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Felisha Legette-Jack ’89 Named 7th Head Coach in Women’s Basketball Program History
Felisha Legette-Jack, a 1989 graduate of Syracuse University and Orange All-American, is coming home. The Syracuse native and 20-year collegiate head coach will take the reins of the Orange basketball program immediately. Legette-Jack is synonymous with Syracuse women’s basketball success….
Revisiting the Perpetual Peace Project During the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
As headlines about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continue to dominate the news, many have taken to social media, making pleas for peace. But as history has shown, with each new year comes a new conflict. Is international peace even achievable?…
Marla Aaron ’88 Proves Jewelry Can be Beautiful, Functional and Life-Changing
Growing up, Marla Aaron ’88 had a keen eye for jewelry and a penchant for handcrafting wearable works of art for her friends out of fish hooks and other assorted parts. But Aaron harbored no hopes of entering the jewelry-making…
2022 Syracuse University Scholars Announced
Twelve seniors have been named as the 2022 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor the University bestows. The Syracuse University Scholars Selection Committee, a Universitywide faculty committee, selected the 2022 scholars using criteria that included coursework and academic achievement,…
Forever Orange Scholarship Helps Recent Graduates Further Careers
The Forever Orange Scholarship was created in 2020, as the pandemic created job market uncertainty for new Syracuse University graduates. Going forward, Syracuse University will continue to offer graduating seniors an opportunity to enroll full time in a qualifying residential…
Criticism of NYT editorial board’s stance on America’s free speech problem
Last week, the New York Times editorial board published the opinion piece, “America Has a Free Speech Problem.” In the piece, the authors write: “However you define cancel culture, Americans know it exists and feel its burden. In a new national…
New Center for Experiential Pedagogy and Practice Will Advance Innovative Methods for Educator Training and Professional Development
Syracuse University’s School of Education has garnered a worldwide reputation for developing experiential learning methods for educators and other professionals, including clinical simulations, collaborative lesson study, mediated field experiences for student teachers and tele-counseling training for school counselors. On March…
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s legal advocacy for Americans
Reporters looking for insight and reactions to the Senate Judiciary hearings for the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, please see comments from Syracuse University College of Law Professor Paula Johnson. Prof. Johnson is a member…
Mary Grace A. Almandrez Named Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of Mary Grace A. Almandrez to the position of vice president for diversity and inclusion. Almandrez brings with her nearly 25 years of experience in higher education, having served in leadership…
The Present Family Legacy of Love: A Forever Orange Story
Just a few days after Jane Werner Present ’56 died, students at Syracuse University received a gift from her … in the form of a reading by New York Times bestselling author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah G’16, the Jane and Daniel…