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Social Workers United’s Fall Donation Drive Aims to Help the Homeless in Syracuse
On any given night in the United States, there are 580,000 Americans who are homeless. Millions of others are on the edge: 37.2 million Americans live below the poverty level, 44 million are at the risk of suffering from hunger,…
Inaugural Community Police Academy Graduates
On Oct. 26, 18 members of the campus community graduated from the first Department of Public Safety (DPS) community police academy. The academy is a free four-week program designed to give students, faculty and staff an idea of what it…
Mark Your Calendar—Open Enrollment for Faculty and Staff Begins Oct. 31
Open Enrollment, the annual period when eligible employees reflect on their benefit options for the coming year, begins Monday, Oct. 31, and continues through Friday, Nov. 11. This is the one time of year when University faculty and staff may…
Discover How University Employees Can Make a Difference By Supporting the Annual United Way Campaign (With Video)
The United Way employee giving campaign is back on campus, with this year’s campaign running through December 16. Now celebrating its 100th anniversary, the United Way of Central New York funds efforts in our community via 70 specially funded programs and…
Bizarre Circumstances Around Deaths of Russian Businessmen
Brian Taylor, professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the Vox article “Russian businessmen keep dying. No one knows why.” The article talks about a number of Russian businessmen who have died by accident or by…
New Plays, Series of Panel Discussions Highlight Syracuse Stage’s Cold Read Festival
Plays by Rogelio Martinez, Ty Defoe, Jessica Bashline and Craig Thornton highlight Syracuse Stage’s 2022/2023 Cold Read Festival of New Plays, Oct. 18-23. Curated by Stage’s Associate Artistic Director Melissa Crespo, the festival features four readings performed live in the…
Unique Family Connections for 2022 Campus Peace Officer Academy Recruits
On Oct. 5, the eight recruits from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Peace Officer Academy celebrated their graduation with families, friends and colleagues. The ceremony, held at Drumlins Country Club, marked a milestone for these recruits as they complete…
Filmmaker Milton Santiago Is Providing Life-Changing, Hands-On Experiences
The voice inside Milton Santiago’s head eventually became too loud for him to ignore. After graduating from Canisius College in Buffalo with a degree in communication studies and English, Santiago landed a job as a production assistant for Sundance Channel…
University Employees Encouraged to Support the Annual United Way Campaign
The Syracuse University United Way Employee Giving 2023 pledge campaign officially kicks off on Oct. 14. During this year’s campaign—which runs through Dec. 16.—University employees are encouraged to consider making a voluntary pledge through MySlice. Options are available for either…
How Evan Wichman ’12 Composes Culturally Relevant, Mindful Music Programs—From Queens to Beijing
Music educator Evan Wichman ’12 left his first school teaching role having designed a choral program from scratch and established a competitive a cappella group. But when asked how much his life resembles the TV show “Glee,” he laughs. “Well,…