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World P@$$w0rd Day: Tips To Protect Your Digital Identity

Saturday, May 1, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

The first Thursday of May is World Password Day, an annual reminder to promote better password habits and digital security. With more of our lives online than ever before, what should people know about passwords to better protect their identity…

Campus & Community

University Names 2021-22 Remembrance Scholars

Friday, April 30, 2021, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2021-22 Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships, now in their 32nd year, were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in…

STEM

Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Awarded Grant for Catheter Research Project

Thursday, April 29, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

For the 75 million people who require a urinary catheter, urinary tract infections are a serious concern. Catheters are prone to colonization by bacterial and fungal pathogens, which causes antibiotic-resistant infections. An infection can also lead to pH changes in…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Why Is There Over-Policing for Low-Level Offenses?’

Thursday, April 29, 2021, By Lily Datz

Lauryn Gouldin, Crandall Melvin Associate Professor of Law in the College of Law, authored an op-ed for The Hill titled “Why is there over-policing for low-level offenses?” Gouldin, who also serves as the director of the Syracuse Civics Initiative, teaches…

Campus & Community

Water Our World

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, By Roxanna Carpenter

Everyone local knows we live in a rainy place. Some say, “This is where clouds go to die.” Some compare Syracuse to Seattle, that other rainy city on the other side of the country. Despite the “April showers, May flowers”…

Health & Society

Six Questions for Dr. Karen Nardella on COVID-19 Vaccines

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, By Matt Michael

Seeking helpful information about the COVID-19 vaccines, SU News reached out to Barnes Center at The Arch Medical Director Dr. Karen Nardella. Dr. Nardella shared her answers to our questions on April 12—the day before federal health officials called for…

Campus & Community

Shana Kushner Gadarian Named 2021 Carnegie Fellow

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, By News Staff

Shana Kushner Gadarian, associate professor and chair of political science in the Maxwell School, has been named a 2021 Carnegie Fellow. As recipients of the so-called “brainy award,” each Carnegie Fellow receives a grant of up to $200,000, making it…

Campus & Community

Words We Didn’t Know We’d Need to Know

Tuesday, April 27, 2021, By Roxanna Carpenter

“Pandemonium” is not a new word for most of us. But for many, “pandemic” was, until about a year ago. And what a year it has been since. We’ve had to live with all sorts of surprises in the last…

STEM

Innovating at the A&S Undergraduate Research Festival April 30

Sunday, April 25, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

The College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) annual undergraduate research festival will explore exciting new territory this year. The event, designed to bring together students, faculty and staff around science- and humanities-related projects in a physical space, will now be…

Health & Society

Falk Professor Advocates for Including Autistic Adults in Research That Shapes Their World

Monday, April 19, 2021, By Matt Michael

Katherine McDonald, Ph.D., was in a brainstorming session with other editors from the innovative journal Autism in Adulthood and jokingly says that “I made the mistake of having a good idea for a special issue.” The result: McDonald, a professor…