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Health & Society

City of Syracuse Honors Carrie Mae Weems and Her COVID-19 Advocacy Project

Friday, July 10, 2020, By Kevin Morrow

In recognition of Syracuse University Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems’ efforts to raise public awareness about the impact of COVID-19 on people of color, promote preventative measures and dispel harmful falsehoods about the coronavirus, Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh on…

CNN

“New WHO report says airborne coronavirus transmission ‘cannot be ruled out’ in outbreaks in some indoor settings.”

Friday, July 10, 2020, By Lily Datz

Brittany Kmush, assistant professor in the Department of Public Health at Falk College, was interviewed by CNN for the story, “New WHO report says airborne coronavirus transmission ‘cannot be ruled out’ in outbreaks in some indoor settings.” Kmush, an expert…

STEM

Arts and Sciences Biologists Win the Thomas Henry Huxley Award for Their Creation of an Evolutionary Learning Module

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Researchers from the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences are winners of the Society for the Study of Evolution’s (SSE’s) prestigious Thomas Henry Huxley Award. This marks the first time a team from Syracuse University has…

STEM

A&S Researchers Study the Amount of Carbon Dioxide Released at the East African Rift System

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Calculating Earth’s carbon budget is vitally important in the effort to track global warming and climate change. The carbon budget is the cumulative amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions permitted over a period of time to keep the Earth’s atmosphere…

STEM

Professor and Ph.D. Student Receive NSF Grant for Business Focusing on 3D Printing of Microfluidic Devices

Wednesday, June 24, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Too small to be seen even with standard microscopes, microfluidics research looms large over many aspects of biochemistry, nanotechnology and biotechnology research. Precision microfluidics involve a device that has channels allowing a flow of just 50 microns or less. A…

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…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage to Hold Online Panel Discussion on ‘Medea and the Moment’ Monday Evening

Monday, June 8, 2020, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage will hold an online panel discussion, “Medea and the Moment,” on Monday, June 8, at 7 p.m. to discuss issues related to current events that are addressed in Euripides’ tragedy. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute questions…

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…

Media, Law & Policy

Dana Olwan Receives 2020 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award

Thursday, June 4, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

The last decade has marked a period of rapid political and economic change in the Middle East and North Africa. Among those are growing demands for marriage rights for women in Arab and Muslim cultures. Until recently, the right to…