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Arts & Culture

From Boland Hall to Broadway, Colleagues and Friends Produce ‘How to Dance in Ohio’

Thursday, December 7, 2023, By Kim Infanti

Two Syracuse University alumni are opening their first Broadway musical as lead producers, “How to Dance in Ohio,” and the Dec. 5 preview performance included close to 200 Syracuse University leaders, alumni, parents and friends. Producers Ben Holtzman ’13 and…

Campus & Community

CritQuant: School of Education Faculty and Students Join a Movement to Disrupt Traditional Research Methods

Wednesday, December 6, 2023, By Martin Walls

A group of School of Education faculty and graduate students are part of a growing movement in academia that is re-evaluating long-held assumptions about research design. Critical Quantitative Theory seeks to disrupt the traditional dichotomy between quantitative and qualitative research…

Campus & Community

‘We’re About to Go Shock the Country’: Get to Know New Head Football Coach Fran Brown

Tuesday, December 5, 2023, By John Boccacino

The Orange seeds that inspired Fran Brown to become the 31st head coach in the proud history of the Syracuse University football team were planted when Brown watched his first-ever in-person college football game as a ninth grader. Brown and…

Campus & Community

‘Time, Talent and Treasure’: Alumna Phaedra Stewart ’91 Gives From the Heart

Friday, December 1, 2023, By News Staff

Maxwell alumna Phaedra Stewart ’91 finds it difficult to look at the world without seeing opportunities to connect with people, raise their spirits and empower them to make their lives better. A self-described serial entrepreneur (some might say a serial…

Campus & Community

The Power of Being Native and the Strength of the Syracuse University Community With Lorna Rose ’11, G’21 (Podcast)

Monday, November 27, 2023, By John Boccacino

Despite growing up on Cayuga ancestral lands, one of the six nations that make up the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of Native Americans in New York, Lorna Rose ’11, G’21 never really identified with her Native heritage. She was raised Italian American…

Business & Economy

Alumna Tells Stories With Vintage Clothes at the Black Citizens Brigade

Wednesday, November 22, 2023, By News Staff

On a recent trip to visit extended family, Cjala Surratt ’22, founder of the Black Citizens Brigade, was presented with a gift—her late grandmother’s boiler room jacket. Surratt’s grandmother had been a ship-fitter in Norfolk, Virginia, and the clothing item…

Veterans

Meet Lt. Col. Michael Skarda, Syracuse University’s Air Force ROTC Detachment Commander

Friday, November 17, 2023, By Charlie Poag

When Michael Skarda started the journey of becoming a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force, there were no indications that his military career was beginning amidst two decades of conflict. In 2002, Skarda joined the Air Force’s Reserve Officer…

STEM

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Highlights Leadership, Community and Empowerment

Thursday, November 16, 2023, By Kwami Maranga

Karen Herrera ’24 knows all too well how much work goes into running a student organization. Having started as the events coordinator for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) at Syracuse University, she now serves as the current co-president,…