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Campus & Community

Message from Damon Williams

Monday, March 29, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Syracuse University Community: In November 2019, the Syracuse University Board of Trustees Special Committee on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion asked me to serve on an Independent Advisory Panel and, later, to conduct a campus climate “pulse” survey and…

Arts & Culture

Navigating an International Fellowship During a Global Pandemic

Monday, March 29, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

When Scott Manning Stevens was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, he assumed the virus would be over by the summer’s end and that he would have no problem traveling abroad to…

EFE

“Controversy grows over whether Biden was ready for the mass arrival of children”

Friday, March 26, 2021, By Lily Datz

Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School, was interviewed by EFE for the story “Controversy grows over whether Biden was ready for the mass arrival of children.” McCormick, who also serves as the Jay and Debe Moskowitz…

Campus & Community

Building Local Profile: GL Imprinting

Wednesday, March 24, 2021, By Jennifer DeMarchi

Syracuse University’s Building Local initiative, launched in May 2019, sought to expand participation of Central New York businesses—including those owned by women, minorities, veterans and others (referred to collectively as XBEs)—in University purchasing decisions. Since the launch of the initiative,…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Mourns Loss of H. Douglas Barclay L’61, Life Trustee and Former Board Chair

Thursday, March 18, 2021, By Matt Michael

H. Douglas Barclay L’61, of Pulaski, New York, a Syracuse University Life Trustee and former Board Chair whose renowned career in public service included 20 years in the New York State Senate and positions under two U.S. presidents, died March…

Campus & Community

Communications Design Students Win Multiple Awards in Graphis New Talent Annual

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Erica Blust

Eight members of the communications design (CMD) Class of 2020 in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design won awards in the Graphis New Talent Annual 2021, an international design competition. Their winning work was created when…

Campus & Community

Forever Orange Week 2021 Celebrates Lifelong Connections

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Chris Velardi

As Dibya Patnaik ’21 looks forward to graduating from Syracuse University in just two months, the senior from Robbinsville, New Jersey, can’t help but look back at her college experience with a renewed sense of clarity. “I’ve come to the…

Campus & Community

Falk Students Launch Pen Pal Program With Senior Citizens

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Michele Barrett

Social Workers United, a graduate student organization in Falk College’s School of Social Work, recently introduced its members to a pen pal program with senior citizens. Many social work students engage with the elderly during field placements and volunteer activities…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Professor Featured in MoMA Exhibition

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Sekou Cooke, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture who has gained widespread recognition for his investigations into the emergent field of Hip-Hop Architecture, is one of 10 architects, designers and artists chosen to exhibit a newly commissioned work…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Biden Ends Policy Forcing Asylum-Seekers to ‘Remain in Mexico’–But for 41,247 Migrants, It’s Too Late

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Lily Datz

Austin Kocher, research associate professor with the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), wrote an op-ed for The Conversation titled “Biden ends policy forcing asylum-seekers to ‘remain in Mexico’ – but for 41,247 migrants, it’s too late.” TRAC uses Freedom of Information…