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Health & Society

Hendricks Chapel Dean, Chaplains and Students Attend Parliament of the World’s Religions

Monday, September 18, 2023, By News Staff

Representatives from Hendricks Chapel recently attended the Parliament of the World’s Religions, held in August in Chicago. This year’s theme was “A Call to Conscience: Defending Freedom and Human Rights.” More than 7,000 participants from more than 95 countries, representing…

Health & Society

Roundtable: 3 School of Education Alumni Define ‘Human Thriving’ in the Context of Global Diversity

Friday, September 15, 2023, By Martin Walls

“Human thriving” is among the areas of distinctive excellence enumerated in the University’s 2023 Academic Strategic Plan. This concept is inspired by the words of Chancellor Erastus Haven. In 1871, he charged Syracuse students “to thrive here, to learn here,…

Campus & Community

‘My Heritage Defines and Guides Me:’ Students Discuss Importance of Celebrating Latine Heritage Month

Friday, September 15, 2023, By John Boccacino

What does it mean to be a descendant of Latine, Latinx, Latino, Latina and Hispanic heritage and trace your cultural roots to a Spanish-speaking community in Latin America, Central America, South America or the Caribbean? It’s nearly impossible to come…

Media, Law & Policy

Robertson Fellows Aspire to Serve as Foreign Service Officers

Thursday, September 14, 2023, By News Staff

Interested in careers in the foreign service, Zoe Prin and Forrest Gatrell took advantage of internships and other opportunities as undergraduates that exposed them to the inner workings of government, policymaking and service from differing vantage points. While Gatrell obtained…

Arts & Culture

Human Rights Film Festival: Changing the World, One Conversation at a Time

Thursday, September 14, 2023, By Eileen Korey

From the rural landscape of Michigan, to the devastated landscape of Bucha in the Ukraine, to the virtual landscape of the African diaspora, filmmakers address social issues and the fight for human rights around the globe at the 21st annual…

Campus & Community

Maxwell’s Johannes Himmelreich Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

Thursday, September 14, 2023, By News Staff

Johannes Himmelreich, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received a $73,670 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a forthcoming two-year project titled “Good Decisions:…

Media, Law & Policy

Meet Biko Skalla ’18, Voice of the World-Famous Savannah Bananas

Tuesday, September 12, 2023, By John Boccacino

Baseball is America’s pastime, a game rich in history and time-honored traditions, where change is slow to be embraced and slower still to be adopted. Then, there are the Savannah Bananas, a minor league baseball team that has changed the…

Health & Society

VPA Sophomore Wins Fellowship, Plans Film on the Mental Health of Refugee Youth

Tuesday, September 12, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Rayan Mohamed, a sophomore film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been selected as a 2023-2024 Imagining America/Joy of Giving Something Fellow. The program aims to elevate photography and digital media as pathways for undergraduate students…

STEM

Experts Say Federal Agency or Global Organization Should Govern AI, New Survey Co-sponsored by Two University Institutes Finds

Wednesday, September 6, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A new survey co-sponsored by two Syracuse University institutes finds that a majority of computer science experts at top U.S research universities want to see the creation of a new federal agency or global organization to govern artificial intelligence (AI)….

Media, Law & Policy

Sports Broadcaster Anish Shroff ’04 Hopes to Inspire Future Generations of South Asian Sportscasters

Tuesday, September 5, 2023, By John Boccacino

Anish Shroff ’04 happens to be the only minority radio play-by-play voice of a National Football League (NFL) team. It’s not something the veteran sportscaster embraces, but it’s a trend that seems to be shifting. Eternally proud of his South…