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Campus & Community

One of Many: Making a Difference With the United Way (With Video)

Tuesday, October 24, 2023, By News Staff

Syracuse University is a longtime supporter of the United Way of Central New York. Please consider uniting with your colleagues and making a contribution to sustain the long-standing mission of the United Way. The United Way supports 72 specially funded…

Media, Law & Policy

Extraordinary Gift Ensures Dick Clark’s Legacy Lives on in Expansion of Los Angeles Program

Monday, October 23, 2023, By Eileen Korey

One of Syracuse University’s most famous graduates, Dick Clark ’51 started his broadcast career in Central New York and grew to prominence in Philadelphia as host of “American Bandstand.” But it was Los Angeles that offered the greatest opportunity for…

Syracuse University Impact

Promoting Access to Equitable Health Care for Refugees in Central New York

Monday, October 23, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Resettled refugees, also called new Americans, encounter myriad challenges from being displaced, ranging from financial stress to difficulties finding employment to lack of access to resources. These hurdles are magnified for new Americans who, in addition to possibly learning a…

Business & Economy

Ben Ford ’23 Accepted Into Techstars Silicon Valley Program

Monday, October 23, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Ben Ford ’23, founder of Fundwurx and an alumnus of both the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the School of Information Studies, was accepted into the elite and highly competitive Techstars Oakland Powered by J.P. Morgan program. Ford was…

Campus & Community

‘All Foods Fit’: Meet Assistant Director of Nutrition Management, Ashley Russo-Leone

Friday, October 20, 2023, By Abby Haessig

The Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Auxiliary Services and Food Services are excited to introduce Ashley Russo-Leone as the new assistant director of nutrition management. After earning a master’s degree in nutrition science from the David B. Falk College…

STEM

Aiming for the Stars: Aerospace Engineering Student Meets NASA Administrator

Friday, October 20, 2023, By Kwami Maranga

Growing up, Greg Slodysko ’24 had a deep fascination with space exploration. Games like Kerbal Space Program, which challenged players to design spacecraft for different missions, and movies like October Sky inspired him to create his own model rockets and…

Campus & Community

Syracuse’s Women in Leadership Initiative Adding Third Cohort, Critical Time to Cultivate Higher Education Leadership

Friday, October 20, 2023, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Women in Leadership Initiative (WiL) continues expanding its reach and impact, including adding a second concentrated cohort experience to the 2023-24 academic year. With the addition of Cohort 3, this means more than 75 women across campus were…

Campus & Community

Look Back. Act Forward. The Profound Impact of the Remembrance Scholars Cohort (Podcast)

Thursday, October 19, 2023, By John Boccacino

Julie Friend ’92 was a sophomore studying speech communication in the College of Visual and Performing Arts when Pan Am Flight 103 went down over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. Friend and her roommate, Beth, were sitting in Cosmo’s…

Campus & Community

Master Leadership Skills for Behavior Change With Crucial Influence Professional Development Program

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, By News Staff

More than 30 years of research by Crucial Learning—a skills-building organization offering award-winning courses and bestselling books focused on leadership development—indicates that human behavior is grounded in six sources of influence. Leaders must know how to leverage and apply these…

Campus & Community

Shawn Loner’s Goal: Helping Students Succeed

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Shawn Loner sees his role as helping graduate students navigate their journey at Syracuse University—from transitioning to University life to considering post-University careers and everything in between. Loner, assistant director of professional and career development in the Graduate School, has…