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“Stop Saying Facebook Is ‘Too Big to Moderate’.”
Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Wired article, “Stop Saying Facebook Is ‘Too Big to Moderate’.” Grygiel, an expert on social media, says that Facebook needs “to hire more content moderators, a…
At-Home COVID Testing Kits Available to Students
Dear Students and Families: With our first group of students arriving on campus this weekend to prepare for the start of the fall semester, we are writing to provide an update on COVID-19 pre-arrival testing expectations. As previously communicated, Syracuse…
Whitman Professor Burak Kazaz Unveils Wine Futures Report Calling 2019 Bordeaux an Excellent Investment Option
Researchers at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s (RPI) Lally School of Management are out with their yearly assessment of wine futures and have determined the 2019 Bordeaux vintage to be an excellent investment option. “Futures…
Important Information for Students Quarantining on Campus
Dear Students and Families: Later this week, you will officially join the Syracuse University family. I recognize the circumstances under which you are joining are not ideal, nor what you expected, but we are prepared to warmly welcome and help…
What shutdown of Dakota Access Pipeline means for Standing Rock Sioux tribe and environmental justice
Over the past three years, Native American tribes, indigenous rights groups, and environmental justice organizations have contested the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline runs from North Dakota to Illinois, carrying oil between the two states, and in turn threatening the…
SummerStart Goes Virtual This Year to Support 100 Incoming Students
Like many other educators and student support professionals, the staff of the Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Program (HEOP) and Student Support Services (SSS) faced unique challenges this summer of 2020. All incoming HEOP and SSS students typically attend a…
Syracuse Stage Receives Mellon Foundation Grant for National Work on Housing Insecurity in the US
Syracuse Stage has received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of “Exiled in America,” an original work rooted in an examination of housing insecurity and homelessness in the United States. The project, originated by Los Angeles…
CBS News Journalist Brandi Kellam G’11: ‘Always Do More Than What’s Expected’
For CBS News digital journalist Brandi Kellam G’11, reaching the end of her master’s degree studies at Newhouse was only the beginning of her career journey. She wasn’t sure exactly where that journey would lead, and her message to students…
University Professional and Continuing Education Association Establishes Bea González Diversity in Leadership Scholars Program
The University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) has established the Bethaida “Bea” González Diversity in Leadership Scholars program with the goal of equipping diverse professionals at any stage of their career with the skills and knowledge needed to move…
Arlene Kanter writes, “Turning Their Back on People with Disabilities in the Name of Religious Freedom.”
Arlene Kanter, professor in the College of Law and founder and director of the Disability Law and Policy Program, authored the Jurist op-ed titled, “Turning Their Back on People with Disabilities in the Name of Religious Freedom.” In the op-ed…