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Update on Ernie Davis Hall COVID-19 Testing

Friday, September 4, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: A short time ago, we received the results from the testing of residents of Ernie Davis Hall and the associated staff who work in that building—conducted in response to detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus in…

Health & Society

Fellowship to Carry On Vision of Advancing Food Justice in Syracuse

Friday, September 4, 2020, By Matt Michael

Jonnell Robinson never had to go very far to find Evan Weissman. They were colleagues, confidants and next-door neighbors, and all Robinson had to do was call for Weissman over her backyard fence. When it came time for the heart-wrenching…

Campus & Community

Public Health Alert: Important Information for Ernie Davis Hall Residents

Thursday, September 3, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Residents of Ernie Davis Hall: As you are aware, in response to the COVID-19 health emergency, Syracuse University has implemented a robust program of virus surveillance protocols on campus. One of those protocols is routine testing of the wastewater…

Campus & Community

COVID-19 Detected in Wastewater of Ernie Davis Hall

Thursday, September 3, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: A short time ago, epidemiologists leading our wastewater surveillance program detected the presence of COVID-19 in the Ernie Davis Hall sewer. This is not a surprising development as epidemiologists fully expected to detect the…

Campus & Community

Supervisors Invited to Participate in ‘In the Moment—Bridging the Gaps of Race Dialogue’ Discussion Series This Fall

Tuesday, September 1, 2020, By News Staff

A series of dialogue sessions for supervisors that began earlier this summer in the wake of the death of George Floyd will continue this fall with “In the Moment—Bridging the Gaps of Race Dialogue,” sponsored by the Office of Diversity…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Announces Fall 2020 Visiting Critics

Monday, August 31, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Three studios will be held this fall. Ifeoma Ebo (Creative Urban Alchemy) and Nathan Williams (Nathan…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Establishes Team to Support and Engage Student Activists

Friday, August 21, 2020, By News Staff

Recognizing the important role student activism plays in bettering the campus community, Syracuse University has established the Student Activism Engagement Team (SAET) made up of academic leaders, student experience staff, faculty and student leadership to support and engage student activism….

Campus & Community

University Lectures 20th Season Showcases Actor/Activist Wilmer Valderrama, ‘1619 Project’ Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renowned Designer Thom Filicia

Wednesday, August 19, 2020, By Kevin Morrow

The University Lectures series celebrates its 20th season this fall with three stellar speakers: actor, producer, singer and activist Wilmer Valderrama (“That ’70s Show,” “NCIS”) on Sept. 22; Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The New York Times’…

Arts & Culture

BBI, Syracuse University Libraries Partner with Disability Writer, Scholar and Activist Kenny Fries on Arts Grant

Friday, August 14, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Kenny Fries, a world-renowned poet, memoirist and disability arts leader and a professor in the creative writing master’s of fine arts degree program at Goddard College, will partner with the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), Syracuse University Libraries and “Wordgathering: A…

Campus & Community

Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Three More States Added to New York Travel Advisory and Quarantine Order

Tuesday, July 28, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: Earlier today, the State of New York announced the addition of three states, Illinois, Kentucky and Minnesota, as well as Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, to the New York State Department of Health’s…