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Fall Semester to Follow Accelerated Academic Calendar
Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: Syracuse University is eager and excited to welcome students, faculty and staff back to campus in just a few short months for the start of the Fall 2020 semester. Subject to continuing and…
Five Strategies for Transitioning to a Plant-Based Diet
As more consumers turn to a meatless diet due to meat shortages and concerns over the spread of COVID-19, Sudha Raj, teaching professor of nutrition and food studies in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, has suggestions on…
Mackenzie Mertikas (’20) featured in Wall Street Journal’s “Noted: Class of 2020”
Mackenzie Mertikas (‘20), the outgoing Student Association president, was included in the Wall Street Journal’s wrap-up of student graduation speeches in “Noted: Class of 2020”. Her virtual graduation speech, recorded on the Shaw Quad on campus, was featured alongside a…
Students Release Inaugural Newhouse 44 New Voices List
In an effort to identify and amplify the voices of today’s media trailblazers, a group of Syracuse University students has launched Newhouse 44 New Voices in Journalism and Civic Engagement, a project of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship in…
Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF Team Earns Honorable Mention in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge
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…
New Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program Launching through Gift from Intelligence++ Foundation
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…
‘The Postal Service is Essential to National Security’
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…
Increases to SNAP Funding Left Out of Current Aid Bill
Colleen Heflin, Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School, was interviewed by North Country Public Radio (NPR): SNAP increases, left out of current aid bill, could reduce food insecurity and help economy Heflin encourages policymakers to…
Danagogo, Koss Named Class of 2021 Senior Class Marshals
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…
Summer College to Offer Program on Viruses and Viral Diseases
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…