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Our Plan for Fall 2020

Thursday, April 16, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: Since our founding 150 years ago, Syracuse University has withstood the challenges of our time. Through it all, it’s been our people—students, faculty, staff and alumni—who have enabled our ability to navigate challenging…

Campus & Community

A Devotion to Family, Friends, Food and Social Justice: Remembering the Life of Professor Evan Weissman

Tuesday, April 14, 2020, By Michele Barrett

Evan L. Weissman, Ph.D., associate professor in food studies and nutrition in the Falk College, passed away unexpectedly while at home with his family on April 9. Weissman touched the Syracuse community where he lived, and that he loved deeply,…

Houston, We Have an Anniversary

Friday, April 10, 2020, By Hailey Womer

For Immediate Release: April 10, 2020  Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the historic Apollo 13 space mission that was made famous for not landing on the moon and was immortalized in a 1995 movie starring Tom…

Campus & Community

Media Seeks Faculty as Thought Leaders for Pandemic News Coverage

Thursday, April 9, 2020, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University faculty continue to be thought leaders for news media seeking experts to supplement COVID-19 news coverage. Among them: David Driesen, University Professor in the College of Law, authored the opinion piece “Why NY law requires absentee ballots in…

Campus & Community

Prior Learning Experience May Transition to College Credits

Tuesday, April 7, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

Vincente Cuevas is a health promotions coordinator at the Barnes Center at The Arch. Blaine Moore works for the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron at Hancock Airport. And Mary Welker works in the Office of Professional Research and Development in…

Equal Opportunity for All? Not for Students with Disabilities During COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, April 7, 2020, By Hailey Womer

For Immediate Release: April 7, 2020  The $2 trillion coronavirus stabilization bill contains a provision that gives Education Secretary Betsy DeVos the power to waive parts of the federal special education rules while school districts are struggling to teach their…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Introduces S.J.D. Degree Program

Thursday, April 2, 2020, By Robert Conrad

Syracuse University’s College of Law has launched its new Doctor of Juridical Science in Law (Scientiae Juridicae Doctor, or S.J.D.) degree program. This is the third programmatic announcement in the 2019-2020 academic year for the College of Law, coming after…

Campus & Community

Virtual Orange Opportunities

Wednesday, April 1, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: With just under four weeks of classes left in our semester, many of us are adjusting to a new normal that involves a drastic loss of our traditional Orange community. April is a month of…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Scholars Announced

Wednesday, April 1, 2020, By News Staff

Twelve seniors have been named as the 2020 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor the University bestows. The Syracuse University Scholars Selection Committee, a Universitywide faculty committee, selected the 2020 scholars using criteria that included coursework and academic achievement,…

Media, Law & Policy

Senior Uses Capstone Project to Capture Unique Atmosphere of The Daily Orange

Monday, March 30, 2020, By News Staff

When Rori Sachs stepped foot on campus as a first-year student four years ago, she was eager to get involved in a publication. She quickly found The Daily Orange (DO), the Syracuse University student newspaper. Over the course of her…