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Veterans

COVID One Year Later: Insights from the Military-Connected Community

Thursday, March 11, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

By Misty Stutsman Fox and Rosalinda Vasquez Maury, researchers with Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) The changes our nation has experienced, both at home and abroad, are considerable and hastening. Economic conditions are uncertain, the federal…

Veterans

Office of Veterans and Military Affairs Accepting Student Veteran Scholarship Applications

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, By Brandon Dyer

In pursuit of Syracuse University’s continuing commitment to be the best place for veterans, the Office of Veterans and Military Affairs (OVMA) is offering several donor-funded scholarship opportunities and programs for both veterans and military-connected students. Three new scholarships are…

Campus & Community

Anne Mosher Named Provost’s Faculty Fellow for Shared Competencies and High Impact Practices

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost John Liu has named Anne E. Mosher, associate professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School, a Provost’s Faculty Fellow. Her fellowship will focus on advancing the University’s work in implementing the Shared…

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…

Media, Law & Policy

Graduate Student Aims to Persuade Stakeholders of the Realities of Climate Change through Immersive Media

Monday, March 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Francesca Ortega ’20, G’22 wants to help neighbors in her native Miami experience what their neighborhood will look like when it is under water. The city, surrounded by water and built on layers of porous limestone, is already experiencing the…

Arts & Culture

Drama Department Listed as New York State’s Best College Theater Program by OnStage Blog

Monday, March 8, 2021, By Erica Blust

OnStage Blog has named Syracuse University and its Department of Drama as New York State’s best college theater program in its list of “The Best College Theatre Programs in Every State-2021 Edition.” According to OnStage Blog’s post, the list was “researched and…

Health & Society

Graduate Student Works With Food Policy Council to Combat Rising Food Scarcity Due to COVID

Monday, March 8, 2021, By Brandon Dyer

Nel Gaudé worked in kitchens for a decade before now pursuing a master’s degree in food studies. This tangible professional cooking experience gives them insight and allows them to think creatively about issues related to their coursework. After Gaudé was…

Health & Society

Online Master of Social Work Opens Doors to Career Changers, Working Professionals

Monday, March 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The School of Social Work will welcome its first cohort of online master’s students in May, and Professor Ken Marfilius is excited. “We are already seeing strong applications for our first cohort of 50 students. I think the COVID-19 pandemic…

PolitiFact

“New York nursing homes granted legal protection, but not ‘blanket immunity'”

Saturday, March 6, 2021, By Lily Datz

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, was quoted in the PolitiFact story “New York nursing homes granted legal protection, but not ‘blanket immunity’.” Kohn, an expert…

Arts & Culture

Turning Gratitude Into Opportunity

Friday, March 5, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

During the college experience, pivotal interactions and opportunities present themselves that shape a student’s future. For some, it may be an internship that introduces them to their future line of work. For others, it might be a specific class that…