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Military-Connected Students Attend 15th Annual Student Veterans of America National Conference
A group of 14 military-connected students were in Florida earlier this month at the Walt Disney World Resort to attend the Student Veterans of America 15th Annual National Conference (NATCON). Additionally, eight staff members from the Office of Veteran and…
Syracuse University Announces 2023 Unsung Heroes for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
The 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee has announced the 2023 Unsung Hero Award winners: Nichole Henry, Candice Ogbu, Thomas J. Wilson, Oceanna Fair, Trinity Brumfield and Camille Ogden. The Unsung Hero Award is given…
Grants Available for Scholarly Projects on Racial Wealth Gap
Grant funding is available to Syracuse University Ph.D. (or equivalent) scholars who have compelling projects that examine the issue of the racial wealth gap in the United States. The awards are part of a new social justice initiative and one…
Information Session Jan. 18 on MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Symposium Research Submissions
A virtual information session will be held Wednesday, Jan. 18, to offer information and a forum for questions for researchers wanting to submit proposals for presentations at the inaugural MetLife Foundation-Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium. The information session will…
Art Exhibition to Be Presented at University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Syracuse University’s 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will include, for the first time, an art exhibition in the Club 44 VIP lounge on the upper level of the JMA Wireless Dome. To express the celebration theme…
Biology Professor Investigates Polar Bear Paw Design Principles
Using the solutions observed in nature to address global challenges in health, medicine and materials innovation is at the heart of research by BioInspired Syracuse. Austin Garner, assistant professor of biology and member of BioInspired, specializes in functional morphology—studying the form…
Prominent Higher Education Leader, Alumna Molly Corbett Broad ’62, H’09 Remembered
Molly Corbett Broad ’62, H’09, a Syracuse University alumna who became a nationally renowned higher education leader and advocate, died Jan. 2. She was 81. A memorial service to celebrate her life and legacy will be held in the coming…
Nature-Inspired Designs Could Offer Solutions for Global Challenges
Bioinspired research draws from the natural world to develop solutions for global challenges. But it can be difficult to turn these research ideas into actual materials and methods that can be applied to real world problems in areas like construction,…
Old politics from the 80s won’t solve the homeless crisis
Recently, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a new plan to involuntarily hospitalize homeless people in psychiatric crises. Syracuse University Professor of Law Arlene Kanter said these policies have never been an adequate solution. “In the 1980s when homelessness…
Democracy Was on the Ballot, Candidates Matter and Other Lessons From the Midterm Elections
The contentious 2022 midterm elections are not quite finished—next week’s runoff in the race for the Georgia Senate seat pits Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock against Republican Herschel Walker—but following a grueling campaign season, the American people went out and cast…