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Labor Expert Reacts to New Warehouse Worker Protection Act
This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act which will require major warehouse companies to give its new and current employees clear documentation about productivity work speed quotas and expectations. Gretchen Purser, associate professor of…
5 Faculty Awarded New York State Council on the Arts Grants
Five Syracuse University faculty members have won highly competitive awards from the New York State Council on the Arts—a record in the number of awards in a single year for Syracuse University in its 20 years of participation with the…
Biology Professor Reflects on 6 Decades at Syracuse University
Pursue your passion, and success and fulfillment will follow. This is a common aspiration for people when searching out a career, but also one that most would say is very difficult to attain. For Syracuse University biology Professor Thomas Fondy, he…
As New Leader Takes Helm, South Asia Center Receives $1.05M in Federal Grants
For more than three decades, sociologist Prema Kurien has explored the relationship between international migration, race, ethnicity and religion with a focus on migrants from India and other countries in South Asia. She is the author of three award-winning books…
For Social Work Students, Legislative Policy Day Is an Opportunity ‘Like No Other’
For the 23rd time, the School of Social Work at the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics hosted the James L. Stone Legislative Policy Day Oct. 28 at the Onondaga County Courthouse in downtown Syracuse. And for the 23rd…
Office of Veteran and Military Affairs Announces Recipients of Fall Scholarships
Seven military-connected students have been awarded scholarships by the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA). The recipients represent a broad and diverse community of military-affiliated students, from those who are currently serving to the children of those who have…
Capstone Thesis Prepares History Alumna for a Journalism Career
While finishing her bachelor’s degree in history, Amy McKeever researched Pulitzer and Nobel prize-winning writer Saul Bellow and the New York intellectual community for her capstone thesis. The assignment “was my first real exposure to an intense research project and…
Rev. Phil Turner to Highlight Local Community as Speaker for 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Reverend Phil Turner of Bethany Baptist Church in Syracuse will serve as featured speaker at the 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in the JMA Wireless Dome at Syracuse University. This year’s…
Humanities New York Action Grant Awarded for SU Art Museum Exhibition, Programming on Haudenosaunee Art and Culture
A $10,000 Humanities New York Action grant will be used to present the work of globally known Onondaga Nation ceramic artist Peter B. Jones to expand awareness of the Haudenosaunee people and culture through a new art exhibition at the…
A Gift to Create Agents of Change in Visual Storytelling
When Xin Liu was awarded an Alexia grant more than 30 years ago, it accelerated her career in ways she could not have imagined as a child growing up in China. Today, with her extraordinary $2 million gift to the…