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Arts & Culture

VPA Announces New Drama Department Chair

Tuesday, July 1, 2025, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has appointed Eleanor Holdridge as the new chair of the Department of Drama effective July 1. Holdridge comes to Syracuse University from the Catholic University of America, where she served as professor…

Media, Law & Policy

250 Years Later, Declaration of Independence Still Challenges, Inspires a Nation: A Conversation With Professor Carol Faulkner

Monday, June 30, 2025, By Kathleen Haley

In June 1776, from a rented room in Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson penned the first draft of the document that would forge a nation. The stakes were high, amidst the ongoing war with the British, to find the right words to…

Campus & Community

2 Whitman Students Earn Prestigious AWESOME Scholarship

Tuesday, June 17, 2025, By News Staff

For the first time in the 12-year history of the program, both nominees from the Whitman School of Management have been selected as recipients of the 2025 AWESOME Excellence in Education Scholarship, a prestigious honor awarded to top-performing undergraduate women…

Campus & Community

Katsitsatekanoniahkwa Destiny Lazore ’26 Receives Prestigious Udall Scholarship

Tuesday, June 17, 2025, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Katsitsatekanoniahkwa Destiny Lazore, a rising senior communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and political science major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences (with a…

Campus & Community

7 New Representatives Added to the Board of Trustees

Wednesday, June 11, 2025, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Dean Mark Lodato of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications as academic dean representative to the Board of Trustees. In addition, Andrea Rose Persin, assistant dean of budget, finance and administration in the College…

STEM

Endowed Professorship Recognizes Impact of a Professor, Mentor and Advisor

Monday, June 9, 2025, By Eileen Korey

Bao-Ding “Bob” Cheng’s journey to Syracuse University in pursuit of graduate education in the 1960s was long and arduous. He didn’t have the means for air travel, so he voyaged more than 5,000 nautical miles by boat from his home…

STEM

Forecasting the Future With Fossils

Sunday, June 8, 2025, By Caroline K. Reff

One of the most critical issues facing the scientific world, no less the future of humanity, is climate change. Unlocking information to help understand and mitigate the impact of a warming planet is a complex puzzle that requires interdisciplinary input…

STEM

Rock Record Illuminates Oxygen History

Thursday, June 5, 2025, By Dan Bernardi

Several key moments in Earth’s history help us humans answer the question, “How did we get here?” These moments also shed light on the question, “Where are we going?,” offering scientists deeper insight into how organisms adapt to physical and…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Concludes 2024-25 Season With ‘The National Pastime’

Wednesday, June 4, 2025, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage concludes its 2024-25 season with the world premiere production of “The National Pastime,” a provocative psychological thriller about state secrets, sonic weaponry, stolen baseball signs and the father and son relationship in the middle of it all. Written…

Media Tip Sheets

5 Tips to Protect Your Health and Prepare for Worsening Air Conditions

Monday, June 2, 2025, By Daryl Lovell

The smoke from more than 100 Canadian wildfires is reaching many regions within the U.S., including as far south as Georgia. Air quality is deteriorating in the Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast, prompting health advisories in many cities. In Canada,…