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Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents ‘Alinka Echeverría: Heroine’ on View Through Dec. 10

Monday, November 2, 2020, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work presents “Heroine,” a solo exhibition of work by Mexican-British multimedia artist and visual anthropologist Alinka Echeverría. Echeverría’s exhibition will be on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work through Dec. 10. Copies of Echeverría’s exhibition…

Media, Law & Policy

Anticipating Environmental, Climate Policy Under Next President

Monday, November 2, 2020, By Daryl Lovell

What could the future of environmental and climate policy in the U.S. look like under a continued Donald Trump administration or a new Joe Biden presidency? Mark Nevitt is an associate professor of law and an expert in environmental and…

Campus & Community

Public Health Advisory: Update on Clusters Detected Last Week

Monday, November 2, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: Last week, I shared with you that the Syracuse University Public Health Team detected two emerging clusters of COVID-19, both of which were attributable to off-campus events. Over the last several days and throughout…

STEM

Syracuse Biologists Publish Research on the Persistence of Mutualisms in ‘Science’

Monday, November 2, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

The sign of a healthy personal relationship is one that is equally mutual—where you get out just as much as you put in. Nature has its own version of a healthy relationship. Known as mutualisms, they are interactions between species…

The New York Times

“Stopping Online Vitriol at the Roots.” 

Monday, November 2, 2020, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was featured in The New York Times story “Stopping Online Vitriol at the Roots.” Phillips, an expert on disinformation and political communications, says…

The New York Times

“Americans Are Afraid. Not for Themselves, but for the Country.” 

Sunday, November 1, 2020, By Lily Datz

Shana Kushner Gadarian, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in The New York Times article “Americans Are Afraid. Not for Themselves, but for the Country.” Research has shown that there is growing widespread alarm about…

STEM

Syracuse University Researchers Collaborate with Harvard, Georgia Tech, Resources for the Future to Give Environmental Policies Context

Friday, October 30, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

The electrical sector comprises companies that generate, transmit and distribute electric power. Every industry, business and member of the public is a customer and, therefore, a stakeholder. The electrical sector also encompasses public regulatory agencies. All combined, the sector accounts…

Health & Society

Writing Our Lives Nurtures Young Writers Online

Friday, October 30, 2020, By Jennifer Russo

In October 2019, the Writing Our Lives program marked its 10-year anniversary in the Syracuse community. From its early days in the community rooms of libraries with handfuls of students, to recent years’ programming including conferences with hundreds of participants…

Campus & Community

Troubling Spike in COVID-19 Cases, Additional Action Underway

Friday, October 30, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students: Over the last 24 hours, it has become abundantly clear that a small group of students are willfully ignoring the Stay Safe Pledge, and New York State public health guidelines. We are aware of several parties and large…

WHEC TV (Rochester)

“Nursing home residents face voting challenges during pandemic.” 

Thursday, October 29, 2020, By Lily Datz

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, was interviewed by WHEC TV (Rochester) for the story “Nursing home residents face voting challenges during pandemic.” Kohn, an expert…