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Campus & Community

More Than Contact Tracers, Students ‘Want To Make a Difference’

Wednesday, November 4, 2020, By Matt Michael

As everyone in the Syracuse University community has learned, 2020 is about staying nimble and getting creative. So when students hired for the Syracuse University COVID-19 contact tracing team did not have many contacts to trace, they nimbly and creatively…

Veterans

Hall of Languages Illuminated in Green to Honor Veterans

Wednesday, November 4, 2020, By News Staff

The Hall of Languages is bathed in green light in the evening over the next week as part of the University’s recognition of Veterans Day. The building will be lit up through Veterans Day. A virtual Veterans Day ceremony will…

Media, Law & Policy

Peace Corps, Fulbright Evacuees Find Community, Opportunity at Maxwell School

Wednesday, November 4, 2020, By News Staff

On a Monday morning in mid-March, Jeremy Gonzalez opened his email and learned he was being immediately evacuated from his Peace Corps post in West Timor, Indonesia. Although the COVID-19 pandemic had already prompted travel restrictions around the world, his…

Institute for Economic Affairs

“We need a market for expert advice, and competition among experts.”

Tuesday, November 3, 2020, By Lily Datz

Roger Koppl, professor of finance in the Whitman School, authored an op-ed for the Institute for Economic Affairs titled “We need a market for expert advice, and competition among experts.” Koppl, who researches the economic theory of experts, comments on…

Campus & Community

New Special Collections Research Center Exhibit: ‘Provisions for Your Research Journey’

Tuesday, November 3, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) announces a new exhibition located in the Plastics Pioneers Reading Room on the sixth floor of Bird Library. The exhibition, “Survival Kit: Provisions for Your Research Journey,” is on display now through…

Veterans

Undergraduate Internship Award Provides Student Veterans With ‘Pathway to Employment’

Tuesday, November 3, 2020, By Matt Michael

When a national survey by Student Veterans of America showed that the No. 1 concern of student veterans is the lack of internships, Ron Novack and Jennifer Pluta from Syracuse University’s Office of Veterans and Military Affairs (OVMA) decided they…

Campus & Community

Life Takes Aisha Huntley on a Winding, Rewarding Educational Journey

Monday, November 2, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

For many adults, it takes courage to walk through a door that can change the trajectory of their life. Oftentimes, that first step is taken with a mixture of hope and trepidation. Aisha Huntley ’05, G ’11 never imagined that…

Campus & Community

Libraries and Residence Hall Association Collaborate on Orange Quest

Monday, November 2, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries and the Residence Hall Association (RHA) are collaborating on an interactive virtual treasure hunt, called Orange Quest, for students living on campus. Orange Quest will kickoff on Nov. 5 and run through Saturday, Nov. 14, at midnight….

Media, Law & Policy

New Threats, Familiar Challenges: Maxwell School Responds to COVID-19

Monday, November 2, 2020, By News Staff

How are scholars and practitioners across policy areas—economics, public health, education, social welfare—responding to the myriad impacts of the novel coronavirus? That’s what Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Colleen Heflin wanted to know, and who better to ask…

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…