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Campus & Community

Advancing DEIA: Welcoming InclusiveU Students to First Year Seminar 101

Friday, October 27, 2023, By Jen Plummer

First Year Seminar 101 (FYS 101) is a one-credit course required by the University for all first-year and transfer undergraduates, covering such topics as belonging, interdependence, health and wellness, identity, socialization, prejudice, discrimination, bias and stereotype. InclusiveU, an initiative of…

Campus & Community

Film Favorites for Your Halloween Movie Night

Friday, October 27, 2023, By Christine Grabowski

Looking for a good scary movie to watch this Halloween? Get your popcorn and candy ready for these recommendations by some of our faculty experts who weighed in on their scariest favorites. Roger Hallas “I am particularly partial to artsy…

Campus & Community

Celebrating Native Heritage Month 2023

Thursday, October 26, 2023, By News Staff

Each November, Multicultural Affairs’ Native Student Program, leads the celebration of Native Heritage Month alongside students, faculty and staff. With more than 574 federally recognized Indigenous nations within the United States, each hosting their own distinct traditions, languages and customs,…

Media, Law & Policy

University Leaders Launch AI Academic Alliance, Convene AI Symposium in Washington

Thursday, October 26, 2023, By Genaro Armas

Two Syracuse University institutes are welcoming researchers, academic leaders, policymakers and journalists for discussions in Washington, D.C., about innovations, vulnerabilities and the future of artificial intelligence. The two-day AI Policy Symposium that begins today in the nation’s capital is organized…

Media Tip Sheets

UAW Strike Expands – Labor Relations Professor Weighs In

Monday, October 23, 2023, By Daryl Lovell

On October 23, United Auto Workers leaders announced the union would expand its weeks-long strike, calling out nearly 7,000 additional workers at Stellantis’ Sterling Heights Assembly Plant. It is the automaker’s largest plant. Lynne Vincent is an assistant professor of…

Syracuse University Impact

Promoting Access to Equitable Health Care for Refugees in Central New York

Monday, October 23, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Resettled refugees, also called new Americans, encounter myriad challenges from being displaced, ranging from financial stress to difficulties finding employment to lack of access to resources. These hurdles are magnified for new Americans who, in addition to possibly learning a…

Business & Economy

Ben Ford ’23 Accepted Into Techstars Silicon Valley Program

Monday, October 23, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Ben Ford ’23, founder of Fundwurx and an alumnus of both the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the School of Information Studies, was accepted into the elite and highly competitive Techstars Oakland Powered by J.P. Morgan program. Ford was…

Campus & Community

Maxwell’s Yilin Hou Honored With 2023 Aaron Wildavsky Award for Lifetime Achievement

Monday, October 23, 2023, By News Staff

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumnus and Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Yilin Hou has been selected as the winner of the 2023 Aaron Wildavsky Award, a lifetime achievement award named in honor of a pioneering…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School Mourns the Loss of Pioneering Media Executive Edward Bleier ’51

Monday, October 23, 2023, By Genaro Armas

Edward Bleier ’51, the innovative media executive who helped support the study of television and pop culture on the Syracuse University campus, died Tuesday, according to his wife, Magda Bleier. He was 94 years old. Bleier was a pioneer in…

STEM

ECS Professor Farzana Rahman Awarded TACNY’s College Educator of the Year

Friday, October 20, 2023, By Alex Dunbar

Farzana Rahman, an associate teaching professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), was honored by the Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY) as the organization’s College Educator of the Year…