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Campus & Community

Uniting Through Dialogue: The Impact of the Interfaith America Leadership Summit on Hendricks Chapel

Tuesday, September 17, 2024, By News Staff

In August 2024, Imam Amir Durić and Rabbi Ethan Bair of Hendricks Chapel at Syracuse University were invited to participate in the Interfaith America Leadership Summit in Chicago. Representing Syracuse University’s Jewish and Muslim communities, they were accompanied by Adam…

Campus & Community

School of Information Studies to Launch New AI Graduate Program

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, By Anya Woods

Beginning in Fall 2025, the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will launch a new artificial intelligence (AI) graduate program. Beginning this fall, students can apply to earn a master’s degree in applied human centered artificial intelligence, which will prepare them…

Veterans

Retired Air Force Special Tactics Officer and ROTC Alum Jeff Wilkinson ’89 Shares Lessons in Leadership and Preparation

Monday, September 9, 2024, By Charlie Poag

Across the U.S. Department of Defense, there are approximately 650 commissioned flag officers, known as generals or admirals. Achieving this rank is a testament to a service member’s dedication, knowledge, leadership and ability to effect change. For retired U.S. Air…

Health & Society

Dean Van Slyke Visits India to Celebrate Maxwell’s Centennial, Partnerships and Alumni

Monday, September 9, 2024, By Cort Ruddy

David M. Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, met with alumni, partners and dignitaries, including India’s minister of education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, during a recent visit that celebrated the school’s centennial and its 70-plus-year…

Syracuse University Impact

Student Inventors Develop New Way to Secure Wheelchairs in Moving Vehicles

Thursday, September 5, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

Former Syracuse University student Jim DaRin is one of many wheelchair users who rely on adapted vehicles to drive. These vehicles are equipped with a docking system designed to secure the wheelchairs in place while users focus on the road. However, even…

Campus & Community

Fire and Life Safety Services Hosts RAs for Fire Safety Academy

Thursday, August 29, 2024, By Kiana Racha

Fire and Life Safety Services (FLSS) took the University’s resident advisors (RAs) through a Fire Safety Academy ahead of the fall semester. During the day, participants rotated through stations where they learned important information and skills needed when it comes…

Campus & Community

Faculty and Staff Participate in Annual ‘On My Own Time’ Exhibition

Wednesday, August 21, 2024, By News Staff

A special exhibition, “On My Own Time—Celebrating the Artistic Talents of Syracuse University Faculty and Staff,” was held in Bird Library earlier this summer. This year is the 51st anniversary of this program, organized by CNY Arts, and faculty and…

Arts & Culture

Erin Cuevas Named Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2024-25

Monday, August 19, 2024, By Julie Sharkey

The School of Architecture has announced that architect Erin Cuevas is the Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2024-25. Cuevas will succeed current fellow, Christina Chi Zhang. The Boghosian Fellowship at the School of Architecture—established in early 2015 in memory of…

Arts & Culture

New Exhibition at Art Museum Features Photographs by Gordon Parks

Monday, August 19, 2024, By Syracuse University Art Museum

A new exhibition featuring the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician and composer Gordon Parks will open at the Syracuse University Art Museum on Aug. 22 and be on view through Dec. 10. “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”…

Campus & Community

Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Shows History’s Views on Intellectual Disability

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Graduate students in the School of Education turned to primary source documents and artifacts at Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) to discover enlightening—and sometimes startling—information and examples of the ways that people with intellectual disability have been…