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Business & Economy

Amazon’s Rumored Plans For Empty Mall Stores Is Win-Win Scenario

Tuesday, August 11, 2020, By Daryl Lovell

Amazon could be opening up smaller distribution centers in malls across America. The company is said to be in talks with Simon Property Group about utilizing empty department stores by turning them into distribution centers. Patrick Penfield is an assistant…

Campus & Community

Law Alumnus Honors Parents Through ‘Living Legacy’ Scholarship Gift

Wednesday, August 5, 2020, By Eileen Korey

“It’s a living, growing thing.” That’s how Syracuse University College of Law alumnus Andrew Greenberg L’84 describes his most recent $1 million gift to Syracuse University to establish the Sidney M. ’49 and Winifred E. Greenberg Scholarships in honor of…

Campus & Community

Taking Courses Fully Online

Friday, July 31, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, We are looking forward to welcoming you back to campus in just a few short weeks. Our focus continues to be the health and safety of our campus community this fall semester. With that in mind, your academic…

Campus & Community

Audio Documentary Highlights Career of Professor Sarah ‘Sally’ Short

Friday, July 31, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ “Sound Beat: Access Audio” and Falk College recently partnered to produce a vibrant audio documentary featuring Professor Emerita Sarah “Sally” Short, an academic trailblazer in nutrition and proud Orange alumna whose dedicated teaching career at Syracuse University…

Media, Law & Policy

What shutdown of Dakota Access Pipeline means for Standing Rock Sioux tribe and environmental justice

Monday, July 27, 2020, By Lily Datz

Over the past three years, Native American tribes, indigenous rights groups, and environmental justice organizations have contested the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline runs from North Dakota to Illinois, carrying oil between the two states, and in turn threatening the…

San Antonio Express-News

“Johnson: Promise of ADA remains unfulfilled.”

Friday, July 24, 2020, By Lily Datz

Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was quoted by the San Antonio Express-News for the story, “Johnson: Promise of ADA remains unfulfilled.” Landes, an expert on the sociology of disability, says that the COVID-19 pandemic greatly…

FiveThirtyEight

“Republicans And Democrats See COVID-19 Very Differently. Is That Making People Sick?”

Thursday, July 23, 2020, By Lily Datz

Shana Kushner Gadarian, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the FiveThirtyEight story, “Republicans And Democrats See COVID-19 Very Differently. Is That Making People Sick?” Gadarian, and expert on American politics and public opinion research,…

South China Morning Post

“US indicts Chinese hackers on charges of targeting coronavirus vaccine data and defense secrets.”

Wednesday, July 22, 2020, By Lily Datz

Corri Zoli, research assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School and director of research at the Institute for Security Policy and Law, was interviewed by the South China Morning Post for the story “US indicts Chinese hackers on…

Veterans

Syracuse University Delivers Annual Virtual Warrior-Scholar Project to Empower First-Year Student Veterans

Wednesday, July 22, 2020, By Leah Lazarz

Last week, for the sixth year in a row, Syracuse University hosted the esteemed Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP), a no-cost academic boot camp for first-year student veterans. Normally held on campus to allow for a comprehensive campus experience, the program was…

Health & Society

National Institute on Aging Funds Multi-University Aging and Policy Center

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, By Jessica Smith

A consortium of three upstate New York universities has received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to fund the Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS), headquartered at Syracuse University. The NIA, part of…