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Engaged Humanities Network Awards Grants to Faculty and Students for Collaborations With Syracuse Community
When Brice Nordquist founded the Engaged Humanities Network (EHN) in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) in 2020, one the main ideas guiding its mission was to build and foster relationships between members of Syracuse University and the surrounding…
Chancellor Provides Updates on Campus Since May at University Senate
I’d like to begin by recognizing the loss of three members of our community over the last two months. Dr. Cerri Banks, vice president in the Division of Student Experience, was a three-time alumna of the School of Education. She…
Summer College 2022 Sees Record-Breaking Attendance
This summer, Syracuse University’s Summer College welcomed its largest cohort of high school students in its over 60-year history. More than 1,000 students from around the world enrolled in an on-campus or online pre-college course through the University. This was…
Men’s Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim Talks Basketball, Leadership and Citizenship at Maxwell Event
In December 2012, the Syracuse University men’s basketball team narrowly defeated the University of Detroit in front of almost 18,000 cheering fans in the Dome. It was the 900th win for head coach Jim Boeheim—but he didn’t feel celebratory. Just…
Ongoing Efforts to Manage COVID-19
Dear Colleagues: I am writing this afternoon to call your attention to the message you recently received from Mike Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation, and to provide a few additional thoughts on our ongoing efforts to manage…
NSF, Department of Energy Grants Enable Physicists to Continue Cutting-Edge Research in Neutrino Discovery
You may not know it, but every second 100 billion extremely tiny, invisible subatomic particles called neutrinos pass through every square centimeter of your hand. Physicist Mitch Soderberg says the reason you didn’t notice is because they rarely interact with…
Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Continue Gravitational Wave Detector Research
In March 2023, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is set to begin its fourth yearlong observational period. Scientists on site in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana, have spent the last two years on hardware and software upgrades to…
Narratio Fellowship Expands Creative Opportunities for Resettled Refugee Youth
In African philosophy, the term “ubuntu” can be translated as “I am because we are.” The phrase, which illustrates the notion that a person’s sense of self is shaped by their relationships with others, is the framework guiding this year’s…
COVID was deadlier for those with intellectual disabilities, according to new research
Authors of a new peer-reviewed paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. The study, “COVID-19 Mortality Burden and Comorbidity Patterns Among Decedents with and without Intellectual…
Breana Nieves Vergara Strives to Cultivate Enriching Mentorship Opportunities for Students
Not having access to a formal peer mentoring program didn’t hold back Syracuse native Breana Nieves Vergara as she made her way through Ithaca College as a sociology major. Her academic program was small enough that Nieves Vergara never struggled…