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Orange Central 2021 in Photos

Monday, November 1, 2021, By News Staff

Orange Central 2021, Syracuse University’s annual homecoming and reunion weekend, was held Oct. 28-31. The weekend was packed with fun-filled, family-friendly activities, including gatherings for alumni celebrating milestone reunions, a tailgate celebration on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle, various programs…

Media Tip Sheets

Amazon Sticks to Its Playbook in Latest Unionization Push in NYC

Monday, November 1, 2021, By Lily Datz

Organizers from Staten Island’s Amazon facilities have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union. They’ve collected roughly 2,000 signatures. It’s the latest in a series of similar moves by other Amazon warehouse workers to…

Arts & Culture

Join the Lender Center Conversation: ‘Creative Activity as a Human Right’

Sunday, October 31, 2021, By Matt Michael

For James Haywood Rolling Jr. ’91, the upcoming “Creative Activity as a Human Right” event is two months in the planning but decades in the making. Rolling, a dual professor of arts education in the College of Visual and Performing…

Campus & Community

Orange Central | Halloween | Orange After Dark

Thursday, October 28, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: The energy on campus is palpable this week as alumni return for Orange Central. I hope you had an opportunity to participate in the homecoming activities hosted by the Traditions Commission and Student Activities all week,…

Veterans

IVMF Awarded New $5 Million Federal Grant to Assist Small Businesses

Thursday, October 28, 2021, By News Staff

At a press conference today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has been named as one of only eight Tier 1 grantees, selected as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Students Awarded Inaugural Gensler Rising Black Designers Scholarships

Wednesday, October 27, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Two School of Architecture students have received a prestigious national scholarship for young Black designers by Gensler, one of the world’s largest design and architecture firms. Krystol Austin G’22 (M.Arch.) and Coumba Kanté ’22 (B.Arch.) were named two of the…

Veterans

Campus Community Invited to the Nov. 3 Celebration of the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building, Home to the National Veterans Resource Center

Tuesday, October 26, 2021, By Kathleen Haley

While a grand opening celebration in April 2020 was sidelined due to the pandemic, the University’s National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC) at the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building will be officially dedicated on Wednesday, Nov. 3. The campus community is…

STEM

Physicist Stefan Ballmer Named APS Fellow

Tuesday, October 26, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Stefan W. Ballmer, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). He joins 23 previous University faculty members to receive the distinction during the 100 years the award…

Campus & Community

Falk College Oct. 28 Event Features Alumni in Disability Advocacy

Monday, October 25, 2021, By News Staff

Falk College Career Services will host the “Falk College Alumni Speaker Series: Improving Access for People with Disabilities” on Oct. 28 from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. in Grant Auditorium, with a networking reception with refreshments from 5 to 6:30 p.m….

Media Tip Sheets

Expert Available to Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine for Children

Monday, October 25, 2021, By Lily Datz

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s independent vaccine advisers are meeting Tuesday to discuss Pfizer’s request for authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11. If the FDA approves it, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent advisory…