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Campus & Community

A Legacy of Caring: Robin Berkowitz-Smith’s 38-Year Journey at Syracuse University

Tuesday, August 5, 2025, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In 1988, alumna Robin Berkowitz-Smith ’83 returned to Syracuse University as a newlywed and a professional ready to work with students. What began as a dual job offer for her and her husband, Jeff, turned into Robin’s 38-year legacy of…

Syracuse University Impact

Lights, Camera, Imagination! Faculty Help Turn Teens’ Ideas Into Films (Video)

Thursday, July 31, 2025, By Diane Stirling

Using simple objects such as stones, eggs, paper plates, colored markers and a globe, and employing techniques of light, shadow and motion, a dozen Syracuse area high schoolers are making original short films this summer using their smartphones. “Teens With…

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…

Campus & Community

Registration Now Open for Orange Central Homecoming 2025

Wednesday, July 30, 2025, By Chris Velardi

Mark your calendars and get ready to celebrate your Orange pride! It’s time to sign up for Orange Central Homecoming 2025, Oct. 17-19. Syracuse University alumni are invited back home for an amazing fall weekend packed with tradition, connection and…

Health & Society

Bringing History to Life: How Larry Swiader ’89, G’93 Blends Storytelling With Emerging Technology

Friday, July 25, 2025, By News Staff

Instructional design program alumnus Lawrence “Larry” Swiader ’89, G’93 has built a career at the intersection of storytelling, education and technology—a path that’s taken him from the early days of analog editing as a student in the S.I. Newhouse School…

STEM

Jianshun ‘Jensen’ Zhang Named Interim Department Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Wednesday, July 16, 2025, By Emma Ertinger

The College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) is excited to announce that Professor Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang has been appointed interim department chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE), as of July 1, 2025. Zhang serves as executive director of…

STEM

Star Scholar: Julia Fancher Earns Second Astronaut Scholarship for Stellar Research

Wednesday, July 16, 2025, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Julia Fancher, a rising senior majoring in physics and mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), a logic minor in A&S and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, has been renewed as an Astronaut Scholar for…

Health & Society

4 Maxwell Professors Named O’Hanley Faculty Scholars

Monday, July 14, 2025, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs announced the appointment of four new O’Hanley Faculty Scholars: Brian Brege, Sarah Hamersma, Yüksel Sezgin and Ying Shi. Selected in recognition of their exceptional teaching, scholarly achievements and service to the institution,…

Campus & Community

From Wedding Day Pics on Campus to Working at ‘Otto’s House’: Brianna and Kevin Shults Share Their Orange Love Story

Friday, July 11, 2025, By Jen Plummer

It started with trivia nights at the Inn Complete and a mutual fandom of Orange sports and grew into a life filled with Orange pride, campus milestones and a little one who thinks Otto the Orange runs the world. For…