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Campus & Community

Coronavirus Update: Expanded Services, New Resources and Reminders 3.28.20

Saturday, March 28, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: These are difficult days. At the same time, these difficult days represent an opportunity to demonstrate to each other and the world what it means to be and identify as a member of…

What Parents Should Say to Their Children – and How They Should Act Around Them – While Sheltering at Home

Wednesday, March 25, 2020, By Hailey Womer

For Immediate Release: March 25, 2020 If you’re looking for an expert source to provide insight and perspective on how parents should talk to their children and act around them while sheltering at home, Syracuse University psychology professor Dr. Joshua…

Campus & Community

Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series Addresses ‘Faith and Mental Health’ on March 3

Wednesday, February 26, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

The University’s ongoing Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, “Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the ‘Hidden’ Things that Divide Us,” continues on Tuesday, March 3, with the second dialogue of the Spring 2020 semester. The dialogue will include an…

Health & Society

Professional Workshop Gives Students Techniques to Support Healthy Play for Children

Thursday, February 20, 2020, By News Staff

In August 2019, Syracuse University students traveled to Boston to complete a two-day training through the Life is Good (LIG) Playmaker 2-Day Intensive Retreat for professionals who work with children who have experienced trauma. According to LIG, “a Playmaker is someone…

Arts & Culture

VPA Students, Faculty Participate in Inclusive Music Education Pilot Program

Friday, January 31, 2020, By Rob Enslin

A Syracuse University music instructor is spearheading a new pilot program that introduces homeschoolers to the art of creative expression. Alina Plourde, who teaches oboe in the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA),…

Campus & Community

Center for International Services Helping to Give ‘A Hand for Wuhan’

Thursday, January 30, 2020, By Brandon Dyer

With efforts led by concerned international Syracuse University students, the Center for International Services has launched “A Hand for Wuhan,” a fundraising project that will provide medical supplies to aid the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei province. Wuhan is…

Campus & Community

Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series Returns on Feb. 4 with ‘Atheism, Agnosticism and ‘Nothing in Particular’’

Thursday, January 30, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

The University’s ongoing Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, “Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the ‘Hidden’ Things that Divide Us,” returns for spring 2020 on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The opening dialogue will include an in-depth discussion on atheism, humanism…

Campus & Community

Discover Deeper Self-Understanding Through Soul Series

Wednesday, January 29, 2020, By News Staff

The Barnes Center at The Arch welcomes students to participate in the spring 2020 Soul Series programs. Soul Series collectively hosts both SoulScape and SoulTalk—a combination of discussions surrounding the philosophical meaning of life, purpose, identity and more—as opportunities for…

Campus & Community

Important Information About Coronavirus from Syracuse University Medical Director Dr. Karen Nardella

Saturday, January 25, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Syracuse University is actively monitoring the developments related to the newly detected coronavirus, an illness first discovered in Wuhan City, China, that is similar to pneumonia, affecting the respiratory system. At this time, there are…

Campus & Community

Pilot Project Gives Global Access to Student Research

Thursday, January 2, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

As an English teacher in Vietnam, Mai Nguyen knows firsthand the crisis in the education system in her country. Her mission now is to call attention to the issue by bringing awareness to the relationships between teachers, parents and students…