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Fall Semester to Follow Accelerated Academic Calendar
Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: Syracuse University is eager and excited to welcome students, faculty and staff back to campus in just a few short months for the start of the Fall 2020 semester. Subject to continuing and…
“End-of-school-year celebrations are canceled. Here’s how your kid can bounce back.”
Xiaoyan (Amanda) Zhang, a doctoral student in the Department of Human Development and Family Science and Lerner Graduate Fellow, was interviewed by National Geographic for the article “End-of-school-year celebrations are canceled. Here’s how your kid can bounce back.” With COVID-19…
Mackenzie Mertikas (’20) featured in Wall Street Journal’s “Noted: Class of 2020”
Mackenzie Mertikas (‘20), the outgoing Student Association president, was included in the Wall Street Journal’s wrap-up of student graduation speeches in “Noted: Class of 2020”. Her virtual graduation speech, recorded on the Shaw Quad on campus, was featured alongside a…
Extended Summer Health and Wellness Services
As Syracuse University continues to monitor, assess and respond to developments associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Barnes Center at The Arch has extended summer services and programs to increase student-centered health and wellness support. Even when off campus,…
Q&A with 2020 Udall Scholar Anna Feldman
Anna Feldman, a rising senior in environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, was recently named a 2020 Udall Scholar. The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college…
Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF Team Earns Honorable Mention in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge
A team of students from Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) has placed among the top in this year’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge, a collegiate competition that inspires student teams…
New Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program Launching through Gift from Intelligence++ Foundation
An innovative, interdisciplinary program focused on inclusive entrepreneurship and design is being offered for the 2020-21 academic year in a partnership of the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars (LaunchPad) at Syracuse University Libraries, the Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education…
‘The Pandemic Exposed A Painful Truth: America Doesn’t Care About Old People’
Nina Kohn is the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law in the College of Law. “Across America—and beyond—we are losing our elders not only because they are especially susceptible [to COVID-19]. They’re also dying because of a more entrenched…
The Financial Ramifications of COVID-19 on the Tokyo Olympics
Rick Burton, the David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management in the Falk College, was interviewed for the Forbes story “Financial Ramifications Of Coronavirus Canceling Tokyo Olympics Would Be ‘Massive.” In the article, Burton comments on the potential ramifications…
Southeast ADA Center Launches Disability and COVID-19 Portal
The Southeast ADA Center (SEADA), a project of the Burton Blatt Institute and a member of the ADA National Network, has launched the Disability and COVID-19 Portal. The portal, in development since mid-March, began as a way for the SEADA…