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Immigration Law Professors Rely on TRAC’s Data to Call on Biden Administration to Reduce Immigration Court Backlog

Wednesday, May 5, 2021, By News Staff

A group of law professors are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to reduce the immigration court backlog which, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, currently stands at over 1.3 million cases. The letter [PDF] explains…

Arts & Culture

‘Exhibition Interrupted’ to Honor Work of Retiring Professor Anne Munly

Wednesday, April 21, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

“Exhibition Interrupted,” a display of work designed by School of Architecture Professor Anne Munly, will open Tuesday, April 27 in the Slocum Hall Marble Room and online. Munly is retiring at the end of the spring 2021 semester following more…

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…

Campus & Community

Professor Shobha Bhatia Receives 2021 Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Scholar Award

Thursday, April 8, 2021, By News Staff

Shobha Bhatia, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Scholar Award. Each year, Syracuse University honors the talents of outstanding faculty or…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Mourns Loss of Professor J. François Gabriel

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Former Syracuse University architecture Professor J. François Gabriel died March 26 at age 91. A native of France, Gabriel earned diplomas at the Collège des Arts Appliques in 1948 and École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1965, where he developed…

Campus & Community

Muslim Students’ Association Inspires Renovation of Prayer Space in Hendricks Chapel

Wednesday, March 31, 2021, By News Staff

Students often seek a safe space on campus where they can feel at home. At Hendricks Chapel, the chaplains, staff and students work together to create an environment that is welcoming of the broader campus community and will continue to…

Campus & Community

‘Careers for Lawyers in Higher Education’ Panel to Be Co-Hosted by Women in Leadership Initiative and Women in Law Association

Monday, March 29, 2021, By News Staff

On April 7 from noon to 1 p.m. ET, Syracuse University’s Women in Leadership Initiative (WiL) and Women in Law Association will offer a panel discussion titled “Careers for Lawyers in Higher Education.” This discussion will feature four highly accomplished…

Campus & Community

Professor David Bennett Reflects on the Role of Current Events Over 60 Years of Teaching

Wednesday, March 24, 2021, By News Staff

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence David Bennett grew up in Syracuse and graduated from Syracuse University with an undergraduate degree in 1956. “Then I went off to the University of Chicago, where I got my…

Arts & Culture

Information-Encoded Quilt Created by iSchool Professor Wins Juried Competition

Friday, March 19, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Rachel Ivy Clarke teaches library and information sciences in the School of Information Studies. She describes her research as focused on rethinking librarianship as a design profession. Her deep interest in design thinking has led to a major collaborative research…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Disinformation Goes to Hollywood: Four Lessons From Journalism’

Friday, March 19, 2021, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, wrote an op-ed for First Draft titled “Disinformation goes Hollywood: four lessons from journalism.” Phillips co-authored the article with Claire Wardle, an expert…