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Libraries Shares Recommended Reading and Resources for LGBTQ History Month

Friday, October 13, 2023, By News Staff

LGBTQ History Month was created in 1994 by Rodney Wilson, a Missouri high school history teacher. In 1995, the General Assembly of the National Education Association passed a resolution that stated a list of commemorative months, which included LGBTQ History…

Media, Law & Policy

Public Voices Fellowship Supports Maxwell Professor’s AI Research

Friday, October 13, 2023, By News Staff

Baobao Zhang, assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received the 2023-24 Public Voices Fellowship on Technology in the Public Interest to explore attitudes and policy related to artificial intelligence (AI) technology….

Campus & Community

Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery and Endowment Dedicated at Light Work

Friday, October 13, 2023, By News Staff

Watson Auditorium was the site of last month’s dedication ceremony for the Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery and endowment fund at Light Work, named for the longtime former executive director. Hoone, an award-winning artist, retired in 2021 after more than 40…

Campus & Community

College of Professional Studies Announces Bachelor of Professional Studies in Interdisciplinary Studies

Thursday, October 12, 2023, By Hope Alvarez

The College of Professional Studies at Syracuse University announces its most flexible degree program, a bachelor of professional studies (B.P.S.) in interdisciplinary studies. The fully online B.P.S. in interdisciplinary studies is designed to combine knowledge and perspectives from multiple disciplines,…

STEM

5 NSF Grants Fund Syracuse University Researchers’ Work With Cosmic Explorer

Thursday, October 12, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Billions of years ago in a distant galaxy, two black holes collided sparking one of the universe’s most extreme cosmic events. The occurrence was so powerful that it bent the fabric of spacetime, sending out ripples called gravitational waves. These…

STEM

The BioInspired Institute’s Growth Helps Fuel Student and Faculty Research (Podcast)

Thursday, October 12, 2023, By John Boccacino

Syracuse University takes great pride in its R1 designation as a world-class leader in research according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. One of the visible examples of how the University is leading the way in research…

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…

Media Tip Sheets

Syracuse University Experts on War between Israel and Hamas

Monday, October 9, 2023, By Ellen Mbuqe

Reporters looking for experts to help offer insight on the war in Israel, please see these Syracuse University experts. To arrange an interview with any of the professors listed, please contact Ellen James Mbuqe, media relations executive director ejmbuqe@syr.edu or…