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Biology Major Gains Hands-On Experience With Endangered Animals in Costa Rica
From an early age, Leonardo Rivera ’22 had a fondness for animals and wildlife conservation. Growing up in tropical Puerto Rico, the biology major on a pre-veterinary track remembers investigating the habits of hermit crabs in the sand, watching as…
Arts and Sciences Physicist Part of a 5-University Team Programming Biological Cells to Design Futuristic Materials
Jennifer Ross, professor and department chair of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is among a team of researchers that was recently awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design and create…
Hendricks Chapel Expands Access to Food Pantry
In an effort to make food resources more accessible to all students, Hendricks Chapel recently moved and expanded its food pantry. The pantry moved from a smaller room in the southeast stairwell to Room 004C, which is located on the…
Boost the ’Cuse Is This Thursday!
Academic excellence will take center stage on Thursday, Oct. 7, during Boost the ’Cuse, Syracuse University’s giving day. Now in its fifth year, Boost the ’Cuse is a 24-hour effort that has an outstanding impact on the Syracuse University student…
Summer Internships Help Humanities Scholars Explore Career Options
In June, the Graduate School launched a Humanities Summer Internship program, supporting two humanities Ph.D. students through paid internship opportunities at Syracuse University Press and the Syracuse University Art Museum. An outgrowth of the National Endowment for the Humanities Next-Generation…
Becoming Forever Orange
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students, Today begins my first full week as a member of the Syracuse University community. I am grateful for the students, faculty, staff and alumni who have already reached out to welcome me home to Upstate…
Newly Appointed University Professor Asks the ‘Big Questions’
“Beyond my wildest dreams.” That’s how sociology professor Jennifer Karas Montez describes her reaction to being named University Professor. The appointment is a prestigious distinction granted to faculty who excel in their fields and who have made extraordinary scholarly contributions…
Activities for the Weekend of Sept. 30-Oct. 3
Dear Students and Families: With the start of October this weekend, the fall season will be in full swing in Syracuse. I hope you have enjoyed participating in the many activities and opportunities offered on and off campus so far,…
Syracuse University Libraries Contributes to University of Toronto Art Museum Exhibition on Plastics
Multiple artifacts from Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center’s (SCRC) Plastics Artifact Collection are currently on display in the University of Toronto Art Museum exhibition titled “Plastic Heart: Surface All the Way Through.” The exhibition, open from Sept. 8…
In Memoriam: Joseph Strasser, ‘Forever an Important Figure in Our History’
Joseph Strasser ’53, G’58, H’20 was just 8 years old in 1940 when he and his brother escaped Nazi persecution on a Kindertransport rescue boat. Two years earlier, the Third Reich had annexed their home country, Austria. Their father, Paul,…