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Faculty Needed to Serve as First Year Seminar Lead Instructors
One of the key factors in creating a sense of belonging among students is positive relationships with faculty. Research shows that students who feel a connection to their professors are more likely to view their institution as a welcoming place,…
Office of Academic and Career Advising Names Directors
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…
New Grant Allows Shaw Center’s Literacy Corps to Hire More Undergraduate Tutors
Up to 100 new community engagement service positions tutoring children and teens in Syracuse City School District and other area schools have been made possible by a new grant to the Shaw Center Syracuse University Literacy Corps program. The grant…
Maxwell Students Take Honors in Syracuse’s Inaugural Open Data Day
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,…
Facilitators, Participants Sought for English Conversation Partners Program
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…
Building Bridges to Inclusive Schools: 20 Years of Helping Educators Find Their ‘Teaching Voice’ in NYC
“Growth” and “perspective” are the top gains School of Education (SOE) alumni note when reflecting on a semester spent student teaching in New York City. While the Bridge to the City program is an accelerated immersive experience—two placements in the…
State Librarian Plans to Keep Fighting Censorship in Retirement
Sara Jones says she sometimes feels like she’s fighting an inferno with a spray bottle. As the Washington State Librarian, she is determined to stop censorship in libraries and says she plans to continue battling book suppression when she retires…
Center for Health Behavior Research and Innovation Unites Investigators Across Disciplines to Improve Health and Well-Being
The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is pleased to announce the opening of the Center for Health Behavior Research and Innovation (CHBRI). The center will promote and support innovative health behavior research, training and community outreach endeavors across disciplines…
Bedrock of Success: Female Earth and Environmental Sciences Scholars Carry on a Legacy of Mentorship
In the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES), women have served as leaders and mentors dating back to the early 1980s, a time when the field was predominantly comprised of men. The legacy of…
A&S Professor Wins Mentorship Award
Gwendolyn D. Pough, dean’s professor of the humanities and professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, is the latest recipient of the 2023 Ede Mentoring Award from the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric &…