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Women in Leadership Initiative Recognizes 48 Rising Leaders From 2 Successful Cohort Experiences

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, By News Staff

Forty-eight emerging leaders from across Syracuse University were honored on April 12 as the Women in Leadership (WiL) initiative celebrated its two cohorts for the 2023-24 academic year. The cohorts were the second and third to complete the experience, which…

Campus & Community

How to Combat Finals Week Stress

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, By Christine Grabowski

Are you feeling stressed or overwhelmed? With the last day of classes just under a week away, on Monday, April 29, and during Stress Awareness Month, now is the time to remind yourself what stress looks like for you personally,…

Campus & Community

Libraries’ Earth Day Events Highlight Plastic Collection Materials

Friday, April 19, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Plastics. They’re lightweight, durable, flexible, inexpensive. They’re moldable, extrudable, pressable. They’re colored and clear; they’re dinnerware, jewelry, vinyl siding, military supplies, toys and thousands more things. In the early half of the 20th century, the availability of polymers and fossil…

Campus & Community

Campus Dining and Stores to Become Fully Cashless in Fall 2024

Thursday, April 18, 2024, By Abby Haessig

Beginning at the start of the Fall 2024 semester, all Syracuse University Campus Dining and Campus Store locations will operate on a fully cashless basis, joining many other campus departments, including the JMA Wireless Dome and Parking and Transportation Services….

Health & Society

Racial Wealth Gap Research Presented at MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Event

Wednesday, April 3, 2024, By Diane Stirling

The U.S. racial wealth gap was the focus of a symposium hosted by the Lender Center for Social Justice last week. “Interrogating the Racial Wealth Gap: Thinking Locally,” featured presentations by five faculty teams whose research is supported by 2023…

STEM

‘A Beautiful, Once-In-a-Lifetime Event’: The Total Solar Eclipse on April 8

Friday, March 29, 2024, By John Boccacino

Walter Freeman’s “Introduction to Astronomy” classes always end the same way they began, with Freeman advising his students that, ultimately, “we look at the stars because they are pretty and they illuminate who we are as humanity.” That humanity will…

Campus & Community

Libraries Launches New Digital Collections

Thursday, March 28, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries recently launched its new Digital Collections site at https://digitalcollections.syr.edu. This new online resource, available through the Libraries’ website under the “Collections” menu tab, is produced and curated by the Libraries’ Digital Stewardship team and primarily features distinctive…

STEM

Remembering Professor Emeritus of Physics Marvin Goldberg

Sunday, March 10, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Editor’s Note: The following article was contributed to by Goldberg’s colleagues, including Eric Schiff, Tomasz Skwarnicki and Edward Lipson. The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) mourns the passing of Marvin Goldberg G’65, professor emeritus of physics. Remembered for his…

Veterans

Veteran Eric Watson’s ’91 Journey From Marine Corps Aviator to Information Technology Manager

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, By Charlie Poag

Eric Watson ’91 wasn’t envisioning himself as a U.S. Marine Corps aviator when he first came to Syracuse University. The Washington D.C., native originally intended on studying computer science, but as is the case with many college students, Watson realized…

Veterans

Generosity of Soldiers Inspired Benetta Dousuah G’25 to Enlist in the Army

Monday, February 26, 2024, By Charlie Poag

U.S. Army veteran Benetta Dousuah G’25, currently a graduate student in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, vividly recalls her family’s escape from Liberia during the back-to-back civil wars that ravaged the nation between 1989 and 2003. Initially…