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Campus & Community

Alumnus Thom Filicia ’93 Is the Next Guest of the University Lectures Series

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The University Lectures series continues its 20th season with a virtual presentation by alumnus Thom Filicia ’93 (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Registration is required to attend the virtual lecture. Filicia’s…

Observer

“Nothing Good Lasts Forever, But Marvel May Be Too Big to Fail”

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By Lily Datz

Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was quoted in the Observer article “Nothing Good Lasts Forever, But Marvel May Be Too Big to Fail.” Phillips is an expert on comic…

CNY Central

“UV lights helping stop the spread of coronavirus”

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By Lily Datz

Eric Schiff, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and interim director of the Center of Excellence, was interviewed by CNY Central for the story “UV lights helping stop the spread of coronavirus.” Schiff studies solar cell…

Campus & Community

Access Counselor Ensures Students with Disabilities Have Proper Accommodations for Academic Success

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

As someone born with significant hearing loss, Michael Mazzaroppi G’14 says it was inevitable that he would become an advocate for others with disabilities. After working abroad at a school for the Deaf and an agency for the Deaf, and…

Consumer Affairs

Research led by Shannon Monnat featured by several outlets

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By Lily Datz

Research led by Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion in the Maxwell School was covered by several outlets including Consumer Affairs, Agri-Pulse, Sound Health and Lasting Wealth and YubaNet.com. The research led by…

Deseret News

“It’s a weird year for movies”

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By Lily Datz

Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed for the Deseret News story “It’s a weird year for movies.” Phillips, an expert on popular culture and the film industry, says…

Campus & Community

Virtual Community Service for Grief and Healing to Be Held Tonight

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By News Staff

The University will hold a Virtual Community Service for Grief and Healing tonight at 6 p.m. on Zoom. The service will be a time for the University community to embrace each other, name and claim its grief, remember the lives…

Campus & Community

Hillel, STOP Bias Partner for Pilot Training on Addressing Anti-Semitism

Monday, October 19, 2020, By Shannon Andre

Working collectively to address concerns raised by Jewish students last spring, Syracuse Hillel and the STOP Bias program have partnered to develop an anti-Semitism education and prevention training that will be piloted this fall with undergraduate students. The training is…

Campus & Community

Professor Lasch-Quinn Explores the Meaning of Life in New Book

Monday, October 19, 2020, By News Staff

In her new book, “Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living” (Notre Dame Press), Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, professor of history in the Maxwell School, explores Americans’ stirring interest in ancient Greco-Roman philosophies including…

STEM

NSF Equipment Grants to Fund Acquisition of Two Chromatography-Mass Spectrometers

Sunday, October 18, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

The familiar saying goes, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” But for scientists, understanding those smaller parts is critical to scientific discovery. A method known as chromatography-mass spectrometry lets researchers analyze and study the composition of…