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Campus & Community

New Year, Same You but With Attainable Goals

Tuesday, December 17, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

The year 2020 is just around the corner as Syracuse University employees prepare for Orange Appreciation Days. The New Year, paired with a time of rest, provides a rare and important time for pause and reflection. Thinking back on 2019…

Campus & Community

Rev. Raphael Warnock Named as Speaker for 35th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Monday, December 16, 2019, By Delaney Van Wey

Civil rights leader the Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the spiritual home of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will serve as the featured speaker at the 35th annual Rev. Dr….

Campus & Community

Gerri ‘Babydoll’ Williams Celebrates 50 Years at Syracuse University

Monday, December 16, 2019, By Jen Plummer

This past October, Gerri Williams celebrated a milestone that most employees—in any job, with any organization—only dream of attaining: her 50th anniversary with Syracuse University. Williams began her career with Food Services in 1969. She worked in Washington Arms, Haven…

STEM

It Girls Weekend Program Expanding to Two-Week Summer College Course Experience

Friday, December 13, 2019, By Diane Stirling

An innovative School of Information Studies (iSchool) program that gives high school women an introduction to information technology (IT) studies and careers will now provide a more full-fledged version of that IT immersion through a formal, two-week summer pre-college experience….

Media, Law & Policy

Call for entries: 2020 Mirror Awards

Wednesday, December 11, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting nominations for the 14th annual Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The deadline is Feb. 10, 2020. Anyone may nominate, and there is no fee to enter. Entries…

Media, Law & Policy

Finding Stories in the Numbers

Wednesday, December 11, 2019, By Lani Rich

When magazine, news and digital journalism (MND) Assistant Professor Alex Richards first studied journalism at the University of Missouri, he wanted to be a science journalist. After taking a computer-assisted journalism course, however, he realized that there is power in…

Arts & Culture

Random Access Gallery to Recognize Remembrance Day for Lost Species

Wednesday, December 4, 2019, By Brandon Dyer

Random Access Gallery will present “The Extinction Gallery,” an exhibition featuring work by Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, with an opening reception on Friday, Dec. 6, from 5-8 p.m. in 117 Smith Hall. The…

Campus & Community

Holiday Sharing Program Helps Make Holidays Brighter for Local Families

Thursday, November 21, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Holiday Sharing Program is once again partnering with PEACE, Inc.’s Adopt-A-Family Program and the Salvation Army’s Christmas Bureau to light up the holiday season for local families in need. The Syracuse University Holiday Sharing program is voluntary; in…

Health & Society

Lender Center Names Inaugural Student Fellows

Monday, November 18, 2019, By Maria Damiano

From growing up with social media to using it to uncover social justice trends, a select team of students will be taking part in a two-year collaborative research project as student fellows. The students have been named the first Lender…

Campus & Community

Statement from Chancellor Kent Syverud

Sunday, November 17, 2019, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Last night, one of our African American students reported being subjected to a verbal racial epithet from a group of students and visitors to our campus. The location was on College Place. This report of…