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Campus & Community

2020 Orange Circle Award Winners Announced

Saturday, February 29, 2020, By John Boccacino

Transforming people’s lives through access to affordable housing, improving literacy in some of Syracuse’s most impoverished communities, using the art of step to give back, increasing public health awareness at an area high school, and providing essential medical supplies to…

Campus & Community

University Travel to Italy Temporarily Restricted

Saturday, February 29, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: With the continued spread of the novel coronavirus across the globe, health authorities are urging both vigilance and an aggressive response to containing the outbreak and preventing “sustained spread” of the virus. Syracuse University, much like…

Digital Trends

Social Media Networks Struggle to Handle Hate Speech, Misinformation

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Digital Trends’ article “What does it take to make a social media network that doesn’t exploit users?” In the article, Grygiel commented on the spread of…

Campus & Community

Students Can Apply to University Program that Provides Path into US Government Intelligence Careers

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

A new Universitywide program is creating a path toward public service careers for all Syracuse University undergraduate and graduate students interested in making important contributions to U.S. and global security. The University was designated by the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC)…

Business & Economy

Shumer Wins Campuswide InVenture Prize

Thursday, February 27, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Matthew Shumer ’22, founder of Visos, the first virtual reality (VR) headset specifically designed for health care applications, has won Syracuse University’s InVenture Prize campus qualifier competition, sponsored by the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries. He received…

Campus & Community

Monday Is Disability Day of Mourning

Thursday, February 27, 2020, By News Staff

On Monday, March 2, Disability Day of Mourning (DDoM) will be recognized at an event from 3 to 4 p.m. in 606 Bird Library (Hilyer Room). The Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee and the Disability Cultural Center (DCC) will host the…

Campus & Community

Coronavirus Preparedness, Coordination and Planning Continues

Thursday, February 27, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: As I shared yesterday, Syracuse University has been working closely with health authorities—including the Onondaga County Health Department, New York State officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—to prepare for…

J. Christopher Hamilton

Assistant Professor, Television, Radio & Film
Campus & Community

Important Coronavirus Update, Academic Program in Florence to Be Suspended

Wednesday, February 26, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: Syracuse University continues to track the global threat of the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, and remains in close contact with local, regional and national public health experts. We have communicated frequently…

Campus & Community

Scott Reynolds ‘Can’t Stand to See Kids Walk through Snow to Get on a Bus’

Wednesday, February 26, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Very early on winter mornings, Scott Reynolds navigates a payloader along the streets and through parking lots on the Syracuse University campus. Following a snowfall, Reynolds and his 60 colleagues on the Facilities Services grounds team work to clear the…