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Weekend Preview: AAPI Heritage Month | Pinterest Party | ‘Encanto’

Thursday, March 31, 2022, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: This weekend marks the beginning of April, which hopefully means the weather will begin to warm up and we can take full advantage of the opportunities to spend time outdoors and explore the local area. There…

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‘Freedom Is in Our Blood’: Ukrainian Community Members React and Respond to War With Russia

Thursday, March 31, 2022, By Jen Plummer

Alona Kulesha is a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, studying protein design and function. Linh Nguyen Phan Bao G’20 is an operations research analyst in the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families, a…

Media Tip Sheets

Criticism of NYT editorial board’s stance on America’s free speech problem

Wednesday, March 23, 2022, By Lily Datz

Last week, the New York Times editorial board published the opinion piece, “America Has a Free Speech Problem.” In the piece, the authors write: “However you define cancel culture, Americans know it exists and feel its burden. In a new national…

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Professor Pramod K. Varshney Honored With 2021 IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Pioneer Award

Wednesday, March 9, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

Pramod K. Varshney, distinguished professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, will be honored with the 2021 IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) Pioneer Award. Given annually since 1949, the award is one of the most notable awards in…

Veterans

Janice Poe ’22 Finds Balance Between Research and Service

Sunday, March 6, 2022, By Stephanie Salanger

Growing up in Atlanta, Janice Poe spent her whole life in the city, and always wanted to go to college. She thought joining the military would be the best way to pay for it and was fortunate to get into…

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Remembering Robert S. Phillips, Alumnus and Former Professor of English

Wednesday, March 2, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Robert S. Phillips ′60, G′63, former assistant director of admissions and professor of English, died at the age of 83. A proud alumnus of the University, Phillips received bachelor’s degrees in English and advertising and a master’s degree in English….

Media Tip Sheets

Plan targeting homeless in NYC subway stations misses the bigger issue. Housing needs to be a human right

Wednesday, February 23, 2022, By Lily Datz

Reporters looking for insight about the new safety plan announced by New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul that focuses on homeless people using stations as shelter, please see insight from Syracuse University researcher Gretchen…

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Conventional Wisdom: Humanities Center’s Syracuse Symposium Events to Investigate Evolving Norms

Tuesday, February 22, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

From COVID-19’s transformative impact on people’s daily lives to the global reckoning against histories of colonialism and racism, norms are constantly evolving. The Syracuse University Humanities Center’s yearlong Syracuse Symposium [PDF], entitled Conventions, explores the ever-changing political, social and cultural…

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Arts and Sciences Remembers Longtime Physics Professor Kameshwar C. Wali

Tuesday, February 8, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) mourns the loss of Kameshwar C. Wali, Steele Professor Emeritus of Physics, who passed away Jan. 14 at the age of 94. An eminent theoretical physicist, Wali was internationally recognized for his research…