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Health & Society

Fellowship to Carry On Vision of Advancing Food Justice in Syracuse

Friday, September 4, 2020, By Matt Michael

Jonnell Robinson never had to go very far to find Evan Weissman. They were colleagues, confidants and next-door neighbors, and all Robinson had to do was call for Weissman over her backyard fence. When it came time for the heart-wrenching…

Campus & Community

Update on Syracuse University’s COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance Program

Friday, September 4, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: I want to extend my gratitude to the residents and staff of Ernie Davis Hall, as well as everyone else involved in the response associated with the detection of COVID-19 virus in the wastewater…

Arts & Culture

18th Annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival Is Online for 2020

Friday, September 4, 2020, By News Staff

The 18th annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF) is online from Sept. 24-26 due to COVID-19 restrictions. The film festival is part of Syracuse Symposium 2020-21: FUTURES and is presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the…

CBS 60 Minutes Overtime

“Universities Search For A Blueprint To Continue In-Person Instruction As COVID-19 Pandemic Rages.”

Thursday, September 3, 2020, By Lily Datz

David Larsen, associate professor of public health at Falk College, was interviewed for the CBS 60 Minutes Overtime article “Universities Search For A Blueprint To Continue In-Person Instruction As COVID-19 Pandemic Rages.” Larsen was interviewed about wastewater testing for COVID-19,…

Campus & Community

New SU I.D. Cards Allow Students, Faculty and Staff to Use Their Preferred Name

Thursday, September 3, 2020, By Jennifer DeMarchi

This fall, the Housing, Meal Plan, and I.D. Card Services Office is debuting a new SU I.D. card design. Behind the new design is a new system—one that allows University community members to choose to use their preferred name on…

Deseret News

“How ‘Tenet’ missed its moment.” 

Thursday, September 3, 2020, By Lily Datz

Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed by the Deseret News for the article “How ‘Tenet’ missed its moment.” With the pandemic forcing many movie theaters to remain closed,…

Campus & Community

National Science Foundation Awards $390,000 to Syracuse University Computing Initiative

Thursday, September 3, 2020, By Eric Ferguson

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant of $390,000 for a new research computing cluster at Syracuse University. The cluster will be built using graphical processing units (GPUs), which offer significant processing and memory advantages over traditional hardware….

Rolling Stone

“The Birth of QAmom.”

Wednesday, September 2, 2020, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed for the Rolling Stone article “The Birth of QAmom.” Phillips, who is an expert on disinformation and digital…

STEM

A Gift Grounded in Love and Advocacy

Wednesday, September 2, 2020, By Eileen Korey

Their marriage certificate is framed and hangs on the wall in their home, a forever tribute to the love between Janet G. Jones and Syracuse University alumnus Dr. Faith (“Chris”) Maltby Cobb ’51, G’66, Ph.D. ’74. Though Dr. Cobb passed…

STEM

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Awarded NSF Research Grants

Wednesday, September 2, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) faculty members Bryan Kim, Endadul Hoque, and Ferdinando Fioretto all received notable awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF). All three are new faculty members who started at Syracuse University in the 2019-2020 academic…