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Campus & Community

Social Work STARs Ethan Smith and Alexander Nelson Make Impact at Local Teen Center

Wednesday, June 8, 2022, By Matt Michael

Near the end of each school year, the junior high and high school students who hang out at The CanTeen in Cicero, New York, select one adult volunteer for its STAR Award. But this year, the students had trouble picking…

Health & Society

Social Work Student Bre’Yona Montalvo Receives First Sunflower Scholarship

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, By Matt Michael

At her high school in Harlem, Bre’Yona Montalvo was the kind of classmate who always made time to listen. “Being in discussions in class and with friends, I was helping others without intentionally planning to help them,” says Montalvo, who…

Media, Law & Policy

Rockell Brown Burton Joins Newhouse School as Associate Dean of Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility

Monday, May 23, 2022, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Rockell Brown Burton, an experienced academic leader and accomplished researcher with a passion for cultivating impactful, mutually beneficial relationships, has been named associate dean of inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility at the Newhouse School. After a national search, she was…

Campus & Community

Sociologist Shannon Monnat to Lead Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research

Monday, May 16, 2022, By Jessica Youngman

A demographer and sociologist whose work focuses on population health will serve as the next director of the Center for Policy Research (CPR), the oldest interdisciplinary social science research program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Shannon…

Campus & Community

Get to Know Chief Craig Stone: 5 Questions With the New Associate Vice President and Chief of Campus Safety and Emergency Management Services

Thursday, May 12, 2022, By Christine Grabowski

Craig Stone was named associate vice president and chief of Campus Safety and Emergency Management Services just last month. As Chief Stone begins his time with the University, we asked him a few questions to help the campus community get…

STEM

Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Professor’s Research Team Receives Multiple Awards at Society for Biomaterials Conference

Monday, May 9, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

Biomedical and chemical engineering Professor Mary Beth Monroe attended the Society for Biomaterials (SFB) 2022 meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, with Ph.D. students Anand Vakil, Henry Beaman, Changling Du and Maryam Ramezani, master’s student Natalie Petryk ’21, G’22 and undergraduate students Caitlyn…

U.S. News & World Report

“The History of Your Social Security Payments”

Monday, May 2, 2022, By Lily Datz

Eric Kingson, professor of social work in the Falk College, was quoted in the U.S. News & World Report article “The History of Your Social Security Payments.” Kingson, who studies Social Security extensively, discussed how the system benefits not only…

Campus & Community

Gretchen Purser Appointed Co-Director of Lender Center for Social Justice

Monday, April 18, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Provost Gretchen Ritter announced today that Gretchen W. Purser, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has been appointed co-director of the Lender Center for Social Justice. To fulfill their enduring mission to develop…

Campus & Community

Women’s Club Table Tennis Team Puts Up a Fight at National Collegiate Table Tennis Association Championships

Thursday, April 14, 2022, By News Staff

On April 8, led by Team Captain Rachel Yang ’23 and Club President Xinyue Mao ’22, the University’s women’s table tennis team showed up to the Round Rock Sports Center, marking the first time the club team has ever participated…

Campus & Community

Social Differences, Social Justice Cluster Hosts Inaugural Research Symposium

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, By News Staff

On March 31, the Social Differences, Social Justice research cluster hosted its inaugural symposium, crossing interdisciplinary boundaries to showcase student and faculty research related to equity, social justice and global transformation. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Humanities…