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Campus & Community

Jeffrey M. Scruggs Selected to Lead Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees

Friday, November 4, 2022, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced that Jeffrey M. Scruggs, a highly engaged trustee and respected member of the global finance community, has been selected to lead the University’s Board of Trustees, succeeding current Board Chair Kathleen A. Walters ’73, whose term…

Media Tip Sheets

“Voting is a Spiritual Act”

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, By Vanessa Marquette

As Election Day nears, one of our Syracuse University faculty experts shares a reminder to be kind this political season. The Rev. Brian Konkol, Ph.D., serves as Dean of Hendricks Chapel and Professor of Practice at Syracuse University, writes: “The…

Health & Society

Lender Center Brings Labor Movement Leaders to Campus to Discuss the Fight for Workers’ Rights

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, By Jen Plummer

The revitalization of the American labor movement and the struggle for racial and economic justice were the central topics of a Lender Center Conversation held Monday, Oct. 24, in Dineen Hall. After introductory remarks from current and former leadership of…

Arts & Culture

Community Folk Art Center Celebrates 50 Years

Monday, October 24, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Habibatou Traore ’24 was in her first weeks at Syracuse University when she heard African drumming during an activities fair for new students last fall. She followed their sound to Joshua Williams, who teaches West African dance and drumming at…

Campus & Community

Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Convocation to Be Held Friday

Thursday, October 20, 2022, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2022-23 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 21, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The convocation will be preceded by the annual Rose-Laying Ceremony at 2:03 p.m….

STEM

BioInspired Institute Research Labs Spur Graduate Student Projects

Monday, October 17, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Two graduate student researchers in the BioInspired Institute research cluster were among 57 students and post-doctoral fellows presenting posters and talks at the institute’s first symposium earlier this month. We caught up with Thalma Orado, a first-year Ph.D. student in…

Campus & Community

Marcelle Haddix Takes a Holistic Approach to New Strategic Initiatives Academic Affairs Role (Q&A)

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, By Diane Stirling

As associate provost for strategic initiatives in the Office of Academic Affairs, Marcelle Haddix wants the work of her office to have an impact on the academic enterprise and the experiences of students—and to connect the University’s academic efforts with…

Campus & Community

University Announces Inaugural Renée Crown Honors Professorships

Monday, September 26, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has announced that Heidi Hehnly, associate professor of biology, is the inaugural Renée Crown Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics and Karin Nisenbaum, assistant professor of philosophy, is the inaugural Renée Crown Professor…

Arts & Culture

Engaged Humanities Network Awards Grants to Faculty and Students for Collaborations With Syracuse Community

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

When Brice Nordquist founded the Engaged Humanities Network (EHN) in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) in 2020, one the main ideas guiding its mission was to build and foster relationships between members of Syracuse University and the surrounding…

Media Tip Sheets

Reviving Religion

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, By Vanessa Marquette

Many reports, including this one from the Pew Research Center, say Christians could make up less than half of the U.S. population in the near future. The Rev. Brian Konkol, Ph.D., serves as Dean of Hendricks Chapel and Professor of…