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Campus & Community

Yousr Dhaouadi: Ph.D. Candidate, GSO President Willing to ‘Follow Every Opportunity’

Friday, September 16, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Yousr Dhaouadi is a Ph.D. chemical engineering candidate in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science who plans to complete her program in summer 2023. She’s currently finishing a second term as…

Campus & Community

Studying Human Behavior and Turning Policy Into Practice to Address Food Insecurity on the ‘’Cuse Conversations’ Podcast

Thursday, September 15, 2022, By John Boccacino

Children living in the City of Syracuse face the highest child poverty rate in the country, with 48.4% of children living in poverty, not sure where their next meal will come from, according to the most recent data published in…

Arts & Culture

Narratio Fellowship Expands Creative Opportunities for Resettled Refugee Youth

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

In African philosophy, the term “ubuntu” can be translated as “I am because we are.” The phrase, which illustrates the notion that a person’s sense of self is shaped by their relationships with others, is the framework guiding this year’s…

Media Tip Sheets

COVID was deadlier for those with intellectual disabilities, according to new research

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

Authors of a new peer-reviewed paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. The study, “COVID-19 Mortality Burden and Comorbidity Patterns Among Decedents with and without Intellectual…

Campus & Community

CLASS Peer-to-Peer Learning Strategies Project Receives NSF Grant to Extend Training, Research

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Diane Stirling

The Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) has received a National Science Foundation grant of $240,000 to expand a peer-to-peer academic coaching program that acquaints students with effective learning strategies and helps them adopt those tactics in their STEM…

Campus & Community

Action-Based Programs for Diabetes Prevention, Blood Pressure Management Offered to Faculty and Staff

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Jen Plummer

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 38% of all U.S. adults live with prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes, and nearly half (47%) have hypertension, or high blood pressure. While these statistics…

STEM

ECS Research Team Receives Grant to Advance the Ethereum Blockchain Ecosystem

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

Yuzhe Tang, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) and his research team received a grant from the non-profit Ethereum Foundation for research to advance the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem. The…

Campus & Community

Rescheduled: Academic Strategic Plan Launch Forum—Thursday, Sept. 8, at 2 p.m.

Friday, September 2, 2022, By News Staff

The Academic Strategic Plan Launch Forum has been rescheduled to next week. The campus community is invited to join Provost Gretchen Ritter and other academic leaders for an overview of the strategic plan process, timeline, goals and ways to engage….

Campus & Community

Syracuse Abroad Announces New Immersion Program in Buenos Aires

Friday, September 2, 2022, By Ashley Barletta

Syracuse Abroad is excited to announce a new addition to the Santiago Center program. Reintroducing the intensive Spanish immersion program, students will now have the opportunity to begin their semester in Argentina, as part of a prequel course prior to…

Campus & Community

Bulman Researches Artistic and Community Impact of ‘Micro Theater’ as Fulbright Global Scholar

Tuesday, August 30, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Community issues play out on many public stages: at government meetings, in newspaper columns, on social media platforms. Using short-form theatrical performances to explore local concerns and social justice issues is a newer concept, and it’s one that Associate Professor…