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Health & Society

Weissman Scholarship Recipient April Lopez Shares Late Professor’s Vision of Food Justice

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Matt Michael

April Lopez says she was drawn to Syracuse University’s food studies master’s program because of its vision of food justice. That vision was shaped in large part by Syracuse Professor Evan Weissman, a tireless advocate for equity in the food…

Campus & Community

First-Year Seminar Rounds Out Its Leadership as It Continues to Build on Course Engagement

Friday, April 21, 2023, By News Staff

The First-Year Seminar (FYS) 101 welcomes new leadership this year as it builds upon a strong foundation, while expanding and strengthening its engagement and experiences for new students. The team will welcome Shannon Hitchcock Schantz G’21, who will begin her…

Media, Law & Policy

Screenwriter and Faculty Member Keith Giglio to Recount Navigating Cancer Diagnoses and Hollywood at Impact Symposium

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Madelyn Geyer

The idea behind Keith Giglio’s presentation at the Spring Newhouse Impact Symposium came to the associate professor while he was lying in a gurney at Upstate University Hospital. A screenwriter who teaches in the television, radio and film program, Giglio…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Provides Update on Benefits, Sustainability at Final University Senate Meeting of the Academic Year

Thursday, April 20, 2023, By News Staff

First, I just want to say something off script, which is that we just did something that was a formality, but it’s an important formality for some of the people newer to shared governance to call attention to. The Senate…

Campus & Community

‘Voices Off, Hands Up!’ Popular American Sign Language Program Expands With New 200-Level Courses

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, By Martin Walls

When professor Corrine Occhino took the helm of the School of Education’s American Sign Language (ASL) program in fall 2021, three sections of ASL 101 and one section of ASL 102 were offered. Since then, ASL has been added to…

Veterans

Khloe Gage ’25 Named University’s Newest Lyons Scholar

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, By Charlie Poag

Established in 1986, the Month of the Military Child is observed each April to honor and celebrate the children of service members from all branches of the Department of Defense. Khloe Gage ’25, a military-connected student studying economics in the…

Campus & Community

Raising Awareness to End Caste Discrimination

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

In 2015, a group of civil rights activists from India marched across 16 cities in North America to raise awareness about an issue many Americans may not be familiar with – caste discrimination. Originating in ancient India, caste is a…

Campus & Community

Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium Examines Causes, Outcomes of Racial Wealth Gap

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Across hundreds of years, American society and institutions have contributed in numerous ways to creating a racial wealth gap that continues to have negative impacts throughout society. That was the outgrowth of scholarship presented by more than 40 University faculty,…

Campus & Community

Through Public Health, University Scholar Kiersten Edwards Finds Path to Improving Lives of Others

Monday, April 17, 2023, By Matt Michael

Kiersten Edwards was 8 years old when her older brother, Daniel McPeck, left home to join the U.S. Marine Corps. And as Edwards grew older, she spent a lot of time away from home competing for the U.S. Snowboard Team….

Arts & Culture

Architecture Students Named to Future100 List in Metropolis Magazine

Friday, April 14, 2023, By Julie Sharkey

Chenhao Luo ’23 and Angelina Yihan Zhang ’23—both fifth-year bachelor of architecture degree students in the School of Architecture—have been selected for Metropolis magazine’s Future100, an elite group of architecture and interior architecture students from the United States and Canada….