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Research Administrator from University of Ghana visits Syracuse and Upstate Medical University

Wednesday, February 9, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Danial Nana Yaw Abankwah is visiting Syracuse University and Upstate Medical University as an IREX University Administration Support Program (UASP) Fellow. He will be on campus Feb. 7-25.  The Office of Research is hosting a virtual introduction with Abankway on…

Campus & Community

Celebrating #OrangeLove This Valentine’s Day

Tuesday, February 8, 2022, By John Boccacino

Weddings celebrate the love a couple feels for each other, a pledge to be loyal and faithful, in sickness and in health, until death do them part. Weddings are full of time-honored traditions. A common one is the best man’s…

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Arts and Sciences Remembers Longtime Physics Professor Kameshwar C. Wali

Tuesday, February 8, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) mourns the loss of Kameshwar C. Wali, Steele Professor Emeritus of Physics, who passed away Jan. 14 at the age of 94. An eminent theoretical physicist, Wali was internationally recognized for his research…

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College of Law Professor Featured on ‘Frontline’ Episode Exploring Unsolved Murder of 1960s Civil Rights Leader

Monday, February 7, 2022, By Robert Conrad

College of Law Professor Paula Johnson will appear on an episode of “Frontline” entitled “American Reckoning” on Feb. 15 at 10 p.m. EDT on PBS and YouTube. The episode examines the unsolved 1960s bombing murder of NAACP and civil rights…

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Campus Invited to Explore Resources in Honor of Black History Month

Thursday, February 3, 2022, By News Staff

As a way of celebrating Black History Month, the campus community is invited to explore a list of resources developed by faculty, staff, students and administrators to provide a window into the Black experience. Black History Month, originally known as…

Campus & Community

Women in Leadership Initiative Invites Campus Community to ‘A Conversation With Provost Ritter’

Thursday, February 3, 2022, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Women in Leadership Initiative welcomes the campus community to “A Conversation With Provost Ritter,” to be held on Feb. 17. The conversation will take place from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. via Zoom. Guests will gain insight from Provost…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Student Wins 2021 SOM Foundation’s Wesley Award

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By Julie Sharkey

Xiluva Mbungela ’24 (B.Arch.), a third-year student in the School of Architecture, has been named a recipient of the 2021 Robert L. Wesley Award from the SOM Foundation. Named in honor of the first Black partner at SOM, the award…

Arts & Culture

‘Someone Falls Overboard’: University Professor Stephen Kuusisto Co-Authors Book of Pandemic Poetry

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By Jen Plummer

Setting the scene … It’s spring of 2020. The world has been shut down for a period of weeks or months (you stopped keeping track at some point). You are living with a disability—perhaps you’re blind or you have a…

Health & Society

Exercise Science Majors Hit the Ground Running, Prepare for Careers in Physical Therapy

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By Valerie Pietra

Future physical therapists Julia Geronimo ’24 and Ally Krevolin ’23 are jumpstarting their careers with a foundation in exercise science. As exercise science majors, they each complete over 270 hours of internships and field placements, such as shadowing, observation and…

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A Space to Celebrate the Global African Experience

Tuesday, February 1, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

The rich history of global African scholarship at Syracuse University dates back to the 1960s. During the height of the civil rights movement, Syracuse became home to a vibrant African studies program with professors teaching courses on global African history….