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Media, Law & Policy

‘Has Marijuana Changed or Have We?’

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By Lily Datz

Dessa Bergen-Cico, professor of public health in the Falk College, authored an op-ed for Syracuse.com titled “Has marijuana changed or have we?” Bergen-Cico is the coordinator of Falk’s addiction studies program and has expertise in addiction, drug use and mental…

Campus & Community

Faculty Can Apply Now for Assessment Leadership Institute Mini-Grant

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Matt Michael

For Rachel Razza, the timing was perfect. Razza, an associate professor at Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, was selected to participate in the Assessment Leadership Institute for Syracuse University faculty in the summer of 2019, just before she…

Arts & Culture

Curating the Bigger Picture: Evan Starling-Davis Approaches Literacy from Multiple Entry Points

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Evan Starling-Davis is a narrative artist, curator and producer. More precisely, he names himself a digital-age “griot”—a term used for traveling poets, musicians and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history derived from the African diaspora’s culture and history….

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Diploma Symbolizes Decades of Sacrifice and Determination

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Eileen Jevis

Katherine O’Neil Veley graduated from Syracuse University in 2020 with a degree in creative leadership from University College (UC). Like the thousands of other students in the Class of 2020, Veley waited with excitement and anticipation for the day she…

STEM

Celebrating Earth Day and Earth Month in April

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Melissa Cadwell

Around the world, April is a month of celebrating and increasing awareness about climate change and the environment. The Sustainably Management team’s goal this year is to inspire the campus community to learn how they can participate in helping protect…

STEM

Talking Trash With Laura Markley, Waste and Plastics Researcher in the College of Engineering and Computer Science

Sunday, April 4, 2021, By Jen Plummer

 Laura Markley is a scientist and a communicator who has been weaving these two skillsets together throughout her academic career. Currently a Ph.D. candidate in civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), Markley…

STEM

ECS Junior Alexander Metcalf Selected for 2021 Goldwater Scholarship

Thursday, April 1, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Alexander Metcalf, a junior aerospace engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, has been selected for the 2021 Goldwater Scholarship. The Goldwater Scholarship is the most prestigious…

Campus & Community

Winners Announced for 2021 Student Entrepreneur Competitions

Wednesday, March 31, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Winners of the School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship competition, the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award and the Compete CNY regional qualifier for the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) were…

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…

The Chronicle of Higher Education

“Global: How International Students’ Perception of Racism in the U.S. Has Changed”

Wednesday, March 31, 2021, By Lily Datz

Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for The Chronicle of Higher Education Q&A piece “Global: How International Students’ Perception of Racism in the U.S. Has Changed.” Ma, who also serves as the director of…