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How to Combat Finals Week Stress

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, By Christine Grabowski

Are you feeling stressed or overwhelmed? With the last day of classes just under a week away, on Monday, April 29, and during Stress Awareness Month, now is the time to remind yourself what stress looks like for you personally,…

Campus & Community

Maxwell to Honor Alumni, Celebrate 100th Anniversary at Centennial Celebration in DC

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, By Jessica Smith

Five exceptional alumni and a milestone anniversary will be celebrated during an upcoming event in the heart of the nation. The Maxwell School centennial celebration will be held Friday, May 31, at 6 p.m. in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait…

Campus & Community

Libraries’ Earth Day Events Highlight Plastic Collection Materials

Friday, April 19, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Plastics. They’re lightweight, durable, flexible, inexpensive. They’re moldable, extrudable, pressable. They’re colored and clear; they’re dinnerware, jewelry, vinyl siding, military supplies, toys and thousands more things. In the early half of the 20th century, the availability of polymers and fossil…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Provides Updates to University Senate on Shared Governance Related to Honorary Degrees, Benefits, Sustainability and Athletics

Thursday, April 18, 2024, By News Staff

Thank you, Professor Reed. Can we all clap for the professor? Twenty-five days to Commencement. It’s hard to believe and package it. Today I’m going to be very brief. I do want to note with great sorrow the passing last…

Campus & Community

Graduate School Summer Funding Competition Awards Announced

Monday, April 15, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Seventy-one scholars are the recipients of dissertation and pre-dissertation fellowship awards through The Graduate School’s Summer Funding Competition. The $4,500 awards are given annually to a select group of outstanding doctoral students to support progress to degree and dissertation completion….

STEM

Aerodynamics of Avian Flight: ECS Professor Studying Impact of Strong Wind Gusts

Tuesday, April 9, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

Boasting an impressive wingspan of over seven feet, the golden eagle is one of the largest birds of prey in North America. In addition to being cunning, skilled hunters and their ability to soar effortlessly for hours, golden eagles might…

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…

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…

STEM

Experiencing the Solar Eclipse From an Animal’s Perspective

Tuesday, April 2, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Awe, amazement and wonder are a few of the reactions humans have to a solar eclipse. The extremely rare occasion of being in the path of totality—where the moon’s disk completely blocks the sun for a few short moments—captivates audiences…

Arts & Culture

‘Touch(ed)’ Continues Department of Drama’s 2023-24 Season

Friday, March 29, 2024, By Joanna Penalva

The Syracuse University Department of Drama continues the 2023-24 season with “Touch(ed)”, a darkly comic drama about sisterhood, mental health and the realistic limits of love from Tony Award-nominated playwright Bess Wohl (“Grand Horizons”). Directed by Christine Albright-Tufts, performances of…