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University Remembers Professor Emerita and Scholar Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, By News Staff

Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo, professor emerita of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and an internationally known scholar, teacher, activist, poet and playwright, died June 30 in Syracuse. Mũgo joined the Syracuse University community in 1993. A…

STEM

Aphasia Research Lab Seeks Participants for Stroke Treatment Study

Friday, May 19, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Strokes affect nearly 800,000 individuals in the United States each year. To bring attention to the risk factors for strokes and how to prevent them, the National Stroke Association holds Stroke Awareness Month during the month of May. Those who…

STEM

Expanding Summer Research Opportunities Through SU-STAR Program

Friday, May 12, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

When it comes to STEM research, diversity is key. Studies have shown that a STEM workforce representative of the United States population, which brings together expertise from individuals with unique lived experiences and understandings of the world, results in enhanced…

Campus & Community

Important Update About Faculty and Staff Health Plan Coverage After the End of the Public Health Emergency on May 11

Tuesday, May 9, 2023, By News Staff

The Public Health Emergency (PHE) that was first declared by the Department of Health and Human Services during the COVID-19 pandemic will end on May 11, 2023. For those employees and their dependents who are covered under the Syracuse University health…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to Present 4 Honorary Degrees at 2023 Commencement

Thursday, May 4, 2023, By News Staff

A noted thought leader in student affairs, a transformative higher education president, a celebrated ceramic artist and a global business executive and philanthropist will be recognized with honorary degrees from Syracuse University at the 2023 Commencement on Sunday, May 14,…

Campus & Community

Mowers Endow Newhouse Professorship of Persuasive Communications

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, By Eileen Korey

Eric Mower ’66, G’68 can still name individual professors he had more than 60 years ago as a student at Syracuse University. “I have indelible memories of professors who thrilled me,” says Mower. Interestingly, the most memorable ones for him…

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10 Students and Alumni Will Teach Around the World Through Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Monday, April 24, 2023, By News Staff

Ten Syracuse University students/alumni have been named as 2023 recipients of awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The program funds a range of awards that include English teaching assistantships (ETA) and study/research grants in over 140 countries. All of this year’s…

Campus & Community

‘Voices Off, Hands Up!’ Popular American Sign Language Program Expands With New 200-Level Courses

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, By Martin Walls

When professor Corrine Occhino took the helm of the School of Education’s American Sign Language (ASL) program in fall 2021, three sections of ASL 101 and one section of ASL 102 were offered. Since then, ASL has been added to…

STEM

iSchool Associate Professor Receives Fulbright to Conduct Research in the ‘Silicon Valley’ of India

Friday, April 14, 2023, By Anya Woods

When Ingrid Erickson began teaching at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) in 2017, she encountered something different about the students in her classroom—many, if not most, of them were from India. This was a change from the students she…

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‘Building Trust’: Zoe Rennock ’24 Partners With Bioengineering as an Inclusive Education Consultant

Wednesday, April 5, 2023, By Martin Walls

Group projects are critical to the applied learning that takes places across the University campus, and not least to the Bioengineering Capstone Design course led by Pun To (Douglas) Yung, associate teaching professor in the College of Engineering and Computer…