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Pramod K. Varshney

Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Director of CASE: Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering
Campus & Community

Libraries Adds New Resources for Spring 2020

Thursday, April 30, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries has added the following new databases to its collections, which can be accessed using your net ID and password via library.syr.edu. These resources are part of the Libraries’ normal acquisitions process and are not related to the…

Campus & Community

Building a Resiliency Toolkit With Holistic Health and Wellness

Thursday, April 30, 2020, By News Staff

Building resiliency through daily practices of holistic health and wellness hold the potential to improve mental, emotional and physical well-being. Especially in times of uncertainty, some of the first actions in building a resiliency toolkit include acknowledging and accepting one’s…

Health & Society

School of Architecture Student Composes Original Song Supporting Fight Against COVID-19

Thursday, April 30, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

When Chengdu native Yajie (Lannie) Lan ’24 (B.Arch) heard about the wide-spreading coronavirus outbreak affecting her home country, she was deeply concerned and wanted to support the fight against the epidemic in her own way. Lan reached out to two…

Health & Society

Student Entrepreneurs Successful at Techstars Startup Weekend Remote USA and Hult Prize Regional Competitions

Wednesday, April 29, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

A group of five Syracuse University students and one alumni, all active members of the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad), were selected as a top ten team in the east division at the Techstars Startup…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Quarantine Is Not One Size Fits All: The Case of Mexico’

Wednesday, April 29, 2020, By News Staff

Gladys McCormick is an associate professor of history and the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations at the Maxwell School. McCormick co-authored an op-ed piece for the Center for Strategic and International Studies examining Mexico’s policy of containing…

Campus & Community

Keeping Students Engaged the Virtual Way

Tuesday, April 28, 2020, By Eileen Korey

“It’s a whole new way of thinking about the virtual world,” states Dave Sargalski, director of student engagement in the Office of Student Activities in describing what it means to engage students in social activities when they are sheltering in…

Campus & Community

Liang Wang Named Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2020-21

Tuesday, April 28, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

The School of Architecture has announced that architect and urban designer Liang Wang is the Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2020-21. Wang is currently a Doctor of Design candidate and previously a teaching fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of…

Campus & Community

Important Flexible Spending Account Reminder for Faculty and Staff

Monday, April 27, 2020, By News Staff

Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) offer a great way to save money by allowing you to contribute pre-tax dollars into an account (avoiding federal and state income tax, as well as FICA) that you can use to pay for…

Food Safety News

Two Major Meat Facilities Shutdown Due to COVID-19

Friday, April 24, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Rong Li, assistant professor of supply chain management in the Whitman School, was quoted in the Food Safety News story “Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases.” Li commented on the shutdown of two major…