Transformative Resiliency Building: Multi-Disciplinary Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Honors Program will be hosting a symposium to bring together Syracuse University researchers from different disciplines to showcase current and ongoing research on COVID-19. The symposium provides space for faculty and students across disciplinary boundaries to re-envision our society and to imagine how we can continue to build a more just and equitable society during Covid-19 and in its aftermath. All are welcome to attend the entire event, or any of the panel sessions.

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Friday, February 26, 2021

9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Virtual (Zoom link will be emailed after registration)

Register to Attend

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Symposium Schedule:

9:00                       Opening Remarks

Dr. Ramesh Raina, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences and Interim Vice President for Research

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9:05 – 10:30 am  Panel 1: Wastewater Surveillance and Testing

Panel Moderator: Rick Burton, David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management, Falk College

Presenters

David Larsen, Associate Professor, Public Health, Falk College

• The Science of Wastewater Surveillance: Building Interdisciplinary Teams to Address Problems

Aishwarya Chaya Raj, MS, Information Management, Patrick Prioletti, MS, Applied Data Science, Anishka Tahiliani, MS, Information Management, School of Information Studies

• The Importance of Resilient Cloud: Performance under Pressure of COVID-19

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10:45 – 12:00 pm        Panel 2: Health Security

Panel Moderator: Nardia Lipman, MA Candidate, Department of African American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Presenters

Vivian Yang, Advertising and Marketing (2024), Newhouse School and Whitman School

• A Renewed Vision: Racial Disparities in COVID-19

Haejoo Kim, PhD Candidate, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences

• Medical Liberty: A Historical Perspective

Samuel Gorovitz, Professor, Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences

• Ventilators, Guidelines, Judgment, and Trust

Danielle Smith, Director, Renée Crown University Honors Program

• Health Security: Consolidating Health Gains during Covid-19

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12:15 – 1:30 pm         Panel 3: Environmental Research

Panel Moderator: Danielle Smith, Director, Renée Crown University Honors Program

Presenters

Betania Allo, Vice President of Global Accounts, NSION Technologies, Inc.

• Applying NSC3 Platform to Emergency COVID-19 Response

Eric Schiff, Professor, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences and Executive Director, Syracuse Center of Excellence

• Post-pandemic Changes in Building Design and Retrofit: A Focus on Communities with Poor Housing

Jensen Zhang, Professor, College of Engineering & Computer Science

• Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Strategies Can Help to Reduce the Risk of Infection

Lee W. McKnight, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies

• Mobilizing Rights: Early Warning Technologies and Community Resiliency by Design

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1:30 pm                   Closing Remarks

Danielle Smith, Director, Renée Crown University Honors Program

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This event is part of the Racial Equity Academic Symposium, which is organized by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Division of Faculty Affairs in the Office of Academic Affairs.