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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

Latine Heritage Month in Photos

Thursday, October 19, 2023, By News Staff

From Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, the campus community came together to celebrate Latine Heritage Month through a series of performances, networking, sporting events and more. Hosted by Multicultural Affairs, students, faculty and staff participated in opportunities to learn about…

Campus & Community

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Selects 2 Staff Members for Administrative Fellowship

Tuesday, October 17, 2023, By Christine Grabowski

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) has announced that Jorge A. Castillo and Amy Messersmith have been awarded the ODI Administrative Fellowship. Earlier this year, ODI invited staff members to apply for the fellowship in an effort to further…

Campus & Community

Grants from the Engaged Humanities Network Support 11 Community-Oriented Projects

Friday, October 13, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Sports teams that succeed are those that feature athletes who work well together and bring different skills to the field. Humanities scholarship is no different. When College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) Dean’s Professor of Community Engagement Brice Nordquist founded the Engaged…

STEM

A&S Paleoclimatologists Use Ancient Sediment to Explore Future Climate in Africa

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

In September, extreme rains struck South Africa’s Western Cape province, flooding villages and leaving a trail of destruction. The catastrophic devastation is just one recent example in a string of extreme weather events that are growing more common around the…

Health & Society

‘The First Scramble for Africa’: Maxwell Professor Unearths England’s First Outpost

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, By News Staff

Back in 2019, Syracuse University archaeologist Christopher DeCorse was part of a team that made an unexpected discovery during fieldwork in coastal Ghana. While excavating the ruins of the 17th-century Dutch Fort Amsterdam, the researchers from Syracuse, the University of…

Campus & Community

University’s Annual Remembrance Week Begins Oct. 15

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, By News Staff

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The 2023-24 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars have planned events and activities to remember the 270 people who lost their lives…

Business & Economy

Orange Tank Recognizes Whitman’s Entrepreneurial Success Through Alumni Support

Thursday, October 5, 2023, By News Staff

From a platform to connect athletes with marketing partnerships to a delicious sauce designed to introduce the flavors of the Middle East and Northern Africa, the business ventures presented at the ninth annual Orange Tank pitch competition showcased the true…

Health & Society

HDFS Student Transforms Passion for Working With Children Into Career Path

Wednesday, October 4, 2023, By Matt Michael

Kingston, Jamaica, and Syracuse, New York, are about 1,700 miles apart, and it’s not easy getting from one place to the other. For Raven Campbell ’24, who grew up in Jamaica and moved to the United States when she was…

Campus & Community

Christine Stallmann Named University’s Chief Compliance Officer

Thursday, September 28, 2023, By Jennifer DeMarchi

Christine Stallmann has been named the University’s chief compliance officer. The position, which will report directly to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brett Padgett in the Division of Business, Finance and Administrative Services, is a key component of…