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Campus & Community

New Red-Tailed Hawk Nest Cam Adds to Views of Soaring Raptors

Thursday, March 11, 2021, By Noah Lowy

A new nest camera following SU-Sue and Otto, the red-tailed hawks who’ve called Syracuse University home since 2012, is now live. The camera, donated by Anne Marie Patti Higgins ’76, G’90, is the newest of four cameras around campus that…

STEM

Professor Vir Phoha Examines Ethics of Facial Recognition Software

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

The use of facial recognition technology has been controversial and it has been criticized as being prone to misuse and reinforcing existing biases. Cities across the United States have been banning the use of facial recognition software and in the…

Campus & Community

Inaugural Lender Faculty Symposium Highlights Social Justice #Hashtag Project

Tuesday, March 9, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The inaugural Lender Center for Social Justice Faculty Symposium was held on Thursday, March 4, in a Zoom format. The symposium is the culmination of a two-year research project by the first Lender Faculty Fellow, Casarae Abdul-Ghani. Abdul-Ghani, who is…

Associated Press

“The long game: COVID changed the way we play, watch, cheer.”

Monday, March 8, 2021, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of television, radio and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Associated Press story “The long game: COVID changed the way we play,…

Associated Press

“The long game: COVID changed the way we play, watch, cheer”

Monday, March 8, 2021, By Lily Datz

Dennis Deninger, professor of practice in Falk College and the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Associated Press story “The long game: COVID changed the way we play, watch, cheer.” Deninger, an expert on sports television and media, believes that…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Stage Presents ‘Annapurna’ March 17 Through April 4

Monday, March 8, 2021, By Joanna Penalva

“Annapurna” is the name of a massif in the Himalaya mountain range, the Hindu goddess of nourishment and the next play in the reimagined and fully digital Syracuse Stage 2020-21 season. Written by Sharr White and directed by Syracuse Stage…

Newsweek

“7 Women Scientists Who Defied the Odds and Changed Science Forever.”

Sunday, March 7, 2021, By Lily Datz

Christa Kelleher, assistant profession of earth environmental science in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in the Newsweek article “7 Women Scientists Who Defied the Odds and Changed Science Forever.” Kelleher, an expert on hydrology, comments particularly on…

Media Tip Sheets

Amazon Union Efforts Part of Bigger Conversation of Racial, Economic Reckoning Facing US

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

Nearly 6,000 workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, AL are voting this month on whether they want to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. It could be the first Amazon warehouse union in the country. Lynne…

Campus & Community

What Faculty and Staff Can Discover at the Transformed Schine Student Center

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, By Maria Damiano

It’s called the “Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center,” but the newly transformed building offers a place for faculty, staff and all the members of the University community to gather, eat, socialize, work and more. Please note: during the…

Media Tip Sheets

Texas Power Grids, Extreme Weather and Changing Climate

Wednesday, February 17, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

The recent winter storm that led to massive power outages in several states including Texas, Mississippi and Kentucky has raised lots of questions with climate scientists and researchers who study electricity infrastructure. Is this linked to global warming, what may…