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Public Health Professor Available to Discuss Monkeypox Virus

Friday, August 5, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

The Biden administration declared the monkeypox virus an official public health emergency this week. That means more funding and resources may become available to localized and state governments that are working to fight the virus and address growing caseloads. According…

STEM

Center for Sustainable Community Solutions and Environmental Finance Center Announces New Directors

Monday, July 25, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

The College of Engineering and Computer Science has announced two new directors at the Center for Sustainable Community Solutions – Environmental Finance Center (CSCS-EFC). Melissa Young is director, resource conservation initiatives, and Khristopher Dodson is director, water resiliency initiatives. Each…

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Emissions and Environmental Experts Respond to Supreme Court EPA Decision

Thursday, June 30, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

Today the Supreme Court voted to limit the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency in its regulatory power over greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. What does the decision mean for the larger fight to combat the warming climate? Two…

STEM

Biology and Earth and Environmental Sciences Departments Come Together on Diversity and Engagement Initiatives

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, By News Staff

In 1948, Professor James Hope Birnie became Syracuse University’s first African American faculty member in biology, teaching here until 1951. He was also one of its first biology faculty members to be supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)….

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“Can the Working Class End PMC Environmentalism?”

Thursday, May 5, 2022, By Lily Datz

Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the Diet Soap Media Podcast episode “Can the Working Class End PMC Environmentalism?” Huber, who studies climate politics, discussed his new book that unpacks the failures…

Campus & Community

EOIRS Provides Options in a Respectful Environment for Reporting of Discrimination, Harassment

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, By Kathleen Haley

As an equal opportunity and Title IX investigator, Bernie Jacobson wants staff and faculty to know that everyone who reaches out to the Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services (EOIRS) will be heard and listened to, and treated…

Hudson Valley One

“Samples from the Village of New Paltz’s sewage treatment plant are being tested for coronavirus.”

Wednesday, February 9, 2022, By Lily Datz

David Larsen, associate professor of public health in the Falk College, was quoted in the Hudson Valley One story “Samples from the Village of New Paltz’s sewage treatment plant are being tested for coronavirus.” Larsen, who led the University’s wastewater…

Health & Society

Virtual Field Experiences Boost Social Work Students’ Confidence

Friday, January 21, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Spurred on by the global pandemic, the School of Social Work in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics has piloted virtual field experiences for master of social work (M.S.W.) students. Tracy Walker, director of field education, says, “The…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Professor Wins Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize

Monday, December 20, 2021, By News Staff

Catherine Herrold, associate professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School, has been awarded the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize for her book, “Delta Democracy: Pathways to Incremental Civic Revolution in Egypt and Beyond” (Oxford University…

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Threats to Environmental Law with Upcoming Supreme Court Hearing

Monday, November 22, 2021, By Lily Datz

Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a set of cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. The justices’ decision in this pending case, West Virginia v. EPA, would have a huge impact on environmental law…

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