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Meghan Florkowski

Director of the WISE Women's Business Center
Health & Society

Human Development and Family Science Graduate Students Present Research at Prestigious Child Development Conference

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Matt Michael

Five graduate students from the Department of Human Development and Family Science in the Falk College recently presented their work at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Linghua Jiang, Qingyang Liu, Sanum…

Health & Society

Weissman Scholarship Recipient April Lopez Shares Late Professor’s Vision of Food Justice

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Matt Michael

April Lopez says she was drawn to Syracuse University’s food studies master’s program because of its vision of food justice. That vision was shaped in large part by Syracuse Professor Evan Weissman, a tireless advocate for equity in the food…

Campus & Community

Students Learn Career Possibilities Through Winston Fisher Seminar

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Casey Schad

This spring break, College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) | Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs students once again traveled to New York City to gain first-hand knowledge of how a liberal arts degree can prepare them for a…

Campus & Community

Is Kindness Still Relevant?

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

In May 2013, best-selling author and Professor of English George Saunders addressed graduates at the College of Arts and Sciences | Maxwell School Convocation with a simple but powerful message: Choose kindness. At the time, Saunders never imagined the speech would one…

Arts & Culture

Miranda Traudt G’11 Named Assistant Provost for Arts, Community Programming

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Diane Stirling

The Office of Strategic Initiatives in the Office of Academic Affairs has announced the appointment of Miranda Traudt G’11 as the assistant provost for arts and community programming. Traudt will report to Marcelle Haddix, associate provost for strategic initiatives, and…

Campus & Community

First-Year Seminar Rounds Out Its Leadership as It Continues to Build on Course Engagement

Friday, April 21, 2023, By News Staff

The First-Year Seminar (FYS) 101 welcomes new leadership this year as it builds upon a strong foundation, while expanding and strengthening its engagement and experiences for new students. The team will welcome Shannon Hitchcock Schantz G’21, who will begin her…

Arts & Culture

Point of Contact Expands Its Unique Brand of Interdisciplinary Arts

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Eileen Korey

As it looks forward to marking a half century in existence, Punto de Contacto-Point of Contact is expanding its reach, locally and globally. Point of Contact (POC) has found a new “home” in the Office of Academic Affairs and forged…

Media, Law & Policy

Screenwriter and Faculty Member Keith Giglio to Recount Navigating Cancer Diagnoses and Hollywood at Impact Symposium

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Madelyn Geyer

The idea behind Keith Giglio’s presentation at the Spring Newhouse Impact Symposium came to the associate professor while he was lying in a gurney at Upstate University Hospital. A screenwriter who teaches in the television, radio and film program, Giglio…

Campus & Community

‘Voices Off, Hands Up!’ Popular American Sign Language Program Expands With New 200-Level Courses

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, By Martin Walls

When professor Corrine Occhino took the helm of the School of Education’s American Sign Language (ASL) program in fall 2021, three sections of ASL 101 and one section of ASL 102 were offered. Since then, ASL has been added to…