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Business & Economy

Syracuse Hosting Hult Prize Regional Impact Competition

Wednesday, April 7, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

On Friday, April 9, Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars will virtually host approximately three dozen teams from 19 countries and all five continents for the prestigious Hult Prize Regional Impact Summit competition. This year’s Hult Prize 2021 Challenge…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents Meryl Meisler: ‘Best of Times, Worst of Times’

Wednesday, April 7, 2021, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work presents Meryl Meisler: “Best of Times, Worst of Times,” an exhibition of her photography of her life in and around New York City in the 1970s and 1980s.  Meisler’s exhibition will be on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery…

Campus & Community

Learning Communities Announce 2021-22 Options for Current Students

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By Shannon Andre

The Office of Learning Communities will offer seven housing options for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors for the 2021-22 academic year. Living learning communities (LLCs) provide a distinctive living experience that connects students with shared interests and/or academic pursuits. The…

Campus & Community

University Honors Third Cohort of Success Scholars

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By Shannon Andre

More than 900 first-year and transfer students earned the Invest in Success Scholarship this year, an award recognizing first semester high-achieving students. Along with the merit-based, renewable scholarship award, the Success Scholars were honored at socially distanced receptions where they…

Campus & Community

DEIA Strategic Planning Process Next Steps

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Thank you to all those who have engaged with the latest diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility campus initiatives, updates and developments. I write today to announce new opportunities for engaging with the planning process and…

STEM

Using Syracuse Lava to Understand Metal Worlds

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

In August 2022, NASA will embark on a space mission to 16 Psyche, a 140-mile diameter giant metal asteroid situated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. NASA says it will be the first mission to investigate a planetary…

STEM

Sophomore Ellen Jorgensen Named a 2021 NOAA-Hollings Scholar

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In high school, Ellen Jorgensen was highly involved in the Green Club in her school and led initiatives that focused on waste reduction. She also developed education initiatives for her peers to give them a sense of responsibility regarding the…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Has Marijuana Changed or Have We?’

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, By Lily Datz

Dessa Bergen-Cico, professor of public health in the Falk College, authored an op-ed for Syracuse.com titled “Has marijuana changed or have we?” Bergen-Cico is the coordinator of Falk’s addiction studies program and has expertise in addiction, drug use and mental…

Campus & Community

Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students Invited to Learn More about First Year Seminar

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The Office of Academic Affairs invites faculty, staff and graduate students to participate in information sessions regarding the First Year Seminar (FYS 101) course, to begin in fall 2021. Course leaders will share an overview of the course goals and…

Arts & Culture

Curating the Bigger Picture: Evan Starling-Davis Approaches Literacy from Multiple Entry Points

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Evan Starling-Davis is a narrative artist, curator and producer. More precisely, he names himself a digital-age “griot”—a term used for traveling poets, musicians and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history derived from the African diaspora’s culture and history….