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New Degree Program Explores the Intersection of Law, Society and Policy

Monday, March 4, 2024, By Jessica Youngman

After completing her undergraduate studies in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, sophomore Stephanie Moon hopes to go to law school and, eventually, work as an attorney. She is interested in criminal justice and immigration issues. A new…

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Champion of Free Speech and Journalism Margaret Talev Leads Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (Podcast)

Wednesday, February 28, 2024, By John Boccacino

Margaret Talev can vividly recall the specific moment she knew journalism had failed to properly inform and educate a large portion of the American voting electorate. It was Jan. 6, 2021. More than 1,000 citizens were protesting at the U.S….

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Generosity of Soldiers Inspired Benetta Dousuah G’25 to Enlist in the Army

Monday, February 26, 2024, By Charlie Poag

U.S. Army veteran Benetta Dousuah G’25, currently a graduate student in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, vividly recalls her family’s escape from Liberia during the back-to-back civil wars that ravaged the nation between 1989 and 2003. Initially…

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Men of Color Initiative: A Brotherhood That Lifts Up, Supports Its Members

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, By John Boccacino

“Each One, Teach One.” This powerful African proverb emphasizes how, after someone learns to read or write, they have an obligation and a responsibility to pass that knowledge on to someone else, thus spreading wisdom and education throughout their city…

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Humanities Center Showcases and Supports Graduate Student Research

Monday, February 5, 2024, By Caroline K. Reff

The Syracuse University Humanities Center, in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), offers key grants and fellowships to graduate students that allow them to advance their projects and share their ideas beyond the walls of the University. Two such opportunities…

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New Faces, Rising Stars Join Arts and Sciences in Spring 2024

Friday, February 2, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Adding to the 21 hires in fall 2023, the College of Arts and Sciences welcomes six more new faculty members in spring 2024. From leaders in STEM who are helping to make the world healthier and more sustainable through cutting-edge…

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Award-Winning Jacques Safari Mwayaona G’22 Embraces AI for Learning—With Caution

Thursday, February 1, 2024, By Martin Walls

Combining his background in instructional design with an understanding of diversity and inclusion, Universal Design for Learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Jacques Safari Mwayaona G’22 is making a name for himself in the field of educational development. A Faculty Development…

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Trustee Sharon Barner’s ’79 Historic Gift Names 119 Euclid While Providing Support to Black, First-Generation and Underrepresented Students

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, By John Boccacino

Everywhere Sharon Barner ’79 has worked, she has achieved success at the highest levels of her field—as partner at a law firm, as deputy under secretary of commerce and deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in President…

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Maxwell Professor’s Research on Racial and Ethnic Exclusion Supported by Russell Sage Foundation Grant

Friday, January 19, 2024, By Jessica Youngman

Thomas Pearson, assistant professor of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is part of a team of scholars who have been awarded $195,000 from the Russell Sage Foundation to study the exclusion and expulsion of minority…

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How Meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Rick Wright G’93 and Inspired His Broadcasting Career (Podcast)

Friday, January 12, 2024, By John Boccacino

Roosevelt “Rick” Wright G’93 had a front-row seat as the Civil Rights Movement took off across the American South in the late 1950s and early 1960s, participating in the sit-ins and demonstrations while coming face-to-face with police dogs and fire…