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Campus & Community

Office of Academic and Career Advising Names Directors

Friday, January 19, 2024, By Caroline K. Reff

In early 2023, the Office of Academic and Career Advising for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs rolled out a new approach that better serves students from the moment they step…

Campus & Community

Maxwell Professor’s Research on Racial and Ethnic Exclusion Supported by Russell Sage Foundation Grant

Friday, January 19, 2024, By Jessica Youngman

Thomas Pearson, assistant professor of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is part of a team of scholars who have been awarded $195,000 from the Russell Sage Foundation to study the exclusion and expulsion of minority…

Business & Economy

Alumna Develops a New-Fashioned Sustainability Initiative

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

Fast fashion may seem affordable, but its true cost goes beyond the price tags on clothing. The industry’s unsustainable, unethical practices have negatively impacted the environment and its current lack of government regulations has allowed these practices to run rampant…

Campus & Community

Lender Center Faculty Fellowship Application Period Now Open

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Diane Stirling

The Lender Center for Social Justice is accepting applications for a two-year faculty research fellowship focused on a contemporary social issue and ideas and pathways to address it. Fellows receive research support for both years along with summer stipends and…

STEM

Humanitarian Work in Water Systems

Monday, January 15, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

From the drylands of Kenya to the rainforests of Suriname, civil and environmental engineering professor John Trimmer in the College of Engineering and Computer Science has dedicated his career to making a difference. After a service-learning trip to Nicaragua, where…

STEM

Medicinal Chemist Named Jack and Laura H. Milton Endowed Professor

Friday, January 12, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Robert Doyle, dean’s professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and associate professor of medicine and pharmacology at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has been named the inaugural Jack and Laura H. Milton Professor in A&S. A…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Students Take Honors in Syracuse’s Inaugural Open Data Day

Friday, January 12, 2024, By News Staff

On a recent Saturday afternoon, students in Michiko Ueda-Ballmer’s Data-Driven Decision-Making class got to test what they’ve learned in a first-ever competition designed by the City of Syracuse to use data to address societal problems related to transportation. The class,…

Campus & Community

Art Gallery Will Be Part of Jan. 21 Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration

Friday, January 12, 2024, By Dara Harper

Syracuse University’s 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will include an art gallery exhibition in Club 44 on the western concourse level of the JMA Wireless Dome. To express the celebration theme of “The Reach of the…

STEM

Study Reveals Wastewater Surveillance Is Key Tool in Keeping Schools Open During Public Health Emergencies

Friday, January 12, 2024, By News Staff

Wastewater surveillance is a potent tool in understanding COVID-19 transmission within school settings, according to a groundbreaking study led by epidemiologist David Larsen, professor and chair of public health in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. The research…

Campus & Community

Facilitators, Participants Sought for English Conversation Partners Program

Friday, January 12, 2024, By Diane Stirling

International students and other non-native speakers of American English can practice speaking and gain fluency and a better understanding of the language through the Graduate School’s English Conversation Partners program. The concept is simple: through informal, one-to-one conversations about any…