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Professors Discuss Elder Abuse and Restorative Justice at Webinar
Older adults are vulnerable to abuse and financial exploitation, particularly if they are socially isolated, and standard approaches often intensify that isolation by severing family relationships to prevent further abuse. As the population ages and the number of cases of…
Could Social Media Provide Solution to Blood Shortage?
The Red Cross is managing the worst blood shortage in more than a decade. There are a variety of reasons, but the question remains: what can be done to get more people to give? Bernard Appiah, assistant professor of public…
Professor to Serve as Principal Investigator on Luce Grant to Examine Doctrine of Christian Discovery
For over 30 years Professor Philip Arnold has been teaching in the area of religion and colonialism. As president of the Indigenous Values Initiative (IVI) and founding director of the Skä·noñh—Great Law of Peace Center, he has collaborated with the…
Libraries Sign Cambridge University Press ‘Read and Publish’ Agreement
Syracuse University Libraries recently signed a three-year “read and publish” open access agreement with Cambridge University Press. The agreement was negotiated through the Libraries’ NERL consortium (formerly NorthEast Research Libraries). Under this contract, any Syracuse University faculty, staff or student can…
Faculty Student Research Team Will Examine Media Portrayal of Native Americans
Representations of indigenous populations in the news media is the focus of a funded research project spearheaded by Hector Rendon, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School. The project, to be conducted from January to May, is funded by…
Jan. 19 Webinar to Explain How Wastewater Surveillance Will Slow Spread of COVID Statewide
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread quickly across New York State and the U.S., Syracuse University and the New York State Department of Health are partnering on a statewide wastewater surveillance network that will provide three to…
Libraries Sign Agreement to Eliminate Fees for PLOS Authors
Syracuse University Libraries has signed an agreement with PLOS that will take effect in 2022 eliminating author fees for individual corresponding Syracuse University authors. This transformative agreement is on the heels of the first one signed with the American Chemical…
Physicist and Chemist in College of Arts and Sciences Awarded NIH MIRA Grants
Researchers from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry have been awarded Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding,…
Native American and Indigenous Studies Program Expands With Addition of Two New Scholars
Two leading scholars in the areas of global Indigenous environmental studies are joining the Native American and Indigenous studies (NAIS) program in the College of Arts and Sciences | Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (A&S | Maxwell). Mariaelena Huambachano, assistant professor…
Provost Ritter Discusses Graduate Education at Syracuse University
Strong graduate programs are a key part of the University’s success as a Carnegie R1 institution. SU News sat down with Provost Gretchen Ritter to hear her views on graduate education. Q: How has your own experience in mentoring graduate…