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Campus & Community

Chancellor Remembers Community Members, Addresses Spring Planning, DPS Review in University Senate Remarks

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By News Staff

In his remarks to the University Senate Meeting, held virtually, Chancellor Kent Syverud remembered campus community members who recently passed away and addressed the University’s COVID response, spring academic planning and the review of the Department of Public Safety. Thank…

Campus & Community

Krista Tippett, Creator of ‘On Being,’ to Join Special ‘After the Election’ Conversation

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

Krista Tippett, a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and creator of  “On Being,” will speak with the Syracuse University community for a special presentation of “Matters that Matter: A Conversation Series from Hendricks Chapel.” Tippett and Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol will…

Arts & Culture

Communication and Rhetorical Studies Faculty Honored by National Communication Association

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, By Erica Blust

Two faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) have received awards from the National Communication Association (NCA). Charles E. Morris III, professor and chair of CRS, received the Distinguished Scholar…

Campus & Community

Access Counselor Ensures Students with Disabilities Have Proper Accommodations for Academic Success

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

As someone born with significant hearing loss, Michael Mazzaroppi G’14 says it was inevitable that he would become an advocate for others with disabilities. After working abroad at a school for the Deaf and an agency for the Deaf, and…

Campus & Community

University Celebrates International Pronouns Day on Wednesday

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By News Staff

Wednesday, Oct. 21, is International Pronouns Day, a global initiative established in 2018 that seeks to make respecting, sharing and educating about personal pronouns a common occurrence. For the third consecutive year, the University’s Pronoun, Gender, Preferred Name Advisory Council…

Campus & Community

STOP Bias Gains Traction, Helps Individuals ‘Be the Change’

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, By Eileen Korey

Recognizing bias, how it manifests itself, how it impacts communities, how to report it and how to stop it is what the STOP Bias initiative is all about. “Whether it’s a single individual or multiple people impacted by one incident,…

USA Today

“More than 6M households missed their rent or mortgage payment in September”

Monday, October 19, 2020, By Lily Datz

Gary Englehardt, professor of economics in the Maxwell School, was quoted by USA Today for the story “More than 6M households missed their rent or mortgage payment in September.” Englehardt, an expert on housing markets and policies, says that the…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Press and Sound Beat: Access Audio Partner to Produce Audiobooks

Sunday, October 18, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Press and Sound Beat: Access Audio, which is produced at Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive at Syracuse University Libraries, have partnered to produce audiobooks. Their first two audiobooks, “Reservoir Year: A Walker’s Book of Days” by Nina Shengold…

STEM

NSF Equipment Grants to Fund Acquisition of Two Chromatography-Mass Spectrometers

Sunday, October 18, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

The familiar saying goes, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” But for scientists, understanding those smaller parts is critical to scientific discovery. A method known as chromatography-mass spectrometry lets researchers analyze and study the composition of…

Yahoo News

“America is experiencing ‘truth decay’ at an alarming rate, experts warn.”

Saturday, October 17, 2020, By Lily Datz

Josh Introne, assistant professor in the School of Information Studies, was interviewed by Yahoo News for the story “America is experiencing ‘truth decay’ at an alarming rate, experts warn.” “Truth decay” is characterized by the “diminishing role of facts and…