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URISA is pleased to announce the induction of Nancy von Meyer, PE, PLS, GISP into its GIS Hall of Fame. URISA's GIS Hall of Fame honors persons and organizations that have made significant and original contributions to the development and application of GIS concepts, tools, or resources, or to the GIS profession. Nancy’s contributions are many. Nancy is a

The Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force will include representatives from federal land management agencies and diversity, equity and inclusion experts.

Artifacts in the libraries are deteriorating. SU delayed a plan to save them. Courtesy of SU Libraries The vast archive on the sixth floor of Bird Library holds priceless materials, such as published work of SU graduates from over 100 years ago. Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. Syracuse University football reels from the 1930s. Pulp science fiction magazines. Portraits of Albert Einstein, W.E.B. Du Bois and Langston Hughes. The original writings, letters and manuscripts of activists,...

NY Covid-19 vaccine rollout stumbles along as supply fluctuates, demand surges Updated Jan 16, 2021; Facebook Share Syracuse, N.Y. – New York’s rapidly expanding Covid-19 vaccine rollout was plagued this week by widespread confusion, enormous frustration, and calls to make the system fairer and easier to use. Problems cascaded as the state expanded the eligible population to about 7 million people, while New York is getting only 300,000 doses of the vaccine each week. That number is likely...