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2024 Student Entrepreneur Impact Prize Winners

Monday, November 25, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) announced the winners of the 2024 Impact Prize competition for social entrepreneurship, held on Nov. 13 at Bird Library. Student teams pitched their respective social impact ventures for a chance to win a total…

Campus & Community

First Year Seminar Peer Leaders: They’re the Connectors in an Innovative Program

Monday, November 25, 2024, By Diane Stirling

When members of the Class of 2025 graduate in May, many will have spent four years as instrumental components of a unique program designed to acclimate new students to life at Syracuse University. These seniors have been involved as students…

STEM

Automotive Engineering Course Focuses on Vehicle Design and Development

Monday, November 25, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

A class in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, automotive engineering (MAE 457), is designed to equip students for careers in the automotive industry and a variety of other fields. This course will ignite students’ curiosity to explore the…

Campus & Community

Office of the Chief Financial Officer Releases Updated Travel Policy

Friday, November 22, 2024, By Jennifer DeMarchi

The University has updated its policy governing University travel, including new guidance around hotel and meals reimbursement, allowing for trip insurance as a reimbursable expense, and encouraging travelers to New York City to utilize the University’s Joseph I. Lubin House…

Campus & Community

Orange Innovation Fund Fall 2024 Awardees Announced

Friday, November 22, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries announced the seven award recipients for the Fall 2024 Orange Innovation Fund grant. Each of the following will receive a $5,000 grant to pursue research initiatives emerging from campus innovation programs. Recipients are: Angelo Niforatos G’25 (Martin…

Veterans

Celebrating Veterans Day at Syracuse University

Friday, November 22, 2024, By Charlie Poag

Since the end of  World War I, the United States has observed Nov. 11 as a day of remembrance for those who have served. Originally named Armistice Day to celebrate the end of hostilities in World War I, the day…

Campus & Community

Faculty and Staff: Don’t Miss These Important Benefit Deadlines

Friday, November 22, 2024, By News Staff

The Office of Human Resources wants to remind faculty and staff about important information and benefit application deadlines that are approaching: Reduced Health Plan Contributions Faculty and staff are encouraged to carefully review the expanded eligibility guidelines for 2025 that…

Syracuse University Impact

Engineering and Computer Science Professor Kevin Du Trains the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Experts

Thursday, November 21, 2024, By John Boccacino

As an engineer, Kevin Du has always embraced a problem-solving attitude. In his world, if no solution exists for the dilemma he’s facing, he will create the solution. It’s a mentality that has served Du, an electrical engineering and computer…

Campus & Community

Scam Warning: Imposters Looking to Defraud U.S.-Based Chinese Community

Thursday, November 21, 2024, By Kiana Racha

Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), wants to let Chinese students know of a scam being perpetrated across the country where scammers impersonate Chinese police officers with the intent of defrauding members…

Campus & Community

Cultivating Community Through Augmentative Communication

Thursday, November 21, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Verbal communication is one of the most common and fundamental forms of interaction for humans. Whether it’s conversing with colleagues at work, or chatting with family members around the dinner table, on average, a person speaks around 16,000 words a…