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Faculty, Students, City and Community Advocates Form Unique Accessibility Collaboration

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, By Diane Stirling

In disability advocacy circles, the City of Syracuse has gained a national reputation as one of the most progressive cities in the U.S. for incorporating the ideas and feedback of users with disabilities when creating new handicapped-accessible spaces, according to…

Campus & Community

Call for Applications: Lender Center for Social Justice Faculty Fellowship

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, By Diane Stirling

All Syracuse University faculty with an interest in social justice are encouraged to apply for the Lender Center for Social Justice 2025-27 Faculty Fellowship. This is the seventh year the Lender Center has awarded the two-year fellowship for research focused…

Campus & Community

In Memoriam: Life Trustee Tarky J. Lombardi Jr. ’51, L’54, H’87

Monday, January 13, 2025, By Eileen Korey

Longtime Board of Trustees member and dedicated University supporter Tarky J. Lombardi Jr. ’51, L’54, H’87 passed away peacefully on Nov. 24, 2024. Referred to simply as “Tarky” by all those who knew him in the Orange community and around…

Campus & Community

LaunchPad Awards Student Start-Up Fund Grant Spring 2025

Friday, January 10, 2025, By Cristina Hatem

The Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University Libraries has awarded one $2,500 Student Start-Up Fund grant, formerly the Innovation Fund, for the Spring 2025 semester. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis to undergraduate and graduate students who need help moving…

Campus & Community

Romano’s Book Named By The Economist as One of Best of 2024

Friday, January 10, 2025, By News Staff

A book authored by Dennis Romano, professor emeritus of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been recognized as one of The Economist’s best books of 2024. The Economist described “Venice: The Remarkable History of the…

Arts & Culture

Art Museum Spring Exhibitions Feature Works Curated by Faculty

Thursday, January 9, 2025, By Diane Stirling

Two spring-semester exhibitions at the Syracuse University Art Museum will feature works curated by three faculty members. “Faculty Fellows Curate” features the work of 2024-25 Syracuse University Art Museum Faculty Fellows Lyndsay Michalik Gratch, associate professor of communication and rhetorical…

Campus & Community

University Monitoring Winter Weather and Travel Conditions for Thursday, Jan. 9

Thursday, January 9, 2025, By News Staff

Syracuse University is monitoring weather conditions pertaining to the Winter Weather Advisory currently in effect. This effort includes reviewing the most up-to-date National Weather Service data and forecasting, and consulting with an independent meteorologist about what to expect. Based on…

Campus & Community

Spring 2025 Special Collections Research Center Exhibition: ‘The Making of the Medieval Book’

Tuesday, January 7, 2025, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center’s (SCRC) Spring 2025 exhibition, “The Making of the Medieval Book,” opens Monday, Jan. 27 on the 6th floor of Bird Library. Curated by Irina Savinetskaya, curator of early to pre-20th century, the exhibition…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Professor Peter Koveos Remembered

Saturday, December 28, 2024, By Dawn McWilliams

Peter Koveos, professor of finance and Kiebach Chair in International Business in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, passed away on Dec. 20, 2024. He was 78. Koveos was born in Athens, Greece. At the age of 17, he…

Campus & Community

2 VPA Faculty, 3 Arts Organizations Awarded NYSCA Grants

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, By Diane Stirling

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) grants have been awarded to two faculty members and three arts organizations at Syracuse University. College of Visual and Performing Arts faculty members Kathleen Wrinn, assistant professor of musical theatre, and Soudabeh…