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Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Professor Reflects on U.S. Policy in Middle East Post-9/11

Thursday, September 9, 2021, By Matt Michael

Less than one month after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush launched Operation Enduring Freedom, the American-led international effort to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and destroy Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network. Within two months,…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Abroad to Host Annual Syracuse Abroad Week Sept. 13-17

Wednesday, September 8, 2021, By Ashley Barletta

Syracuse Abroad is back and ready to take on the world! Syracuse Abroad is excited for the upcoming academic year and ready to continue supporting students both abroad and on campus. With over 350 students studying abroad this fall in…

BBI Receives $6.2 Million Award for Southeast ADA Center to Advance Understanding of Disability Rights, Responsibilities

Tuesday, September 7, 2021, By Eileen Korey

For the third time in 15 years, the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) has been awarded a five-year, $6.2 million grant to advance and support understanding of rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) through its Southeast ADA…

USA Today

‘Stan’ culture needs to stop – or at least radically change. Here’s why.

Tuesday, September 7, 2021, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of radio, television and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted by USA Today for the article “‘Stan’ culture needs to stop – or at…

Health & Society

Lender Center Fellowship Offers Students an Opportunity to ‘Work Locally, Think Globally’

Tuesday, September 7, 2021, By Matt Michael

About three years ago, Seyeon Lee was invited by CenterState CEO, an economic development organization in Syracuse, to help design a women’s wellness center on the North Side of the city. Lee, an associate professor of environmental and interior design…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Internships for Area High School Students Turns Into ‘Something Special’

Tuesday, September 7, 2021, By Matt Michael

High school students running around the Syracuse University campus with blow torches . . . what could possibly go wrong? University Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer Pete Sala admits that thought crossed his mind when Cydney Johnson, vice president…

Deseret News

‘Black Widow’ Bridges Gap in Marvel Cinematic Universe

Sunday, September 5, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was quoted by the Deseret News for the story, “How ‘Black Widow’ came to be and why it is so special.” Phillips, a professor…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Professor Wins Facebook Reality Labs Research Grant to Study Impacts of Augmented and Virtual Reality

Friday, September 3, 2021, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Makana Chock, David J. Levidow Professor of Communications in the Newhouse School, has been awarded a $75,000 research grant from Facebook Reality Labs to explore the impacts of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) on bystander privacy. Chock will work with Se…

Arts & Culture

‘Each One Inspired: Haudenosaunee Art Across the Homelands’ Now on View at Syracuse University Art Museum

Friday, September 3, 2021, By Ellen Mbuqe

A new exhibition is now on view at Syracuse University Art Museum featuring more than 52 contemporary artworks by Indigenous artists from all six Haudenosaunee Nations across what is now New York. The exhibition takes a closer look at the…

Arts & Culture

VPA Welcomes New Full-Time Faculty

Friday, September 3, 2021, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) welcomed 10 new full-time faculty members for the 2021-22 academic year. Gabrielle Demeestère joins the Department of Transmedia as an assistant teaching professor of film and will teach screenwriting and directing. Born…