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Arts & Culture

Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF Team Earns Honorable Mention in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge

Monday, May 18, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

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…

Media, Law & Policy

‘China and US Must Cooperate to Lead World Out of Coronavirus Danger’

Friday, May 15, 2020, By News Staff

James B. Steinberg is a University Professor of social science, international affairs and law, and former dean of the Maxwell School. He is also a former U.S. deputy secretary of state. “The international response to the COVID pandemic is a…

Media, Law & Policy

VPA’s Phillips Co-Authors New Book on Navigating Polluted Information

Friday, May 15, 2020, By Erica Blust

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has published a new book online (open access) with co-author Ryan M. Milner. “You Are Here: A Field Guide for…

Business & Economy

New Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program Launching through Gift from Intelligence++ Foundation

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

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…

Media, Law & Policy

‘The Pandemic Exposed A Painful Truth: America Doesn’t Care About Old People’

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By News Staff

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…

Media, Law & Policy

‘The Postal Service is Essential to National Security’

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By News Staff

Osamah F. Khalil is an associate professor of history in the Maxwell School. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of medical and food supply chains as well as the importance of often overlooked and underpaid service workers, Khalil says…

NBC News

COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Taking a Toll on Healthcare Professionals

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was quoted in the NBC News story “Doctors are fed up with conspiracies ravaging ERs” and interviewed about “Covid Conspiracies”…

Health & Society

Southeast ADA Center Launches Disability and COVID-19 Portal

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By News Staff

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…

Campus & Community

Danagogo, Koss Named Class of 2021 Senior Class Marshals

Thursday, May 14, 2020, By Shannon Andre

The Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience (ESE) announced today the selection of Alaba Anna Tam Danagogo and Paige Koss as the Senior Class Marshals for the Class of 2021. As Senior Class Marshals, Danagogo and Koss will represent…

Health & Society

Summer College to Offer Program on Viruses and Viral Diseases

Wednesday, May 13, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

What exactly is a virus? What are they made of? How do viruses cause diseases? There is much to learn about the virus that is causing the current pandemic, and scientists from around the world are performing large-scale studies to…