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Syracuse University Impact

Student Inventors Develop New Way to Secure Wheelchairs in Moving Vehicles

Thursday, September 5, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

Former Syracuse University student Jim DaRin is one of many wheelchair users who rely on adapted vehicles to drive. These vehicles are equipped with a docking system designed to secure the wheelchairs in place while users focus on the road. However, even…

Arts & Culture

La Casita Commemorates National Hispanic Heritage Month With New Exhibition

Thursday, September 5, 2024, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center will commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 with a community-wide event and the opening of a new exhibition, “WEIRD Barrio” (“Por mi barrio”), presenting the art of Syracuse-based Puerto Rican artist Manuel Matías. The inaugural event…

Campus & Community

5 Early-Career Faculty Win Prestigious Research Awards

Wednesday, September 4, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Five early-career faculty members have earned national recognition and funding for their research. The awards are among the most sought-after recognitions that junior faculty members can receive in their fields. The faculty are Endadul Hoque and Yiyang Sun of the…

Campus & Community

Using Football to Create Leaders: Why Coach Fran Brown Is All-In on Syracuse University (Podcast)

Wednesday, September 4, 2024, By John Boccacino

The Fran Brown era got off to a fantastic start when the Syracuse University football team defeated Ohio University 38-22 Saturday afternoon before a raucous crowd of students, Central New York community members and alumni of the football program inside…

Health & Society

Pioneering Publication: Barnes Center at The Arch Integrated Health and Wellness Model

Tuesday, September 3, 2024, By Gabrielle Lake

Fall 2024 marks a five-year milestone since the grand opening of the Barnes Center at The Arch. A driving force behind the vision for the Barnes Center at The Arch’s physical space and its health and wellness team—comprising health care,…

Campus & Community

CBT at Falk College: Empowering Women, Creating Inclusive Environments

Friday, August 30, 2024, By Matt Michael

When Tatiana Warren ’04, G’06, was a student-athlete at Syracuse University, she received support from all corners of campus: her track and field coaches; faculty and staff in the Department of Exercise Science; and her advisors in the Ronald E….

Syracuse University Impact

Public Health Professor David Larsen Invited to White House to Discuss Wastewater Surveillance

Friday, August 30, 2024, By Matt Michael

It’s not easy to condense about four years of research into two minutes, but that’s exactly what Syracuse University Public Health Professor David Larsen did during a visit to the White House on Aug. 27. Larsen, Chair of the Department…

Campus & Community

Traci Geisler Presents at KUGLi Innovation Summit

Friday, August 30, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

Traci Geisler, director of Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad), presented a keynote address and served as an entrepreneurship competition judge at the first-ever Kenya-USA Global Launchpad Initiative (KUGLi) Innovation Summit, held at Kibabii University in Bungoma, Kenya, Aug. 15-16….

Campus & Community

New Student Association Leaders Emphasize Importance of Collaboration

Wednesday, August 28, 2024, By John Boccacino

Listen. Learn. Lead. Those three simple verbs were repeatedly emphasized by German Nolivos ’26 and Reed Granger ’26 during the Student Association’s (SA) spring general elections. Hammering home an effective message to Syracuse University’s student body was especially important since…

Health & Society

NSF Awards Saba Siddiki, Fellow Researchers, $1.5M to Study Bus Fleet Electrification

Wednesday, August 28, 2024, By Jessica Youngman

Saba Siddiki, professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is part of a multi-institution research team that has been awarded $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research public…