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Health & Society

New Research Shows Pain-Relieving Effects of CBD

Sunday, April 25, 2021, By Keith Kobland

It’s been hailed as a wonder drug and it’s certainly creating wonder profits. By some estimates, the cannabidiol (or CBD) market could be worth $20 billion dollars by 2024. While users tout its effectiveness in pain relief, up until now…

Campus & Community

Important Update for Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Wednesday, April 21, 2021, By News Staff

The American Rescue Plan Act has allowed the University to offer eligible faculty and staff an expanded option for managing their 2021 dependent care expenses through their Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA). Effective immediately, employees have the option to…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Instructor Wins 2021 Ragdale Ring Competition

Monday, April 19, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Almost Studio, a Brooklyn-based design practice co-founded by Anthony Gagliardi, School of Architecture instructor, and Dorian Booth, Yale School of Architecture lecturer, along with junior designer Isabella Calidonio Stechmann ’20 (B.Arch), recently won the 2021 Ragdale Ring competition for their…

STEM

New Study From Department of Biology Highlights Ways to Support Students in Virtual Learning Environments

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

The mass migration to virtual learning that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic led to a profound change in student learning. While it presented many challenges, it also created opportunities for documenting responses. Two researchers from the Department of Biology in…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Should the COVID-19 Vaccine Be Required for the Military?’

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, By Lily Datz

Mark Nevitt, associate professor in the College of Law, authored an op-ed for Just Security titled “Should the COVID-19 Vaccine Be Required for the Military?” Nevitt specializes in national security law and previously served as a tactical jet aviator and…

Campus & Community

Alumnus and Trustee Marshall M. Gelfand ’50 Remembered

Friday, April 9, 2021, By News Staff

In 2013, Variety magazine honored Syracuse University alumnus and trustee Marshall M. Gelfand ’50 with its Business Managers Elite Award and an article titled “Veteran Business Manager Balances Work and Philanthropy.” Gelfand, who died April 1 at the age of…

Health & Society

Syracuse University Partners With Syracuse City School District to Provide Pathways to Higher Learning

Thursday, April 8, 2021, By Eileen Jevis

Syracuse University embraces its commitment to promoting positive change that simultaneously advances knowledge and opportunity for all citizens. A large part of that commitment is providing access to a Syracuse University education to local high school students. In partnership with…

Campus & Community

Couple Loved Syracuse University and Embraced Maxwell School Mission

Thursday, April 8, 2021, By Eileen Korey

“My parents literally grew up with nothing. Their own parents were poor immigrants from Ukraine and Bessarabia—an area that is now Moldova and part of Ukraine,” says Mitch Katz ’88, of his parents, Stanley ’54, G’56 and Cecilia Katz ’55….

Campus & Community

New Accreditation for School of Education Ensures Excellence and Innovation

Wednesday, April 7, 2021, By Eileen Korey

The process of teaching is, by its nature, subject to constant change. Educators, from preschool through higher education, must stay abreast of societal issues, new research and evolving technologies to provide their students with learning pathways to success. Now, a…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents Meryl Meisler: ‘Best of Times, Worst of Times’

Wednesday, April 7, 2021, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work presents Meryl Meisler: “Best of Times, Worst of Times,” an exhibition of her photography of her life in and around New York City in the 1970s and 1980s.  Meisler’s exhibition will be on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery…