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Campus & Community

Commencement 2024: What You Need to Know

Monday, May 6, 2024, By News Staff

Bring on the pomp and circumstance! Graduates, it’s time for Commencement Weekend 2024! It’s the moment to recognize your academic accomplishments and celebrate with family and friends and the University community. Syracuse University’s Commencement exercises will be held in the…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel’s Mindfulness Certification Program Offers Direction and Reduces Stress

Monday, May 6, 2024, By Dara Harper

When Sensei JoAnn Cooke began as a Buddhist chaplain at Hendricks Chapel, she had no idea of the coming global pandemic and the impact it would have at Syracuse University and throughout the world. While Cooke and fellow Buddhist Chaplain…

Health & Society

Saraswati Dhakal G’24 Embraces Role as Mental Health Counselor and Advocate

Monday, May 6, 2024, By John Boccacino

Before pursuing a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from the School of Education, Saraswati Dhakal G’24 served as a transplant coordinator and operation theatre nurse at the Human Organ Transplant Centre in Bhaktapur, Nepal. In that role, Dhakal…

Business & Economy

Engaged and Accomplished Alumni Honored With Maxwell Centennial Awards

Friday, May 3, 2024, By Jessica Youngman

A longtime city manager committed to cultivating future public servants. A retired managing director dedicated to volunteerism and philanthropy. A public health pioneer who has improved the lives of millions. An accomplished executive and entrepreneur committed to advancing sustainability. In…

Campus & Community

Jim Stone’s Falk College Legacy: Service to the Advisory Board and Legislative Policy Day  

Friday, May 3, 2024, By Matt Michael

When Jim Stone started his first year at Syracuse University in 1958, he had every intention of following in his parents’ footsteps and becoming a teacher. In his junior year in the University’s School of Education, Stone was required to…

Business & Economy

Inaugural Whitman Dean’s Sustainable Development Goals Innovation Challenge Awards $25,000 in Prizes

Friday, May 3, 2024, By Caroline K. Reff

Bandages that monitor for diabetic foot ulcers and creating safe spaces for conversations about sexual wellness and self-love were just some of the winning innovations presented at the Whitman School Dean’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Innovation Challenge on April 18….

Campus & Community

Record Number Receive Awards Through Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Friday, May 3, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Fourteen Syracuse University students and alumni have been named as 2024 recipients of awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Five students were also chosen as alternates. This is the largest number of U.S. Student Fulbright recipients that Syracuse University…

STEM

Breaking Into Male-Dominated Fields: How 3 Talented Students Are Blazing a Trail

Thursday, May 2, 2024, By John Boccacino

Women have traditionally found themselves outnumbered by their male counterparts when it comes to jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, as only 21% of engineering majors and 19% of computer and information science majors are women, according…