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Arts & Culture

New Exhibition at Art Museum Features Photographs by Gordon Parks

Monday, August 19, 2024, By Syracuse University Art Museum

A new exhibition featuring the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician and composer Gordon Parks will open at the Syracuse University Art Museum on Aug. 22 and be on view through Dec. 10. “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”…

Media Tip Sheets

The Misinformation Threatening the Pro-Democracy Movement of Bangladesh

Friday, August 16, 2024, By Ellen Mbuqe

Reporters covering the ongoing issues in Bangladesh after a pro-democracy protest overthrew the government of Sheikh Hasina, please see comments from Syracuse University Professor Farhana Sultana. Professor Sultana wrote an op-ed in The Diplomat about the misinformation targeting the democratic….

Campus & Community

Miriam Mutambudzi Chosen as 2024-26 Lender Center Faculty Fellow

Friday, August 16, 2024, By Diane Stirling

A public health professor whose research focuses on social determinants of health has been selected as the 2024-26 Lender Center for Social Justice faculty fellow. Miriam Mutambudzi will explore how Black adults who reside in historically redlined neighborhoods can experience…

Campus & Community

Legette-Jack to Receive 2024 Loretto Foundation Community Impact Award

Friday, August 16, 2024, By News Staff

The Loretto Foundation will present women’s basketball head coach Felisha Legette-Jack with the 2024 Loretto Foundation Community Impact Award on Oct. 10 at the foundation’s 16th Annual Hope Celebration. The “Blues & Brews Festival” will be held at Middle Ages…

Campus & Community

Professor Receives NIH Grant to Study Biofeedback Technologies for Speech Therapy

Friday, August 16, 2024, By News Staff

One of the most common speech errors in English is making a “w” sound instead of the “r” sound. Although most children grow out of these and other errors, 2%-to-5% exhibit residual speech sound disorder through adolescence. Research has shown…

Campus & Community

The Great New York State Fair: Everything You Need to Know

Thursday, August 15, 2024, By Christine Grabowski

It is officially that time of year; summer is coming to an end, and with fall just around the corner, that can only mean one thing in Central New York: it is time for the Great New York State Fair!…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Wind Ensemble to Release Album in Remembrance of Pan Am Flight 103

Thursday, August 15, 2024, By News Staff

Unveiling two world premiere recordings, the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble will release an album, “Angels Rising: Music of Remembrance and Light,” on Friday, Aug. 16, dedicated to the 270 lives lost in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over…

Arts & Culture

Green Teaching Summit: A Humanities Approach to Climate Education

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Can religion, philosophy, history, English and writing help tackle issues of climate change, environment and ecology? Absolutely, says Mike Goode, professor of English and outgoing William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities. Through his Tolley professorship, a role…

Health & Society

New Research Published on Disability and Mortality Disparity

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, By Ellen Mbuqe

Earlier this month, Associate Professor of Sociology Scott Landes published a new study entitled “Disability Mortality Disparity: Risk Of Mortality For Disabled Adults Nearly Twice That For Nondisabled Adults, 2008–19” in the August edition of Health Affairs journal. The report is…

Media, Law & Policy

Law Professor’s Research Uses Artificial Intelligence to Improve Fairness of Criminal Court Scheduling

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, By Diane Stirling

A College of Law professor who is an expert on criminal court pretrial appearance is partnering with computer science faculty to see if artificial intelligence tools and optimized data analysis can improve fairness and efficiency in scheduling defendants’ court dates….