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Fall 2019 New Student Convocation
More than 5,000 new students and their families were welcomed to campus during New Student Convocation ceremonies held on Aug. 22, 2019.
Chancellor Syverud’s New Student Convocation Address
Chancellor Syverud delivers a welcoming message to new students and their families during the fall 2019 New Student Convocation held Aug. 22, 2019.
The Stand Director Ashley Kang Keeps Local Journalism Alive with Community Newspaper
Ashley Kang ’04, G’11 has spent most of her career telling stories that often go untold. She is director of The Stand—a community newspaper written for and by Syracuse’s South Side residents and a project of the Newhouse School and…
‘Democracy . . . is about to die in Youngstown’ with closing of the local newspaper
What this means, said Joel Kaplan, associate dean of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, “is that no one in that community will be covering, on a regular basis, school board meetings, city council meetings, the cops and the courts. Democracy, as we know it, is about to die in Youngstown.”
University Trustee Christine Larsen Funds Local Immigrant, Refugee Study
Beginning this summer, the Maxwell School’s Community Geography Program will conduct a comprehensive assessment of community needs and assets among immigrants and refugees in the Syracuse area. That study is being funded by a gift of more than $110,000 from…
Impacting Community: Human Resources’ Sharon Cole Enhances Local Hiring Practices
The summer heat hasn’t yet broken through the early morning clouds when Sharon Cole arrives at Syracuse University for the annual CNY Works orientation. Funded by the workforce development nonprofit CNY Works and coordinated by Cole, the program places local…
Syracuse University Hosts First-Ever Procurement Fair, Launches Building Local Initiative
On Tuesday, May 21, Syracuse University hosted its first-ever Procurement Fair as part of its new Building Local initiative, a three-pronged effort focused on opportunity, partnerships and business. The fair introduced local business enterprises—including those owned by women, minorities, veterans…
InclusiveU Students Continue Advocacy Work for Inclusive Higher Education
Students in Syracuse University’s InclusiveU program spent this year advocating for inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities beginning with a visit to Capitol Hill last fall and ending with a visit to campus from U.S. Representative John Katko….
The Stand Connects Newhouse Students with Local Community
As The Stand director Ashley Kang tells the story, the project that would define 10 years of her professional life began in 2007, when now-retired professor Steve Davis wanted to get his news reporting students off campus. “All these students…
Stream Syracuse University’s Commencement and Convocations Live
Can’t make it to Syracuse University for Commencement Weekend? Watch the University’s 2019 Commencement exercises and the school and college Convocation ceremonies online at commencement.syr.edu/live-stream. Syracuse University’s Commencement will take place Sunday, May 12, beginning with the degree candidates’ procession…