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Record Five Syracuse University Students Selected for Prestigious 2024 Goldwater Scholarship

Wednesday, April 3, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Five Syracuse University students have been selected for the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship, the preeminent undergraduate scholarship awarded in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics in the U.S. This is the first time Syracuse has had five students selected for the…

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…

Syracuse University Impact

InclusiveU Program Celebrates 10 Years of Offering a Fully Inclusive College Experience to Students

Tuesday, April 2, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

For the past 10 years, InclusiveU in Syracuse University’s School of Education (SOE) has given students with intellectual and developmental disabilities a college experience in a fully inclusive setting. On Thursday, April 4, family, friends and supporters of the program…

Campus & Community

2024 Syracuse University Scholars Announced

Tuesday, April 2, 2024, By News Staff

Twelve seniors have been named as the 2024 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor the University bestows. The Syracuse University Scholars Selection Committee, a Universitywide faculty committee, selected the scholars using criteria that included coursework and academic achievement, independent…

STEM

Spring 2024 Engineering and Computer Science Research Day Winners Announced

Monday, April 1, 2024, By Alex Dunbar

Master’s and doctoral students from across the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) presented their research during the 2024 ECS Research Day, held at the National Veterans Resource Center. From fundamental studies to prototype development, a total of 113…

Arts & Culture

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera to Kick Off ‘Cruel April’ Poetry Series

Monday, April 1, 2024, By Diane Stirling

As a “natural wonderer, dreamer, traveler… mega listener…and only child,” poet Juan Felipe Herrera grew up in California’s San Joaquín and Salinas Valleys “listening to everything and everyone,” he says, and those habits led him “to the magical lands of…

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

Where to Watch on April 8: Total Solar Eclipse Events Planned on the Syracuse University Campus

Friday, March 29, 2024, By John Boccacino

It’s been nearly 100 years since the Central New York region experienced a total solar eclipse, but on Monday, April 8, Syracuse University will find itself situated along the path of totality for this once-in-a-lifetime event. Beginning at 3:23 p.m.,…

Campus & Community

Working on the Hill ‘Deeply Fulfilling’ for Miranda Peterson G’23

Friday, March 29, 2024, By Jessica Youngman

As a policy advisor for U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., Miranda Peterson G’23, an alumna of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, provides analysis and recommendations on top issues like energy, the environment and disaster preparedness. “You never…

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…