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Campus & Community

Helping Address Hiring Crises, the Baldanza Fellows Program Expands to Syracuse City Schools

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Martin Walls

Teacher shortages and a predominantly white teaching force are two persistent hiring trends that continue to challenge public schools nationwide. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 90% of school districts reported difficulties hiring teachers for the 2023-24…

Campus & Community

Orange Innovation Fund Spring 2024 Grant Applications Open

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries is accepting spring 2024 applications for the Orange Innovation Fund grant through Friday, March 29. Interested applicants should plan to attend one of the information and proposal/grant writing workshops being held in early March. The Orange Innovation…

Health & Society

Public Health Chair David Larsen Receives Fulbright to Continue Research in Austria

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, By Matt Michael

When Falk College Department of Public Health Chair and Professor David Larsen was notified that he had received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach and continue his wastewater surveillance research at the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria this…

Campus & Community

Operation Orange Warmup: Collecting Winter Coats to Benefit Local Community

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, By Christine Grabowski

To assist individuals and families who are in need of winter outerwear, Syracuse University is again partnering with InterFaith Works of Central New York and Hendricks Chapel for Operation Orange Warmup. The coat collection drive will take place at the…

Campus & Community

New Grant Allows Shaw Center’s Literacy Corps to Hire More Undergraduate Tutors

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Up to 100 new community engagement service positions tutoring children and teens in Syracuse City School District and other area schools have been made possible by a new grant to the Shaw Center Syracuse University Literacy Corps program. The grant…

Business & Economy

Center on Disability and Inclusion Awarded $1.7M to Support Employment for Individuals With Disabilities

Friday, January 12, 2024, By Martin Walls

The School of Education’s Center on Disability and Inclusion has been awarded a five-year, $1.7 million New York State Education Department (NYSED) Core Rehabilitation Services contract to support individuals with disabilities interested in obtaining, maintaining or advancing in employment. The…

Campus & Community

Art Gallery Will Be Part of Jan. 21 Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration

Friday, January 12, 2024, By Dara Harper

Syracuse University’s 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will include an art gallery exhibition in Club 44 on the western concourse level of the JMA Wireless Dome. To express the celebration theme of “The Reach of the…

Campus & Community

Facilitators, Participants Sought for English Conversation Partners Program

Friday, January 12, 2024, By Diane Stirling

International students and other non-native speakers of American English can practice speaking and gain fluency and a better understanding of the language through the Graduate School’s English Conversation Partners program. The concept is simple: through informal, one-to-one conversations about any…

Campus & Community

InclusiveU Student Sam Clark ’24 Brings His Dreams to Life Through Los Angeles Immersion Experiences

Thursday, January 11, 2024, By Jen Plummer

Sam Clark ’24 has known since he was 9 years old that he wanted to be a film director when he grew up. After a family trip to Egypt where his dad took hours and hours of video, Clark found…

Campus & Community

Assistance Available for Dissertation Fellowship and Grant Applications

Thursday, January 11, 2024, By Diane Stirling

The spring semester brings new opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to seek external fellowships and project grants. Daniel Olson-Bang, director of professional and career development at the Graduate School, is available to help students identify appropriate opportunities and…