recognition technology has been controversial and it has been criticized as being prone to misuse and reinforcing existing biases. Cities across the United States have been banning the use of facial recognition software and in the…

Campus & Community

Inaugural Lender Faculty Symposium Highlights Social Justice #Hashtag Project

Tuesday, March 9, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The inaugural Lender Center for Social Justice Faculty Symposium was held on Thursday, March 4, in a Zoom format. The symposium is the culmination of a two-year research project by the first Lender Faculty Fellow, Casarae Abdul-Ghani. Abdul-Ghani, who is…

Campus & Community

Highlight the Heroes Part 2: Staff Members Display Ingenuity, Determination, Teamwork in Face of COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, March 9, 2021, By Jen Plummer

As the novel coronavirus took hold in the United States and locally nearly a year ago, many members of the campus community had to reimagine countless processes, solve new and challenging problems, work together in ways previously unheard of, and…