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Campus & Community

Pamela Heintz Leaves a Lasting Legacy at the University’s Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service

Thursday, May 1, 2025, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Pamela Kirwin Heintz ’91, G’08 came to Syracuse University to finish the bachelor’s degree she began decades earlier at Smith College. Little did she know the journey she was about to undertake would foster her engagement with thousands of undergraduate…

STEM

Distinguished ECS Professor Pramod K. Varshney Establishes Endowed Faculty Fellowship

Tuesday, April 22, 2025, By Kwami Maranga

Distinguished Professor Pramod K. Varshney has exemplified Orange excellence since joining the University as a 23-year-old faculty member. A world-renowned researcher and educator, he’s been recognized for his seminal contributions to information fusion and related fields, introducing new, innovative courses…

Health & Society

Rebekah Lewis Named Director of Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Tuesday, April 22, 2025, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is pleased to announce that Rebekah Lewis is the new director of the Maxwell-based Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health. She joined the Maxwell School as a faculty fellow…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School Proudly Ranks No. 1 for Public Affairs in 2025

Thursday, April 10, 2025, By Cort Ruddy

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has earned the No. 1 overall spot in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Public Affairs Schools rankings. This year’s top ranking follows Maxwell’s yearlong celebration of its founding 100…

Health & Society

Psychology Professor Publishes Study on How Optimism and Pessimism Influence Well-Being

Wednesday, March 5, 2025, By Dan Bernardi

Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? If you rewind to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, chances are you experienced some level of pessimism. And who could blame you? With social isolation, health concerns and…

Veterans

Maxwell Joins Initiative to Support Military Veterans in Public Service

Monday, February 3, 2025, By Jessica Youngman

The Maxwell School has partnered with the Volcker Alliance and We the Veterans for a new initiative that seeks to expand and create career pathways and public service roles for military veterans. Maxwell is one of 12 schools of public…

Campus & Community

Libraries Signs 3 New Read and Publish Agreements

Thursday, January 23, 2025, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries recently signed three new “read and publish” open access agreements with publishers Taylor & Francis, Elsevier and De Gruyter. These newest agreements impact researchers across numerous disciplines, especially those in the humanities and social sciences. The Libraries…

Campus & Community

The Whitman School Publicly Launches Whitman Leadership Circle

Tuesday, January 21, 2025, By Dawn McWilliams

Merit scholarships that retain top first-year students. Fellowships that allow faculty to pursue their interests and bring emerging knowledge back into the classroom. Physical improvements to the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, including Flaum Grand Hall, a centralized gathering…

Media, Law & Policy

IDJC Launches Fellows Program for Thought Leaders in Journalism and Public Affairs

Monday, January 13, 2025, By Cort Ruddy

The Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC) has launched the IDJC Visiting Fellows program, giving experts in the fields of journalism, politics and public affairs an opportunity to deeply explore topics of interest with the support of an academic…

Campus & Community

Social Impact Pitch Competition to Address Public Health Misinformation Among College Students

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, By Cort Ruddy

The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health, in partnership with the Blackstone LaunchPad, is excited to announce the first Combatting Public Health Misinformation Social Impact Pitch Competition. This event is set to empower undergraduate students from all…