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COVID-19 Update: Infections Rising | Vigilance Needed | Departure Planning and Testing
Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: Our campus community has responded to the many challenges we have faced this semester with selflessness, maturity and grace. Like those we have already overcome, the significant surge in new COVID-19 cases in Onondaga…
More Than Contact Tracers, Students ‘Want To Make a Difference’
As everyone in the Syracuse University community has learned, 2020 is about staying nimble and getting creative. So when students hired for the Syracuse University COVID-19 contact tracing team did not have many contacts to trace, they nimbly and creatively…
Undergraduate Internship Award Provides Student Veterans With ‘Pathway to Employment’
When a national survey by Student Veterans of America showed that the No. 1 concern of student veterans is the lack of internships, Ron Novack and Jennifer Pluta from Syracuse University’s Office of Veterans and Military Affairs (OVMA) decided they…
Faculty and Staff Open Enrollment: Nov. 2-13
Open Enrollment is the one time of year when eligible employees can reflect on their benefit options, connect with the variety of available resources to help make the best decisions to meet their needs and enroll for the coming year….
New Threats, Familiar Challenges: Maxwell School Responds to COVID-19
How are scholars and practitioners across policy areas—economics, public health, education, social welfare—responding to the myriad impacts of the novel coronavirus? That’s what Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Colleen Heflin wanted to know, and who better to ask…
Anticipating Environmental, Climate Policy Under Next President
What could the future of environmental and climate policy in the U.S. look like under a continued Donald Trump administration or a new Joe Biden presidency? Mark Nevitt is an associate professor of law and an expert in environmental and…
Public Health Advisory: Update on Clusters Detected Last Week
Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: Last week, I shared with you that the Syracuse University Public Health Team detected two emerging clusters of COVID-19, both of which were attributable to off-campus events. Over the last several days and throughout…
Syracuse Biologists Publish Research on the Persistence of Mutualisms in ‘Science’
The sign of a healthy personal relationship is one that is equally mutual—where you get out just as much as you put in. Nature has its own version of a healthy relationship. Known as mutualisms, they are interactions between species…
“Nursing home residents face voting challenges during pandemic.”
Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, was interviewed by WHEC TV (Rochester) for the story “Nursing home residents face voting challenges during pandemic.” Kohn, an expert…
Public Health Advisory: New COVID-19 Clusters
Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: In the past 24 hours, we have confirmed 21 new cases of COVID-19 among Syracuse University students. The majority of these new cases appear to be linked to two unrelated off-campus gatherings held this…