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Chancellor Syverud Updates University Senate on Benefits Process, Proposed Changes to Senate Bylaws

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed University Senate at its meeting today. His remarks were as follows: Thank you, Professor Reed. I am going to be brief. There are just six days left in the fall semester. My brief updates are on…

Campus & Community

Advocate and Friend: Falk College Remembers Professor Emeritus Alejandro Garcia

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, By News Staff

Alejandro Garcia, professor emeritus of social work in Falk College, died Nov. 17, 2023. He was 83. A professor of social work at Syracuse University since 1978, Garcia is known as an exceptionally generous and engaged colleague, teacher and scholar…

Campus & Community

Lender Center D.C. Conversation Expands Partnerships, Ideas to Reduce Racial Wealth Gap

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Economic experts, federal policymakers and human services administrators joined researchers from Syracuse University and other academic institutions recently in Washington, D.C., to examine factors that contribute to a growing racial wealth gap in America. They also looked at how academic…

Campus & Community

Kessler Scholars Program Champions First-Generation Students

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Kessler Scholars Program supports transforming the undergraduate experience for first-generation college students through a powerful network of first-generation leaders, connected across multiple institutions throughout their college experience and beyond. Carlota Deseda-Coon, Intercultural Collective Kessler Scholars Program director,…

Campus & Community

College of Professional Studies Announces Municipal Government and Community College Employees Tuition Incentive Program

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By Hope Alvarez

The College of Professional Studies is pleased to announce a new tuition incentive program for municipal government and community college employees. The municipal government and community college employees tuition incentive program is open to any employee of a county, town,…

STEM

LaunchPad Announces 2023 ’Cuse Tank Winners

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) hosted its annual ’Cuse Tank entrepreneurial competition Nov. 3 during Family Weekend in Bird Library. More than 35 student entrepreneurs participated from various schools and colleges across campus in a “Shark-Tank” style business pitch…

Arts & Culture

VPA Design Professor Named ‘Educator to Watch’ by Graphic Design USA

Monday, December 11, 2023, By Erica Blust

Meri Page, an assistant professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, was named an “Educator to Watch” by Graphic Design USA (GDUSA). The GDUSA “Educators to Watch” series shines the spotlight on…

Arts & Culture

Iona Volynets Named a 2024 Marshall Scholar

Monday, December 11, 2023, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Iona Volynets, a senior majoring in history and international relations in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2024 Marshall Scholar. Founded in 1953, the Marshall Scholarships finance young…

Health & Society

Psychology Professor and Ph.D. Candidate Awarded NIH Grants for Alcohol-Related Research and Treatment

Friday, December 8, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Nearly 30 million people in the United States struggle with alcohol use disorder (AUD), which is characterized by impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences. Of that 30 million, less than 10%…