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Health & Society

University Professional and Continuing Education Association Establishes Bea González Diversity in Leadership Scholars Program

Monday, July 27, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

The University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) has established the Bethaida “Bea” González Diversity in Leadership Scholars program with the goal of equipping diverse professionals at any stage of their career with the skills and knowledge needed to move…

Campus & Community

This Family Bleeds Orange

Thursday, July 23, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

Mary Welker ’20 is a mom, a role model to her four daughters, a full-time Syracuse University staff member, an Alumni Scholar and a recipient of the Nancy Gelling Award given to a student for high academic achievement. In May,…

Campus & Community

Call for Goon Squad Health Ambassador Volunteers

Wednesday, July 22, 2020, By Gabrielle Lake

Students interested in volunteering as a Goon Squad Health Ambassador Volunteer are asked to visit the  Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs (FYTP) Goon Squad webpage to register. Since 1944, the Goon Squad, a friendly group of returning students, have…

Veterans

Syracuse University Delivers Annual Virtual Warrior-Scholar Project to Empower First-Year Student Veterans

Wednesday, July 22, 2020, By Leah Lazarz

Last week, for the sixth year in a row, Syracuse University hosted the esteemed Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP), a no-cost academic boot camp for first-year student veterans. Normally held on campus to allow for a comprehensive campus experience, the program was…

Business & Economy

Julia Haber ’18 Empowers Students Virtually with Home From College

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, By Lily Datz

If the outbreak of the coronavirus posed one question for students, it was this: what does college look like when it’s not in person? This question ran through the mind of Syracuse University alumna Julia Haber ’18 just a few…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Receives National Endowment for the Arts CARES Act Grant

Monday, July 20, 2020, By Cjala Surratt

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded Light Work a $50,000 grant as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Light Work is one of 855 organizations that the NEA selected from 3,100 applicants…

Health & Society

Ph.D. Candidate Receives Dissertation Fellowship to Analyze Contemporary Buddhist Charities in Southeast Asia

Wednesday, July 8, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Sara Swenson, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Awarded by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Newcombe Fellowship supports…

Science Magazine

“‘Disturbing and cruel.’ Universities blast new visa rule for international students.”

Wednesday, July 8, 2020, By Lily Datz

Andrew Horsfall, assistant dean of international programs at the College of Law, was interviewed by Science Magazine for the article “‘Disturbing and cruel.’ Universities blast new visa rule for international students.” Horsfall calls the new rule “disturbing and cruel,” but…

STEM

Arts and Sciences Biologists Win the Thomas Henry Huxley Award for Their Creation of an Evolutionary Learning Module

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Researchers from the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences are winners of the Society for the Study of Evolution’s (SSE’s) prestigious Thomas Henry Huxley Award. This marks the first time a team from Syracuse University has…

STEM

Recent Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Alumna Receives Fulbright Grant to Study in France

Tuesday, July 7, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Both of the post-graduation options Santita Ebangwese ’19, G’20 was considering would be a dream come true for most people. Would she rather play professional volleyball in Europe or go to medical school? During her incredible career at Syracuse University,…