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“Remote worker wrongly denied Missouri unemployment benefits”
Arlene Kanter, professor in the College of Law and founder and director of the Disability Law and Policy Program, was quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article “Remote worker wrongly denied unemployment benefits.” Kanter, an expert on disability law, explained…
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Receives 2021 Shannon-Nyquist Technical Achievement Award
Pramod K. Varshney, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2021 Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society for outstanding contributions in the fields of distributed inference…
Professor Awarded Honorary Doctorate for Contributions to Linguistic Theory, Turkish Linguistics
Jaklin Kornfilt, professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL), was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Cyprus for her contributions to theoretical and Turkish linguistics. The honorary doctorate is the highest honor conferred by the…
Falk Professor Roopnarine Leads International Discussion on Benefit of Childhood Play
Born into poverty in Guyana, a country roughly the size of Idaho in the northeastern corner of South America, Jaipaul Roopnarine had to contend with hunger, neighborhood violence and other adverse early childhood experiences. As a way of escaping this…
“SU professor reflects on encounter with Supreme Court Justice Breyer”
Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, was interviewed for the Spectrum News story “SU professor reflects on encounter with Supreme Court Justice Breyer.” Gutterman,…
“SU professor explains ins and outs of 40-year-high inflation”
Patrick Penfield, professor of supply chain practice and director of Executive Education in the Whitman School, was interviewed for the WSYR segment “SU professor explains ins and outs of 40-year-high inflation.” Penfield, an expert on supply chain management and manufacturing, discussed…
Marcelle Haddix Appointed Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives
Vice Chancellor and Provost Gretchen Ritter announced today the appointment of Marcelle Haddix, Distinguished Dean’s Professor of Literacy, Race and Justice in reading and language arts, to the position of associate provost for strategic initiatives. The Executive Committee of the…
Arts and Sciences Remembers Longtime Physics Professor Kameshwar C. Wali
The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) mourns the loss of Kameshwar C. Wali, Steele Professor Emeritus of Physics, who passed away Jan. 14 at the age of 94. An eminent theoretical physicist, Wali was internationally recognized for his research…
College of Law Professor Featured on ‘Frontline’ Episode Exploring Unsolved Murder of 1960s Civil Rights Leader
College of Law Professor Paula Johnson will appear on an episode of “Frontline” entitled “American Reckoning” on Feb. 15 at 10 p.m. EDT on PBS and YouTube. The episode examines the unsolved 1960s bombing murder of NAACP and civil rights…
Gutterman authors “Censorship of Tully student offers an inadvertent civics lesson”
Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news, and digital journalism in the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, authored the Syracuse.com opinion piece “Censorship of Tully student offers an inadvertent civics lesson.” Gutterman, an expert…