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WellsLink Leadership Program Transforms Lives of First-Year Students of Color

Thursday, February 16, 2023, By John Boccacino

For the past 19 years, the WellsLink Leadership Program has transformed the lives of first-year students of color on the Syracuse University campus through peer mentoring and structured academic, social and cultural enrichment activities. Through this nationally recognized program, which…

Arts & Culture

Professor Romita Ray Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grant to Support Artist Rina Banerjee’s Exhibition and Residency at Syracuse

Wednesday, February 15, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

While the world comes to terms with the profound impact of a global pandemic, it simultaneously continues to grapple with race, migration and climate change. Romita Ray, associate professor in the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH) in the College…

Campus & Community

Savion Pollard ’25 Steps Outside Comfort Zone to Inspire Fellow Student Veterans

Tuesday, February 14, 2023, By John Boccacino

The spotlight is not something Savion Pollard ’25 seeks out. Quite the opposite. Pollard prefers an evening relaxing on the couch with his wife, Enesa, to a night on the town. But when U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer’s office invited…

Campus & Community

In Memoriam: Life Trustee Samuel V. Goekjian ’52

Wednesday, February 1, 2023, By Eileen Korey

Samuel V. Goekjian ’52 built his first “home” on American soil at Syracuse University and he never left his alma mater behind, even though he built an extraordinary career in international law and finance that spanned the globe. After graduating…

Campus & Community

Mellon Foundation Recognizes Syracuse Black/Arab Racial Justice Research Project

Monday, January 30, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Two faculty members of The College of Arts and Sciences are the recipients of an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for research on race and racialization, social justice and community engagement. Associate Professors Carol Fadda and Dana Olwan’s project “Black-Arab…

Campus & Community

School of Architecture Announces Spring 2023 Visiting Critics

Friday, January 27, 2023, By Julie Sharkey

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the School of Architecture’s visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Four studios will be held on campus this spring with the following Visiting…

Veterans

Military-Connected Students Attend 15th Annual Student Veterans of America National Conference

Thursday, January 26, 2023, By Charlie Poag

A group of 14 military-connected students were in Florida earlier this month at the Walt Disney World Resort to attend the Student Veterans of America 15th Annual National Conference (NATCON). Additionally, eight staff members from the Office of Veteran and…

Campus & Community

Fulfilling a Lifelong Dream During a Time of War

Wednesday, January 25, 2023, By John Boccacino

The bomb that exploded outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, in the early morning hours of Feb. 24, 2022, abruptly ended Alina Ovcharenko’s slumber. But even before that moment, her sleep was anything but sound that night. Rumors of an impending war…

Campus & Community

2022-23 Syracuse Symposium Addresses Timely Topics With Diverse Slate of Programming

Wednesday, January 25, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Reparations for slavery. Environmental justice. Reproductive justice. Students, faculty, staff and the general public are invited to engage with these urgent topics and more throughout the spring semester thanks to the Syracuse University Humanities Center’s Syracuse Symposium. The lineup of…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Faculty Member Honored With Best of Design Award

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, By Julie Sharkey

The Architect’s Newspaper (AN) recently announced the winners of its 10th annual Best of Design Awards, a unique project-based awards program that showcases great buildings, unbuilt proposals, interiors and installations. Iman Fayyad, assistant professor in the School of Architecture, won…