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STEM

GEM Program Provides Financing, Connections for Underrepresented Graduate Students in STEM

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Brandon Dyer

The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM) is a partnership between corporations, government laboratories, research institutions and universities that enables underrepresented students to pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields….

Arts & Culture

VPA Graduate Student Finds Her Confidence in Central New York

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Brandon Dyer

Jessica Montgomery is a graduate student pursuing dual degrees in voice performance and pedagogy in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Originally from Pompano Beach, Florida, Montgomery completed her undergraduate degree at Florida State University in 2016. She mentions…

Campus & Community

Wellness Initiative Offers Up Heart-Healthy Programs to Faculty and Staff in Celebration of American Heart Month

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By News Staff

American Heart Month, celebrated each February, is dedicated to motivating as many Americans as possible to adopt healthier lifestyles that can help prevent heart disease. As one of the hardest working muscles in your body, it’s crucial to include heart…

Campus & Community

Bringing Earlier Era of Activism to Digital Life

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Bringing seven decades of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life is the mission of the Colored Conventions Project (CCP). Co-founded by faculty director P. Gabrielle Foreman, the CCP is a scholarly and community research project focused on digitally preserving Black political activism…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Launches 2021 With Aaron Turner Solo Exhibition

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work will exhibit more than 20 works by Arkansas-based photographer Aaron Turner in its first main gallery show of 2021. “Aaron Turner: Black Alchemy, Backwards/Forwards” will be on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery through March 4, 2021….

Veterans

Application Cycle Now Open for the Tillman Scholar Program

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, By News Staff

The Pat Tillman Foundation (PTF) unites and empowers remarkable military service members, veterans and spouses as the next generation of public and private sector leaders committed to service beyond self. PTF has opened the application process for the Tillman Scholar…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents the 2021 Transmedia Photography Annual

Friday, January 29, 2021, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work has announced the 2021 Transmedia Photography Annual exhibition of photographs by seniors from the art photography BFA program in the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The exhibition will run through March 4…

Border Report

“Immigration trackers want transparency, better data management; judges press for autonomy.”

Friday, January 29, 2021, By Lily Datz

Austin Kocher,  research assistant professor with the Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) in the Newhouse School, was quoted by Border Report for the story “Immigration trackers want transparency, better data management; judges press for autonomy.” Kocher, who leads research related…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Lawyers Should Provide Sign Language Interpreters for Deaf Clients’

Thursday, January 28, 2021, By Lily Datz

Michael Schwartz, associate professor of law in the College of Law, wrote a commentary for Syracuse.com titled “Lawyers should provide sign language interpreters for Deaf clients.” Schwartz also serves as the director of the Disability Rights Clinic within the College…

Campus & Community

‘A Crip Reckoning’ to Reflect on the 30th Anniversary of the ADA

Wednesday, January 27, 2021, By Martin Walls

Burton Blatt Institute’s (BBI) Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach (OIPO) series (Dis)courses: Interdisciplinary Disability Dialogues continues on Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET with “A Crip Reckoning: Reflections on the ADA@30.” Join a distinguished panel of thought leaders and…