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Health & Society

Chemistry Professor Presents New Research on Anti-Obesity Drug

Friday, May 5, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

An experimental anti-obesity drug could reliably curb appetite and normalize blood glucose levels without causing nausea and vomiting, which are frequent side effects of current weight-loss and diabetes drugs. The new peptide treatment not only reduces food consumption but also…

Veterans

Telling the Stories of War, Sebastian Junger Speaks With Newhouse’s Military Visual Journalism Students

Friday, May 5, 2023, By Charlie Poag

Among some of the most prolific writers of the last century, a handful experienced the hardship of telling the stories of war. John Steinbeck, Martha Gellhorn, Jack London and Ernest Hemingway; all covered the harrowing and dangerous world that exists…

Campus & Community

Climate Investor Tom Steyer Tells Students, ‘We Can’t Accept People Shirking Their Responsibility’

Thursday, May 4, 2023, By Jessica Youngman

In a December 2010 article, Fortune magazine called California billionaire Tom Steyer the “jolly green banker.” During a talk at the Maxwell School last week, Professor Jay Golden asked Steyer to share why he retired from his lucrative career as…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to Present 4 Honorary Degrees at 2023 Commencement

Thursday, May 4, 2023, By News Staff

A noted thought leader in student affairs, a transformative higher education president, a celebrated ceramic artist and a global business executive and philanthropist will be recognized with honorary degrees from Syracuse University at the 2023 Commencement on Sunday, May 14,…

Campus & Community

Project Advance, One of Nation’s Oldest Concurrent Enrollment Programs, Marks 50 Years

Wednesday, May 3, 2023, By Josh Davis

Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) celebrates 50 years this spring. One of the nation’s oldest concurrent enrollment programs, SUPA has also grown to one of the largest, with over 12,000 high school students around the world taking an SU course…

Veterans

Air Force ROTC Cadet Emily Weaver ’24 Continues Family Tradition of Service

Tuesday, May 2, 2023, By Charlie Poag

According to the Department of Defense, interest in military service is on the decline among the nation’s youth, especially those who are qualified for military service. Only 9% indicated they would likely serve in the military; such a low percentage…

Campus & Community

VPA Staff Member Dillon Hupp Wins Nearly $22K on ‘Jeopardy!’

Monday, May 1, 2023, By Jen Plummer

On the afternoon of Jan. 4, Dillon Hupp accepted a job offer from Syracuse University as its new associate director of development in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). On the evening of Jan. 4, Hupp received a…

Media, Law & Policy

A&S Graduate Student Advocates for Access to Unsanitized History of Kenya and Beyond

Sunday, April 30, 2023, By News Staff

Joy Nyokabi Karinge was home in Kenya when she discovered that her grandfather had been tortured, detained and disenfranchised by the British for his part in the Mau Mau war in Kenya, a Kenyan revolt against British colonial rule in…

Robert G. Nassau

Teaching Professor, Associate Director of Office of Clinical Legal Education, Director of Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
Campus & Community

Newhouse Graduate Student Joyelle Ronan Creates Romantic Comedy Convention to Celebrate Genre

Friday, April 28, 2023, By News Staff

Joyelle Ronan loved romantic comedies so much that she wanted to find a way to create an experience with others who share her affinity for the genre. The graduate student in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications came up…