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Syracuse University Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems Launches Project Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Black, Latino and Native Communities
A new project by Syracuse University Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems is raising public awareness about COVID-19 among people of color—who have been disproportionately impacted by the deadly virus—by promoting preventative measures and dispelling harmful falsehoods, while also paying…
Professor Nina Kohn writes “Nursing homes need increased staffing, not legal immunity”
Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education at the College of Law, wrote a commentary for The Hill titled “Nursing homes need increased staffing, not legal immunity.” In her piece, Kohn states…
Important Update About the Return to Campus Plan for Faculty and Staff
Dear Faculty and Staff: As announced yesterday, Syracuse University will resume residential instruction in August 2020, which includes an accelerated academic calendar. Simultaneously, a cross-functional working group of deans, faculty and staff is working to develop and implement a comprehensive…
Julia Riley is Awarded the 2020 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) announces that Julia Riley ’20, a double major in biochemistry and neuroscience in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the first place award of the 2020 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize. The…
University Honors Cadets as They Make the Commitment to Serve
Twenty-three U.S. Army and six U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets were recognized virtually this week as they became the next generation of military leaders. While Syracuse University usually holds an annual commissioning ceremony, this year’s event…
Five Strategies for Transitioning to a Plant-Based Diet
As more consumers turn to a meatless diet due to meat shortages and concerns over the spread of COVID-19, Sudha Raj, teaching professor of nutrition and food studies in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, has suggestions on…
Ph.D. Student Wins American Chemical Society Award for Blood-Brain Barrier Research
Nandhini Rajagopal, a biomedical and chemical engineering doctoral student in Professor Shikha Nangia’s research group in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has won the American Chemical Society’s prestigious Chemical Computing Group Research Excellence Award. This award recognizes exceptional…
Students Update Indigenous Artists’ Wikipedia Entries
Have you ever scrolled through a Wikipedia page and wondered who wrote the information and if it is accurate? The content for this free online encyclopedia is written collaboratively by the people who use it, making reliability dependent upon its…
Newhouse Alumnus Rani Raad ’97 Named President of CNN Commercial
Rani Raad ’97, an alumnus of the Newhouse School, has been named president of CNN Commercial. The newly created division centralizes the management and strategy of all CNN commercial activity. Raad reports to Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide and…
Roger Koppl writes “Mother Nature Isn’t Human Nature: A Wicked Problem.”
Roger Koppl, professor of finance in the Whitman School of Management, wrote an op-ed for The Library of Economics and Liberty titled “Mother Nature Isn’t Human Nature: A Wicked Problem.” The article by Koppl analyzes and questions an article written…