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Syracuse University Announces 2023 Unsung Heroes for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, By News Staff

The 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee has announced the 2023 Unsung Hero Award winners: Nichole Henry, Candice Ogbu, Thomas J. Wilson, Oceanna Fair, Trinity Brumfield and Camille Ogden. The Unsung Hero Award is given…

Campus & Community

Grants Available for Scholarly Projects on Racial Wealth Gap

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Grant funding is available to Syracuse University Ph.D. (or equivalent) scholars who have compelling projects that examine the issue of the racial wealth gap in the United States. The awards are part of a new social justice initiative and one…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Kent Syverud Delivers 2023 Winter Message to the University Community

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud shared his 2023 Winter Message to the University community in a virtual message. Below is the text of his remarks. Greetings! I welcome all friends of Syracuse University to a new semester and a new year, whether…

Campus & Community

University Begins 2023 Campus Race to Zero Waste Competition

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, By Lydia Krayenhagen

From Jan. 29-March 25, the University will participate in the Campus Race to Zero Waste, a national competition of colleges and universities from across the United States and Canada. The competition’s goal is simple: increase campus recycling and composting and…

Arts & Culture

Community Input Forum Jan. 25 on Art Museum Executive Director Search

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, By Diane Stirling

An open forum will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 25, regarding the University’s search for its next executive director and chief curator of the Syracuse University Art Museum. The forum will offer University community members the opportunity to have input…

Campus & Community

Motivated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Visits to Syracuse University, Rev. Phil Turner Hopes to Inspire Agents of Change in Local Community

Friday, January 13, 2023, By John Boccacino

During a life cut short by an assassin’s bullet, the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed Syracuse University students and faculty on two separate occasions, displaying both his trademark oratorical prowess and his innate drive to give every person…

Campus & Community

Information Session Jan. 18 on MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Symposium Research Submissions

Wednesday, January 11, 2023, By Diane Stirling

A virtual information session will be held Wednesday, Jan. 18, to offer information and a forum for questions for researchers wanting to submit proposals for presentations at the inaugural MetLife Foundation-Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium. The information session will…

Health & Society

Psychology Professor Part of Two Grants Totaling Over $5M to Advance Alcohol-Related Research

Tuesday, January 10, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

During his nearly 30-year career at Syracuse University, Stephen Maisto, professor emeritus of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has devoted much of his research to the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders. Continuing that work, Maisto was…

Arts & Culture

Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Opening of ‘A Love Supreme: Black Cultural Expression and Political Activism of the 1960s and 1970s’

Friday, January 6, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center’s (SCRC) new exhibition, titled “A Love Supreme: Black Cultural Expression and Political Activism of the 1960s and 1970s” (A Love Supreme) will open on Thursday, Jan. 19, on the sixth floor of Bird…

Media Tip Sheets

Labor Expert Reacts to New Warehouse Worker Protection Act

Thursday, December 22, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act which will require major warehouse companies to give its new and current employees clear documentation about productivity work speed quotas and expectations. Gretchen Purser, associate professor of…