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How Families Can Reduce Stress While Social Distancing
For Immediate Release: March 30, 2020 Social distancing measures can have a negative impact on mental health, experts say, and Americans are now facing at least one more month of isolation. As we get more anxious about our health and…
What Parents Should Say to Their Children – and How They Should Act Around Them – While Sheltering at Home
For Immediate Release: March 25, 2020 If you’re looking for an expert source to provide insight and perspective on how parents should talk to their children and act around them while sheltering at home, Syracuse University psychology professor Dr. Joshua…
Postponement of Summer Olympics Answers One Question But Raises Several More, Experts Say
For Immediate Release: March 24, 2020 For your continuing coverage of the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Olympic sports marketing and sponsorship expert Rick Burton and sports law expert John Wolohan are available for interviews. Rick Burton…
‘It Is Critical’ for States and Counties to Maintain SNAP Services: Child and Family Policy Expert
For Immediate Release: March 20, 2020 If you’re looking for an independent source to provide insight and perspective on the impact of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on food security in the United States, child and family policy expert…
Tensions Between U.S., Iran the ‘New Normal’
For Immediate Release: March 13, 2020 If you’re looking for an independent source to provide insight and perspective on the impact on the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq and the growing tensions between Tehran and Washington, Middle…
Biology Professor Answers 3 Common Questions About COVID-19
Ruth Phillips is an assistant teaching professor and biotechnology program advisor at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Phillips answers 3 questions about curbing the spread of COVID-19: What might scientists be doing right now to curb the…
“Coronavirus Affecting Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune.”
Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of radio, television and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by WBT Radio (Charlotte) for the story “Coronavirus Affecting Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune.” Thompson,…
Is TikTok’s Algorithm Unconsciously Biased?
Whitney Phillips, an assistant professor of communication, culture and digital technologies, was quoted in a Wired story “Why is TikTok creating filter bubbles based on your race?” In the article, Phillips discusses how users tend to replicate the identity in…
How to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus
Brittany Kmush, assistant professor in the Department of Public Health at Falk College, was quoted in the Miami Herald story “Worried about coronavirus in Miami? This is what you can do to prepare for it” and the National Interest story…
Top Mobile Security Threats for Cell Phone Users
Kevin Du, a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was quoted in the Cybersecurity Online article “8 mobile security threats you should take seriously in 2020.” Du urges cell phone users to be aware of mobile security…