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Campus & Community

Intra-University Transfer Fair Supports Evolving Student Success Goals

Monday, October 3, 2022, By Gabrielle Lake

Connecting coursework to career goals is a major pillar of the student experience. Each student’s unique definition of success may evolve throughout time on campus and students may find themselves thinking of changing career goals, transferring to another Syracuse University…

STEM

A&S Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Enhance Gravitational Wave Data Analysis

Monday, October 3, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) observed the first detection of gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of spacetime created by the cataclysmic collision of two black holes. The Syracuse University Gravitational Wave Group played a leading role in this…

Campus & Community

Professor Emeritus Named Fellow of American Geophysical Union

Monday, October 3, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Jeffrey A. Karson, professor emeritus of Earth and environmental sciences (EES) in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), an honor bestowed to fewer than 0.1% of members each…

STEM

Jason Webb G’18 Receives Virtual Reality Grant from Unity and Meta Immersive Learning

Monday, October 3, 2022, By Eric Ferguson

Jason Webb G ’18,  an instructional analyst with ITS Online Learning Services, adjunct professor in the Newhouse School and instructor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, recently received a “Create with VR” grant from Unity and Meta Immersive…

Campus & Community

Emily Liu G’22 Hones Skills in Inclusive Education, Classroom Leadership at Jowonio School

Monday, October 3, 2022, By Martin Walls

The ink was barely dry on her master’s degree diploma when Emily Liu G’22 began prepping her new classroom at Bernice M. Wright School, an early childhood education program on the Syracuse University campus. Having graduated only a couple of…

Media, Law & Policy

Raise the Age Summit at College of Law Oct. 13

Monday, October 3, 2022, By Robert Conrad

The Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission and the New York State Office for Judicial Initiatives is hosting a Raise the Age Summit on Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the College of Law’s Dineen Hall. The program…

Campus & Community

Diana Garcia-Varo ’23 Showcases How Students Find Community During Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month

Monday, October 3, 2022, By John Boccacino

Leaving behind your hometown, friends and family to attend college can be a daunting task for any high school student. In the case of Diana Garcia-Varo ’23, when she decided to attend Syracuse University and study both psychology in the…

Veterans

Student Veterans Take on Summer Internships Thanks to OVMA Internship Award

Monday, October 3, 2022, By Charlie Poag

Over the 2022 summer semester, eight student veterans at Syracuse University were able to take part in a time-honored college experience that typically eludes non-traditional students—they became interns. They were able to experience the firsthand benefit of an internship thanks…

Campus & Community

Academic Strategic Plan Engagement and Feedback Opportunities: Week of Oct. 3

Monday, October 3, 2022, By News Staff

Academic Strategic Planning: Get Involved Today Welcome to the first week of October and the fourth week of Syracuse University’s academic strategic planning process. We have been so encouraged by the tremendous engagement of our campus community members. Hundreds of…

STEM

Mihovilovic Skanata Awarded McKnight Neuroscience Grant for Larval Fruit Fly Brain Research

Friday, September 30, 2022, By Diane Stirling

An assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences has won a prestigious McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience award to advance her two-photon microscopy research on neural activity in the brains of fruit fly larvae. Mirna Mihovilovic…