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Campus & Community

The Path to Systemic Change: Equity-Focused School Leadership

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, By Matt Michael

The Path to Systemic Change: Equity-Focused School Leadership The need for systemic change has never been more evident than in this past year. But a clear path on how to get there has been much more elusive. A group of…

Campus & Community

Special Collections Research Center Reflects on Sesquicentennial

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) will honor Syracuse University’s founding 150 years ago on March 24, also known as National Orange Day, with special exhibition tours and a pop-up exhibit. Visitors to Bird Library on that day…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University to Host Music for People Weekend Retreat April 17-19

Monday, March 2, 2020, By Rob Enslin

Music for People (MfP), a global pioneer in experiential, inclusive music education, will hold its first weekend retreat at Syracuse University. The retreat will run Friday, April 17, from 6-9 p.m.; Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.;…

Media, Law & Policy

Jim ’87 and Audra ’89 Weiss, W2O Group Announce Dual Gifts to the Newhouse School

Monday, March 2, 2020, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University alumnus Jim Weiss ’87, chairman, founder and CEO of W2O Group, and his wife, alumna Audra Weiss ’89, have announced two gifts to the Newhouse School in support of the W2O Center for Social Commerce and the W2O Emerging…

Campus & Community

Syracuse’s South Side Newspaper–The Stand–to Celebrate 10 Years in Print

Monday, March 2, 2020, By News Staff

  The Stand, Syracuse’s only community newspaper to cover the city’s South Side, will celebrate 10 years in print on March 8, 2020. To mark this milestone, a selection of images from the 10th annual South Side Photo Walk, held…

Campus & Community

Recent Coronavirus Events Prompt Additional Action, Coordination and Planning

Monday, March 2, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: The first case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York state and the second death in the United States caused by the virus were confirmed yesterday. These developments, combined with news over the weekend of…

Campus & Community

Annual Service of Commemoration to Be Held March 10 in Hendricks Chapel

Monday, March 2, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

MARCH 10, 2020 UPDATE—The Service of Commemoration has been postponed until further notice. Syracuse University will hold its fourth annual Service of Commemoration—honoring the University’s students faculty, staff, retirees and trustees and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students…

Digital Trends

Social Media Networks Struggle to Handle Hate Speech, Misinformation

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Digital Trends’ article “What does it take to make a social media network that doesn’t exploit users?” In the article, Grygiel commented on the spread of…

Campus & Community

Students Can Apply to University Program that Provides Path into US Government Intelligence Careers

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

A new Universitywide program is creating a path toward public service careers for all Syracuse University undergraduate and graduate students interested in making important contributions to U.S. and global security. The University was designated by the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC)…

Business & Economy

Shumer Wins Campuswide InVenture Prize

Thursday, February 27, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Matthew Shumer ’22, founder of Visos, the first virtual reality (VR) headset specifically designed for health care applications, has won Syracuse University’s InVenture Prize campus qualifier competition, sponsored by the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries. He received…