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Advocate and Friend: Falk College Remembers Professor Emeritus Alejandro Garcia

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, By News Staff

Alejandro Garcia, professor emeritus of social work in Falk College, died Nov. 17, 2023. He was 83. A professor of social work at Syracuse University since 1978, Garcia is known as an exceptionally generous and engaged colleague, teacher and scholar…

Campus & Community

How the Center for Online and Digital Learning Is Redefining Online Education

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, By Hope Alvarez

The Center for Online and Digital Learning at Syracuse University celebrated a new chapter of innovative online education at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 9. Founded in 2017 as a signature “One University” initiative within the College of Professional Studies,…

Campus & Community

Lender Center D.C. Conversation Expands Partnerships, Ideas to Reduce Racial Wealth Gap

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Economic experts, federal policymakers and human services administrators joined researchers from Syracuse University and other academic institutions recently in Washington, D.C., to examine factors that contribute to a growing racial wealth gap in America. They also looked at how academic…

Campus & Community

Kessler Scholars Program Champions First-Generation Students

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Kessler Scholars Program supports transforming the undergraduate experience for first-generation college students through a powerful network of first-generation leaders, connected across multiple institutions throughout their college experience and beyond. Carlota Deseda-Coon, Intercultural Collective Kessler Scholars Program director,…

Media Tip Sheets

Zelenskyy in DC: Experts Available for Interviews

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By Vanessa Marquette

Ukraine President Zelenskyy is visiting DC in hopes to secure funding for Ukraine. Two faculty experts below shared their thoughts on this issue. If you’d like to schedule an interview with either of them, please reach out to Vanessa Marquette,…

Campus & Community

College of Professional Studies Announces Municipal Government and Community College Employees Tuition Incentive Program

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By Hope Alvarez

The College of Professional Studies is pleased to announce a new tuition incentive program for municipal government and community college employees. The municipal government and community college employees tuition incentive program is open to any employee of a county, town,…

STEM

LaunchPad Announces 2023 ’Cuse Tank Winners

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) hosted its annual ’Cuse Tank entrepreneurial competition Nov. 3 during Family Weekend in Bird Library. More than 35 student entrepreneurs participated from various schools and colleges across campus in a “Shark-Tank” style business pitch…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Student Creates Film About the Plight of Women

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By Julie Sharkey

From a young age, Georgia Fernandes ’24, a fifth-year student from Kenya studying in the School of Architecture, has always wanted to tell stories. Fernandes’ desire to create something from scratch, much like architecture, led her to begin writing movie…

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Arts and Sciences Names Gwendolyn Pough Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

Monday, December 11, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Gwendolyn D. Pough, Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and professor of women’s and gender studies (WGS), has been named the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S’) associate dean of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA). In that role, she will…

Arts & Culture

VPA Design Professor Named ‘Educator to Watch’ by Graphic Design USA

Monday, December 11, 2023, By Erica Blust

Meri Page, an assistant professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, was named an “Educator to Watch” by Graphic Design USA (GDUSA). The GDUSA “Educators to Watch” series shines the spotlight on…