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Business & Economy

Whitman School MBA Team Wins $50,000 First-Place Prize in Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Competition

Tuesday, December 19, 2023, By Dawn McWilliams

A team of Whitman School of Management students took first place over more than 500 teams from universities across the nation in the Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Competition, held at the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in November. Whitman’s…

Media, Law & Policy

Shubha Ghosh Receives 2023-24 Wikimedia Race and Knowledge Equity Fellowship

Tuesday, December 19, 2023, By Robert Conrad

Shubha Ghosh, Crandall Melvin Professor of Law and director of the Syracuse Intellectual Property Law Institute, has been awarded a 2023-24 Wikimedia Race and Knowledge Equity (WRKE) Fellowship. The WRKE Fellowship Program is a one-year fellowship designed to explore the…

Media, Law & Policy

Stress Less: Newhouse Student’s Mindfulness Book for Teens Is Rooted in Family Ties

Tuesday, December 19, 2023, By Genaro Armas

The idea for a new book about mindfulness by Adam Avin ’26, a sophomore in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, is rooted in the days he spent with his great grandparents growing up in Florida. “Stress Less: Mindfulness for…

Campus & Community

Talithia Williams to Serve as Featured Speaker for 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Tuesday, December 19, 2023, By Dara Harper

Talithia Williams, Ph.D., big data expert, math professor and host of “NOVA Wonders,” will serve as featured speaker at the 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 21, in the JMA Wireless Dome. This year’s…

Health & Society

Vibes Off This Holiday Season? Falk Professor and Social Worker Tracey Marchese Has Self-Care Tips

Monday, December 18, 2023, By Jen Plummer

From sentimental Amazon ads on TV to your neighbor’s perfect holiday landscape to an endless stream of social media posts depicting a Hallmark-esque experience, we are often bombarded with messages depicting the “ideal” holiday season that don’t always match up…

Veterans

University Civilian Champions Wall of Honor Receives 3 New Additions

Monday, December 18, 2023, By Charlie Poag

Syracuse University has made significant accomplishments in providing access to higher education for veterans and military family members since the days of World War I. While the overall impact of those efforts is immeasurable, they did pave the way for…

Business & Economy

2023 Student Entrepreneur Impact Prize Winners Announced

Monday, December 18, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) announced winners of the 2023 Impact Prize competition for social entrepreneurship held last month at Bird Library. Twenty-two student teams from Syracuse and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) pitched ideas for…

Campus & Community

Give Back in 2024: Volunteer to Be a Book Buddy

Monday, December 18, 2023, By News Staff

Early literacy is paramount to a child’s future success, but recent research [PDF] from The Education Trust-New York shows the state is facing a “literacy crisis that has the potential to limit the future success of students, families, schools and…

Campus & Community

Lender Center D.C. Conversation Expands Partnerships, Ideas to Reduce Racial Wealth Gap

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Economic experts, federal policymakers and human services administrators joined researchers from Syracuse University and other academic institutions recently in Washington, D.C., to examine factors that contribute to a growing racial wealth gap in America. They also looked at how academic…

Campus & Community

Kessler Scholars Program Champions First-Generation Students

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Kessler Scholars Program supports transforming the undergraduate experience for first-generation college students through a powerful network of first-generation leaders, connected across multiple institutions throughout their college experience and beyond. Carlota Deseda-Coon, Intercultural Collective Kessler Scholars Program director,…