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Campus & Community

Lender Center for Social Justice Granted $2.7M From MetLife Foundation for Research Initiatives to Help Address Racial Wealth Gap

Thursday, November 3, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University’s Lender Center for Social Justice has been awarded a $2.7 million grant from MetLife Foundation to launch several new research initiatives to accelerate efforts to address the racial wealth gap and help dismantle the root causes of wealth…

Campus & Community

Operation Orange Warmup to Collect Winter Coats for Community at Nov. 12 Football Game Against Florida State

Wednesday, November 2, 2022, By News Staff

For the second time this year, Syracuse University is partnering with Central New York nonprofit organizations for Operation Orange Warmup, a collection drive for warm winter coats to help individuals and families in need in our local community. Donations of…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Student Combines Design, History Studies With Love of Illustration

Wednesday, November 2, 2022, By Julie Sharkey

From a young age, Thitaree (Jenny) Suwiwatchai ’23 (B.Arch)—a fifth-year student in the School of Architecture—has been interested in illustration. Since the day she could draw, she’s enjoyed putting her thoughts on paper and creating stories. Growing up in Thailand,…

STEM

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Team Publishes Research on Efficient Conversion of Solar Energy

Wednesday, November 2, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Quinn Qiao and a research team from the College of Engineering and Computer Science recently published two papers in Advanced Materials, collaborations with Peking University and other universities in Europe. Both papers focus on the…

Study: Rise in Working-Age Deaths in U.S. Linked to Conservative State Policies

Wednesday, November 2, 2022, By Christopher Munoz

State policies and their impact on public health were thrust into the spotlight at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. But a new study sheds light on how they have been intertwined for much longer. Researchers found that…

After the opioid settlement, what to do with the money?

Wednesday, November 2, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

The two largest U.S. pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreens, plan to pay $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the destructive impact opioids have had on communities. Additionally, the New York attorney general announced that the state will…

STEM

Syracuse University Student Chosen as First Micron Intern Hire From Syracuse Veteran Community

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, By Kathleen Haley

Savion Pollard ’25 joined the U.S. Navy as a 21-year-old looking to be part of something bigger than himself and inspire others. Pollard served for eight years, working as a nuclear electronics technician on nuclear submarines and training other sailors;…

STEM

Annual Wali Lecture Will Honor the Life and Legacy of Physics Professor Kameshwar C. Wali

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Syracuse University will hold the 2022 Kashi and Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities on Friday, Nov. 4, to honor the life and legacy of Professor Kameshwar C. Wali, in-person and over Zoom. The program will begin…

Media Tip Sheets

“Voting is a Spiritual Act”

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, By Vanessa Marquette

As Election Day nears, one of our Syracuse University faculty experts shares a reminder to be kind this political season. The Rev. Brian Konkol, Ph.D., serves as Dean of Hendricks Chapel and Professor of Practice at Syracuse University, writes: “The…

Health & Society

Lender Center Brings Labor Movement Leaders to Campus to Discuss the Fight for Workers’ Rights

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, By Jen Plummer

The revitalization of the American labor movement and the struggle for racial and economic justice were the central topics of a Lender Center Conversation held Monday, Oct. 24, in Dineen Hall. After introductory remarks from current and former leadership of…