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Media, Law & Policy

After Tragedy, Newhouse Grad Rediscovers Her Voice Through Podcasting

Wednesday, July 30, 2025, By Chris Velardi

When Erika Mahoney ’12 graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, she had no idea that her journalism training would one day help her navigate the most devastating chapter of her own life. Today, the former National Public…

Arts & Culture

How New Words Enter Our Language: A Linguistics Expert Explains

Friday, July 25, 2025, By Jen Plummer

From “yeet” to “social distancing,” new words and phrases constantly emerge and evolve in American English. But how do these neologisms—newly coined terms—gain acceptance and become part of mainstream dialect? We interviewed Christopher Green, associate professor of linguistics in the…

Health & Society

The Racket About Padel: Newhouse Students Partner With Global Media Firm to Track Rise of Sport

Friday, July 11, 2025, By Genaro Armas

Why all the racket about Padel? Students and faculty in the Newhouse School of Public Communications collaborated with a global communications consulting firm to release a report about the emerging sport’s rapid rise in popularity. The report, “Celebrities, Community, Content,…

Media, Law & Policy

First-Year Law Student to First-Year Dean: Lau Combines Law and Business to Continue College of Law’s Upward Trajectory

Thursday, June 26, 2025, By Caroline K. Reff

Three decades ago, Terence J. Lau L’98 walked the corridors as an eager student in the College of Law, then located in White Hall. He knew he had been given a rare chance—and a full scholarship—to be a part of…

Campus & Community

Pamela Heintz Leaves a Lasting Legacy at the University’s Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service

Thursday, May 1, 2025, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Pamela Kirwin Heintz ’91, G’08 came to Syracuse University to finish the bachelor’s degree she began decades earlier at Smith College. Little did she know the journey she was about to undertake would foster her engagement with thousands of undergraduate…

Campus & Community

Doctoral Students Earn Summer Funding to Support Dissertation Completion

Thursday, April 24, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Summer Funding Competition provides dissertation fellowships to late-stage doctoral students to facilitate progress to degree and dissertation completion. The $4,500 awards are given annually by the Graduate School. This year’s recipients are: Jeffrey Adams, English, College of Arts and…

Campus & Community

Kathy and Stan Walters Endowed Professor of Quantum Science Installed

Tuesday, April 22, 2025, By Sean Grogan

Alexander Maloney, an international leader in quantum information science, was formally installed April 14 as the inaugural Kathy and Stan Walters Endowed Professor of Quantum Science at the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Maloney joined Syracuse University in 2024….

Campus & Community

Patrick J. Ahearn Named School of Architecture Convocation Speaker

Wednesday, April 9, 2025, By Julie Sharkey

The School of Architecture has announced that Patrick J. Ahearn FAIA ’73, G’73, one of America’s most celebrated classical architects, will address graduates at the 2025 Convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 10, at 10 a.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Ahearn serves…

Veterans

Rooted in Service: From Army Lawyer to Student Advocate

Friday, April 4, 2025, By Charlie Poag

After years of legal service in the U.S. Army, Jaime Jacobson G’25 is continuing her commitment to public service through academia. Jacobson is currently a pursuing a master’s degree in higher education in the School of Education and draws a…

STEM

How ECS Alumna Carey Smith G’91 Became a Transformative Leader

Friday, April 4, 2025, By Alex Dunbar

Even when she was just starting out, Carey Smith G’91 knew management was the direction she wanted to take her career. Like many promising young engineers, she wanted to work at IBM and took a position as a systems engineer…