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Health & Society

Phillandra Smith Finds and Fosters Community at Syracuse University

Tuesday, May 3, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Phillandra Smith hadn’t considered a Ph.D. until a professor at Barry University asked what she would do after finishing a master’s degree. Smith, who is from the Bahamas, had planned to return to the classroom. “This professor was honestly really…

STEM

Viewing a Microcosm Through a Physics Lens

Monday, May 2, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

“What can physics offer biology?” This was how Alison Patteson, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ physics department and a faculty member in the BioInspired Institute, began the explanation of why her physics lab was studying bacteria. In…

Campus & Community

Helping Students Celebrate Identity During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Thursday, April 28, 2022, By John Boccacino

Each April, the Syracuse University community comes together to celebrate and honor our Asian American and Pacific Islander students, faculty and staff during Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. The monthlong festivities were researched and planned out by…

Campus & Community

Retrospective of Annual South Side Photo Walk on Display at ArtRage Through May 14

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, By News Staff

In a photo taken by Keith Waldron in 2021, Clifford Ryan crouches next to a tree on Cannon Street on Syracuse’s South Side. He leans alongside the still sprouting “tree of life” planted in memory of his son Duriel Lamar…

Campus & Community

Huey Hsiao Embraces Helping Students Discover Themselves, Achieve Success

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, By John Boccacino

As the associate director of Multicultural Affairs and the Kessler Scholars Program and the interim director of the Disability Cultural Center, Huey Hsiao considers himself fortunate to be able to guide Syracuse’s students, providing a safe space for them to…

Campus & Community

EOIRS Provides Options in a Respectful Environment for Reporting of Discrimination, Harassment

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, By Kathleen Haley

As an equal opportunity and Title IX investigator, Bernie Jacobson wants staff and faculty to know that everyone who reaches out to the Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services (EOIRS) will be heard and listened to, and treated…

Campus & Community

L.A. Story: On Immersion Trip, Sport Management Students Feel ‘The Passion to Give Back and Grow the Next Generation’

Tuesday, April 26, 2022, By Matt Michael

How’s this for a spring break: Seven days in Los Angeles, meeting more than 70 executives from 23 sports-related organizations, and riding at 125 mph in an official NASCAR pace car! That’s how Allison Rosen ’24 and 17 of her…

Syracuse University Impact

Student Volunteers With the Food Recovery Network Fight Waste and Feed People

Monday, April 25, 2022, By Jen Plummer

After the dining centers close, as most students are scattering back to their residence halls, to the library to study or toward other late-night activities, volunteers with the Food Recovery Network (FRN), a student organization comprising members from SUNY College…

STEM

Preserving Aquatic Ecosystems, One Lake at a Time

Thursday, April 21, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

Svetoslava Todorova is passionate about her work with aquatic ecosystems. For years, she’s been bringing small groups of her Syracuse University students to Green Lakes State Park, equipped with gear to measure the make-up of the lake and armed with…

Campus & Community

One University Awards Ceremony Is Friday in Hendricks Chapel

Thursday, April 21, 2022, By News Staff

The 2022 One University Awards will be held Friday, April 22, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The annual event honors members of the Syracuse University community who are making a difference through academics, scholarship, creative work and dedicated service….