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University Announces 2023-24 Remembrance Scholars

Monday, May 1, 2023, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2023-24 Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships, now in their 34th year, were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the students studying in London and Florence…

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3 Students Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Wednesday, April 5, 2023, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Three Syracuse University students—Matthew Snyder, Cody VanNostrand and Jose Arturo Venegas—have been selected for the 2023 Goldwater Scholarship, the preeminent undergraduate scholarship awarded in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics in the United States. This is the second consecutive year…

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Banning TikTok: national security or national censorship?

Thursday, March 9, 2023, By Ellen Mbuqe

At least 25 US states have banned the popular social media site TikTok, mainly on state-owned devices and bills have been introduced in Congress for the federal government to do the same. The reason is national security fears of the…

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‘The Barriers Have Been Removed!’ New Research Explores the Rise of Digital Music-Making in Schools During COVID-19

Wednesday, March 1, 2023, By Martin Walls

You are probably familiar with traditional school music learning. Starting in elementary grades with simple instruments such as recorders and xylophones through to chorus and jazz and marching bands in high school, music teaching often involves large ensemble instruction with…

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Sociology Professor, Labor Expert Reacts to NYC Nurses Strike

Monday, January 9, 2023, By Daryl Lovell

More than 7,000 nurses of the New York State Nurses Association are on strike today at hospitals in the Bronx and in Harlem. The activity is expected to last throughout the day and into the evening, with a press conference…

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Labor Expert Reacts to New Warehouse Worker Protection Act

Thursday, December 22, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act which will require major warehouse companies to give its new and current employees clear documentation about productivity work speed quotas and expectations. Gretchen Purser, associate professor of…

Health & Society

Food Studies Graduate Students Getting Their Hands Dirty at a ‘Living Agroecological Lab’

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, By Matt Michael

On a cool but sunny early October morning on Syracuse University’s South Campus, eight graduate students from the Food Studies program in the Falk College sat in a circle at Pete’s Giving Garden and talked dirt. No, not gossip about…

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Using Monsoons of the Past to Predict Climate Conditions of the Future

Monday, November 14, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

The North American southwest has been suffering through weather extremes in recent years ranging from searing heatwaves and scorching wildfires to monsoon rainfalls that cause flash floods and mudslides. As temperatures around the world continue to rise because of global…

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Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Convocation to Be Held Friday

Thursday, October 20, 2022, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2022-23 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 21, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The convocation will be preceded by the annual Rose-Laying Ceremony at 2:03 p.m….

Health & Society

Join the Lender Center for Social Justice for a Conversation With National Organizers on Labor’s Revival on Oct. 24

Wednesday, October 12, 2022, By News Staff

After decades of decline, the labor movement in the United States is once again on the rise as workers turn to collective action to address workplace concerns and stagnant wages in the face of inflation. On the evening of Monday,…