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Arts & Culture

Graduate Music Students Receive Grant to Compose, Perform New Work for Organ

Tuesday, April 9, 2024, By Mikayla Heiss

A composer-organist pair of graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music received a $1,000 grant from the American Guild of Organists (AGO) to compose and perform a…

Campus & Community

How Libraries are Helping Ukrainians Survive During Wartime

Monday, April 8, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

The following article was written by Tetiana Hranchak, a member of the Board of the Ukrainian Library Association and a visiting assistant teaching professor at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs….

Campus & Community

Staff Members Recognized for Showing Support to Veterans and Military Families

Saturday, April 6, 2024, By Christine Grabowski

Not only does the saying “it takes a village” apply to raising children, but it also applies to supporting veterans and their families before, during and after their deployments. With Syracuse recognized as being a Best Place for Veterans, it…

Media Tip Sheets

Expert Available to Discuss Earthquakes and Communication

Friday, April 5, 2024, By Vanessa Marquette

Many of us felt the shakes from the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Lebanon, NJ this morning. The emergency alert came to cellular phones in Central New York about an hour and a half later. Lee McKnight, an associate professor…

STEM

Physics Lab Manager Talks All Things Eclipse

Thursday, April 4, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

On April 8, 2024, Syracuse will witness a rare and splendid event as a total solar eclipse will cast the city into a brief period of daytime darkness. Students, faculty, staff and the community are invited to the Shaw Quadrangle…

STEM

How the Eclipse May Change What You See and Sense

Thursday, April 4, 2024, By Diana Napolitano

When the moon completely blocks the sun on April 8, you’ll notice more than the darkness. Here are some things you may pick up on. If you don’t, that’s OK. There may be variation depending on your location, your area’s…

STEM

Record Five Syracuse University Students Selected for Prestigious 2024 Goldwater Scholarship

Wednesday, April 3, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Five Syracuse University students have been selected for the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship, the preeminent undergraduate scholarship awarded in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics in the U.S. This is the first time Syracuse has had five students selected for the…

Health & Society

Racial Wealth Gap Research Presented at MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Event

Wednesday, April 3, 2024, By Diane Stirling

The U.S. racial wealth gap was the focus of a symposium hosted by the Lender Center for Social Justice last week. “Interrogating the Racial Wealth Gap: Thinking Locally,” featured presentations by five faculty teams whose research is supported by 2023…

STEM

‘A Beautiful, Once-In-a-Lifetime Event’: The Total Solar Eclipse on April 8

Friday, March 29, 2024, By John Boccacino

Walter Freeman’s “Introduction to Astronomy” classes always end the same way they began, with Freeman advising his students that, ultimately, “we look at the stars because they are pretty and they illuminate who we are as humanity.” That humanity will…

Campus & Community

Building Connected Communities With Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Take Back The Night

Thursday, March 28, 2024, By News Staff

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is hosted in April across the nation. Throughout the month and beyond, the campus community is invited to join empowering, engaging and educational programs and events to promote the importance of raising awareness about and…