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Falk Students Launch Pen Pal Program With Senior Citizens

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Michele Barrett

Social Workers United, a graduate student organization in Falk College’s School of Social Work, recently introduced its members to a pen pal program with senior citizens. Many social work students engage with the elderly during field placements and volunteer activities…

Campus & Community

Six Syracuse University Students Receive Prestigious Critical Language Scholarship

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Six Syracuse University students have been selected as recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship, through which they will immerse themselves in intensive language study this summer. Additionally, three students were named as alternates. The recipients and the languages they will…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Receives Record-Setting Number of First-Year Applications

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, By Shannon Andre

Syracuse University has once again experienced a record-setting year for first-year applications with a total of 39,342 as of March 8. This represents a 24 percent increase from last year. The significant growth in applications follows an entirely virtual recruitment…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Professor Featured in MoMA Exhibition

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Sekou Cooke, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture who has gained widespread recognition for his investigations into the emergent field of Hip-Hop Architecture, is one of 10 architects, designers and artists chosen to exhibit a newly commissioned work…

STEM

Giving Back to Honor a Great Mentor

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Peter Robison G’78 (Ph.D.) remembers joining professor emeritus of biology Richard Levy’s lab in 1974 during a particularly tumultuous time in our nation’s history. Richard Nixon had resigned from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal and students were feeling…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Abroad Florence Longtime Professor Richard Ingersoll Remembered

Monday, March 15, 2021, By News Staff

Richard Ingersoll, a longtime professor of art and architecture in Syracuse Abroad Florence, died on Feb. 27 in Spain. A native of San Francisco, Ingersoll earned a doctorate in architectural history at the University of California, Berkeley in 1985 with…

Campus & Community

Passover and Easter Services Available on Campus for Students

Monday, March 15, 2021, By News Staff

As Jewish and Christian students at Syracuse University and beyond prepare for Passover and Easter, there are numerous on-campus opportunities for worship and community being offered by chaplains and associated religious groups of Hendricks Chapel from March 27 to April…

Arts & Culture

Florence Art Program Alum Discusses Her Passion for Jewelry on PBS Program

Sunday, March 14, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Alumna Laura Marsolek ’13, G’17 was recently featured on an episode of the PBS series “Postcards,” a Minnesota-based public television show featuring the art, history and cultural heritage of western Minnesota. Marsolek, a native of Ortonville, Minnesota, is a metalsmith,…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Abroad Announces New Financial Aid Awards for 2021-22 Programs

Sunday, March 14, 2021, By Ashley Barletta

Syracuse Abroad has announced the addition of $1.4 million in scholarship and grant funding. This funding is aligned with the University’s commitment to the importance of international education and the goal of making study abroad a more accessible opportunity for…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries to Adopt Quartex for Its Digital Collections

Sunday, March 14, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries recently selected Quartex as its new platform for in-house digital collections. Quartex, designed by Adam Matthew Digital, is a flexible and responsive hosted digital asset management platform with extensive front-end capabilities that enables organizations to showcase, share…