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Selecting From an Impressive Competitive Field, the Women in Leadership Initiative Announces Cohort 2, Expands by Adding Cohort 3

Wednesday, August 2, 2023, By News Staff

Advancing its mission to make the University a pacesetter among higher education institutions for cultivating women leaders, Syracuse University’s Women in Leadership Initiative (WiL) is proud to announce the members of its second cohort. The fall cohort will include 25…

STEM

National Science Foundation Renews Funding for Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program

Tuesday, August 1, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Funding for operating the Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) program has been renewed, permitting Syracuse University to continue leading a seven-institution initiative to broaden educational opportunities for students from underrepresented communities to study and pursue careers in…

STEM

New Research Examines Echo Chambers and Political Attitudes on Social Media

Monday, July 31, 2023, By Ellen Mbuqe

What is the role of social media in shaping our political attitudes? New research published in Nature sets out to understand whether and how the information people see on social media shapes their political views. Entitled “Like-minded Sources on Facebook…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell’s Michael Williams Honored With NATO-Fulbright Security Studies Award

Thursday, July 27, 2023, By News Staff

Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs and director of the master of arts in international relations program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received a Fulbright-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Studies…

Campus & Community

In Memoriam: Minnie Bruce Pratt

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, By Eileen Korey

In a welcome note on her website, Minnie Bruce Pratt invited visitors to make themselves at home. “I hope you enjoy all the connections here to art, politics, love and life,” she wrote. The retired Syracuse University professor built a…

Campus & Community

University Remembers Professor Emerita and Scholar Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, By News Staff

Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo, professor emerita of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and an internationally known scholar, teacher, activist, poet and playwright, died June 30 in Syracuse. Mũgo joined the Syracuse University community in 1993. A…

Campus & Community

$1M Gift for Culinary Hub at John A. Lally Athletics Complex Honors Joseph O. Lampe ’53, L’55, H’04

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, By Eileen Korey

Joseph O. Lampe ’53, L’55, H’04 was the kind of alumnus that every university wants to have—engaged, fiercely loyal, generous, philanthropic and inspiring. Lampe often credited his alma mater for providing him with opportunities and life lessons that made it…

Campus & Community

Margarita Estévez-Abe Named McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence

Wednesday, July 19, 2023, By News Staff

Margarita Estévez-Abe, associate professor of political science and O’Hanley Faculty Scholar, has been named the Robert D. McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence. Established in 2016, the McClure Professorship supports teaching excellence and research and is awarded for a three-year term….

Health & Society

Maxwell Professor Farhana Sultana Addresses European Parliament

Monday, July 17, 2023, By News Staff

Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment, was an invited speaker at the 2023 Beyond Growth conference hosted by the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. The conference, held over three days in May, featured a diverse mix of 150…

Campus & Community

Call for Volunteers: Syracuse Welcome 2023

Monday, July 17, 2023, By Gabrielle Lake

Paved with such milestones as the tradition of Syracuse Welcome, being Orange is celebrating and empowering each unique student experience. “Syracuse Welcome not only ushers in the newest incoming student class but is a uniting campus celebration,” says New Student…