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Campus & Community

Talithia Williams to Serve as Featured Speaker for 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Tuesday, December 19, 2023, By Dara Harper

Talithia Williams, Ph.D., big data expert, math professor and host of “NOVA Wonders,” will serve as featured speaker at the 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 21, in the JMA Wireless Dome. This year’s…

Health & Society

Vibes Off This Holiday Season? Falk Professor and Social Worker Tracey Marchese Has Self-Care Tips

Monday, December 18, 2023, By Jen Plummer

From sentimental Amazon ads on TV to your neighbor’s perfect holiday landscape to an endless stream of social media posts depicting a Hallmark-esque experience, we are often bombarded with messages depicting the “ideal” holiday season that don’t always match up…

Veterans

University Civilian Champions Wall of Honor Receives 3 New Additions

Monday, December 18, 2023, By Charlie Poag

Syracuse University has made significant accomplishments in providing access to higher education for veterans and military family members since the days of World War I. While the overall impact of those efforts is immeasurable, they did pave the way for…

Campus & Community

Ryan St. Jean Named a 2024 Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow

Monday, December 18, 2023, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Ryan St. Jean ’24, an international relations major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2024 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow. He is one of…

Campus & Community

Tanya Williamson Named Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s New Assistant Vice President

Thursday, December 14, 2023, By Kathleen Haley

Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Mary Grace Almandrez has announced the selection of Tanya Williamson as the inaugural assistant vice president in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Williamson, who currently serves as associate director of diversity, equity and…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Updates University Senate on Benefits Process, Proposed Changes to Senate Bylaws

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed University Senate at its meeting today. His remarks were as follows: Thank you, Professor Reed. I am going to be brief. There are just six days left in the fall semester. My brief updates are on…

Campus & Community

Advocate and Friend: Falk College Remembers Professor Emeritus Alejandro Garcia

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, By News Staff

Alejandro Garcia, professor emeritus of social work in Falk College, died Nov. 17, 2023. He was 83. A professor of social work at Syracuse University since 1978, Garcia is known as an exceptionally generous and engaged colleague, teacher and scholar…

Campus & Community

Lender Center D.C. Conversation Expands Partnerships, Ideas to Reduce Racial Wealth Gap

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Economic experts, federal policymakers and human services administrators joined researchers from Syracuse University and other academic institutions recently in Washington, D.C., to examine factors that contribute to a growing racial wealth gap in America. They also looked at how academic…

Campus & Community

Kessler Scholars Program Champions First-Generation Students

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Kessler Scholars Program supports transforming the undergraduate experience for first-generation college students through a powerful network of first-generation leaders, connected across multiple institutions throughout their college experience and beyond. Carlota Deseda-Coon, Intercultural Collective Kessler Scholars Program director,…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Student Creates Film About the Plight of Women

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By Julie Sharkey

From a young age, Georgia Fernandes ’24, a fifth-year student from Kenya studying in the School of Architecture, has always wanted to tell stories. Fernandes’ desire to create something from scratch, much like architecture, led her to begin writing movie…