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Media, Law & Policy

Curiosity Helps Ryan Smith ’92 Transition From Lawyer to ESPN Anchor and Television Reporter

Tuesday, July 18, 2023, By John Boccacino

Life is not a straight line but a long, meandering path with many different stops along the way. Take the case of Ryan Smith ’92. As a child, Smith had his life mapped out. His hometown Philadelphia Phillies were his…

Syracuse University Impact

During PTSD Awareness Month Legal Clinic Helps Veterans Apply for Benefits They Have Earned and Deserve

Friday, June 9, 2023, By Robert Conrad

Many veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and may qualify for health care and compensation for their mental health conditions that resulted from their military service. “Veterans often face barriers when applying for their benefits through the U.S. Department…

Health & Society

Alumnus Helps Sacred Indigenous Objects Find Their Way Home

Monday, March 20, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Travel to just about any major ethnographic and natural history museum around the world and you will encounter installations focusing on Native American and Indigenous society and culture. Exhibitions such as the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Plains…

Campus & Community

Onondaga Historical Association Tour Helps Social Work Students Discover a City ‘Shaped By Its Unfair Past’

Thursday, March 9, 2023, By Matt Michael

“History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we…

STEM

Rock-Solid Data: Friendship Helps Lead to Discovery of Tectonic History of Subglacial Antarctica

Friday, March 3, 2023, By News Staff

A trove of ancient rocks collected from glacial moraines has literally revealed the deep story of one of the most underexplored environments on the planet—the rocks and mountain belts hidden beneath the East Antarctica Ice Sheet. Before this study, scientists…

Campus & Community

Falk Graduate Student Arcènia Notilija Vilanculo Helps Create Food Forests on Syracuse’s South Side

Friday, February 17, 2023, By Matt Michael

This past October, Falk College food studies graduate student Arcènia Notilija Vilanculo G’24 and food studies professor Anne Bellows were part of a group from the Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project that planted trees along Onondaga Creek in the City…

Campus & Community

‘Ultra’ Strength: ITS Online Learning Services Helps Ease Transition to New Blackboard Version

Thursday, January 19, 2023, By Eric Ferguson

Beginning with the Fall 2024 term, all University Blackboard courses will be offered in Ultra Course View, an entirely redesigned approach to Blackboard courses both for instructors and for students. Ultra Course View includes a clean, modern look and a…

Campus & Community

Graduate School BIPOC Alliance for Excellence Writing Retreat Helps Students Stay Creative, Improve Publishing Opportunities

Tuesday, November 22, 2022, By News Staff

A group of graduate students came together on a recent Saturday morning at the University’s South Side Communications Center to write for nearly six hours. They were there not only to sharpen their writing skills but to engage with tools…

Campus & Community

Donation From Student’s Family Provides Electric Bikes to Department of Public Safety, Helps Boost Safety and Security on Campus

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, By Alex Haessig

A generous donation made by a student’s family is helping strengthen the work of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to provide a safe and secure campus environment. The gift from Jay and Sandra Gelb, parents of College of Law…

Campus & Community

Diane Schenandoah ’11 Shares Indigenous Principles and Practices as Honwadiyenawa’sek (One Who Helps Them) at the Barnes Center (With Podcast)

Tuesday, November 8, 2022, By Jen Plummer

It’s been over a year since Diane Schenandoah joined the staff at the Barnes Center at The Arch as Honwadiyenawa’sek, the Haudenosaunee word for “one who helps them.” Firmly rooted in her Haudenosaunee heritage—her mother was a clan mother of…