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Campus & Community

Jeremy S. Jordan Named Dean of David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Jeremy S. Jordan, a seasoned academic with extensive experience in sport and recreation management, has been named the next dean of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. The announcement was made today by Vice Chancellor, Provost…

Campus & Community

In Memoriam: Minnie Bruce Pratt

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, By Eileen Korey

In a welcome note on her website, Minnie Bruce Pratt invited visitors to make themselves at home. “I hope you enjoy all the connections here to art, politics, love and life,” she wrote. The retired Syracuse University professor built a…

Campus & Community

University Remembers Professor Emerita and Scholar Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, By News Staff

Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo, professor emerita of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and an internationally known scholar, teacher, activist, poet and playwright, died June 30 in Syracuse. Mũgo joined the Syracuse University community in 1993. A…

Business & Economy

Falk College, UNLV to Launch Sports, Entertainment and Innovation Conference Next Summer

Thursday, July 20, 2023, By Matt Michael

On July 14, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Sports Innovation and Syracuse University’s David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, in collaboration with the Las Vegas-based guest experience agency Circle, proudly announced the launch of a first-of-it-kind Sports,…

Campus & Community

BioInspired Institute Awards 2 Cross-Institutional Project Grants

Tuesday, July 18, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University’s BioInspired Institute has awarded a new round of intramural grants to two interdisciplinary, cross-institutional research projects. One project looks at how polar fungi physically adapt to survive in extreme climate environments. Its researchers are working to determine how the…

Media, Law & Policy

Curiosity Helps Ryan Smith ’92 Transition From Lawyer to ESPN Anchor and Television Reporter

Tuesday, July 18, 2023, By John Boccacino

Life is not a straight line but a long, meandering path with many different stops along the way. Take the case of Ryan Smith ’92. As a child, Smith had his life mapped out. His hometown Philadelphia Phillies were his…

Health & Society

New Course Introduces Students to Emerging Field of Sport Social Work  

Friday, July 14, 2023, By Matt Michael

The idea of merging social work principles and practices with the sports industry is an emerging field, and Syracuse University is at the forefront with a new undergraduate course scheduled to start this fall in the School of Social Work…

Media, Law & Policy

Junko Takeda and Merril Silverstein Named Chairs at Maxwell School

Thursday, July 13, 2023, By Jessica Youngman

Two Maxwell School faculty members have been appointed department chairs: Junko Takeda and Merril Silverstein. Takeda, professor of history and Daicoff Faculty Scholar, was named interim chair of the Citizenship and Civic Engagement Undergraduate Program. She fills the vacancy left…

Campus & Community

Breedlove Readers Display Works at Community ‘ArtStory’ Event

Thursday, July 13, 2023, By Diane Stirling

The artwork of local teens was on display during a recent event hosted by professors Courtney Mauldin and Rochele Royster at Syracuse University’s South Side Communications Center. Participants in the event, “ArtStory: Love & Language,” were members of the Breedlove…

Health & Society

Professor, Graduate Student to Examine Impact of Food Assistance on Maternal and Infant Health

Thursday, July 13, 2023, By News Staff

Sarah Hamersma, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, and graduate student Mitch McFarlane, have received a $75,000 grant from Tufts University to support their examination of the impacts of food assistance on maternal and infant health. The funding…