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Lender Center for Social Justice Awards 5 Grants for Racial Wealth Gap Studies
Five faculty research projects that identify and address issues contributing to or helping alleviate the racial wealth gap in the United States have received grants from the Lender Center for Social Justice. The grants are made possible by funding from…
School of Architecture, SUNY ESF Faculty Awarded Funding for Research on Racial Wealth Gap
School of Architecture Associate Dean for Research Eliana Abu-Hamdi and Assistant Professor Iman Fayyad, along with Daniel Cronan, assistant professor of landscape architecture at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), have recently been awarded a $100,000 grant…
Weakening Democracy Linked to Rising Deaths, Study Finds
Voting rights have come under scrutiny across the United States in recent years, with multiple cases before the Supreme Court this session. A new study by Syracuse University researchers suggests the issue has implications beyond politics. The study, led by…
Air Force ROTC Cadet Emily Weaver ’24 Continues Family Tradition of Service
According to the Department of Defense, interest in military service is on the decline among the nation’s youth, especially those who are qualified for military service. Only 9% indicated they would likely serve in the military; such a low percentage…
Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium Examines Causes, Outcomes of Racial Wealth Gap
Across hundreds of years, American society and institutions have contributed in numerous ways to creating a racial wealth gap that continues to have negative impacts throughout society. That was the outgrowth of scholarship presented by more than 40 University faculty,…
Art Museum Faculty Fellow Weaves Indigenous Baskets Into Lesson Plan
Three small Akimel O’odham baskets were donated to the Syracuse University Art Museum in 2006 by an alumnus and his wife. Like most items in the museum’s extensive collection, they are mostly kept in storage. But this semester, the baskets…
Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium, Supported by MetLife Foundation, Focuses on Racial Wealth Gap
What are the structural and systemic factors in American society that contribute to an ongoing and widening racial wealth gap? What steps can organizations take to identify those factors and intervene to minimize their impact on members of Black, Latinx,…
University Remembers Professor Emerita Nancy Weatherly Sharp
Nancy Weatherly Sharp, professor emerita in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and former University mace bearer, died on Feb. 12. She was 86. Sharp was born in Illinois and raised in Missouri. She studied journalism at the University…
Lender Center Student Fellows Researching Social Justice Implications of Artificial Intelligence Weaponry
These days, it’s hard to go anywhere without encountering artificial intelligence (AI). Predictive text offers to finish our web searches and our text messages. AI learning-based software can produce everything from research papers to poetry, solving complex math equations to…
School of Design Alumni Exhibition Features Innovation and Excellence in Footwear
The School of Design’s Sue and Leon Genet Gallery at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse is proud to present “Footwear by School of Design Alumni,” on display through March 3. The exhibition features the work of over 20 designers representing more…