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Campus & Community

Syracuse University to Launch a New Degree in Esports Communications and Management

Thursday, March 9, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University will soon begin offering a new, first-of-its-kind degree program focused on esports. The program, Esports Communications and Management, will be offered jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the David B. Falk College of Sport…

Health & Society

Maxwell Alumna Taylor Hamilton G’18 To Spend a Year in East Asia as a Luce Scholar

Thursday, March 9, 2023, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Taylor Hamilton G’18 has been named a 2023-24 Luce Scholar. The Luce Scholars Program is a prestigious, nationally competitive fellowship program launched by the Henry Luce Foundation in 1974 to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American…

Media Tip Sheets

Sanctions against Russian oligarchs. Do they work?

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, By Ellen Mbuqe

Last week the US Department of Justice announced that it is in its second phase of the campaign Task Force KleptoCapture which would focus on the enablers of Russian oligarchs who try to evade sanctions imposed on Russia since the…

Campus & Community

Kelly Chandler-Olcott Named Dean of the School of Education

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter today announced the appointment of Kelly Chandler-Olcott as dean of the Syracuse University School of Education (SOE). She has served as interim dean since 2021, during which time she has led…

Campus & Community

Behzad Mortazavi Named Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter today announced the selection of Behzad Mortazavi as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Mortazavi comes to Syracuse University from the University of Alabama’s College of Arts and…

Campus & Community

Goal Getter: When Tahirah Abdul-Qadir ’26 Sets a Goal, She Achieves It

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, By Christine Grabowski

When Syracuse native and first-year student Tahirah Abdul-Qadir ’26 set a goal to complete the Congressional Award program, she went for the highest achievable level possible: the Congressional Gold Medal. The requirements are rigorous: 400 hours of voluntary public service;…

Health & Society

Dave Bing ’66, H’06: ‘We Need to Support Each Other Much More Than We Do’

Monday, March 6, 2023, By News Staff

Growing up in Washington, D.C., Dave Bing ’66, H’06 said his classmates, teachers and neighbors were mostly all African American. When he joined Syracuse University in the fall of 1962 as a recruit to the men’s basketball team, his world…

Arts & Culture

Graduate Student Jessica McGhee ’19 Finds Passion and Purpose in Creative Arts Therapy

Friday, March 3, 2023, By Jen Plummer

Jessica McGhee is not a human being who is easily defined. Her resume would reveal a 2019 B.F.A. recipient from the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), a current graduate student in VPA’s art therapy program, an intern with…

Campus & Community

University Remembers Professor Emerita Nancy Weatherly Sharp

Thursday, March 2, 2023, By News Staff

Nancy Weatherly Sharp, professor emerita in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and former University mace bearer, died on Feb. 12. She was 86. Sharp was born in Illinois and raised in Missouri. She studied journalism at the University…

Campus & Community

New Provost’s Promotion and Tenure Committee Members Selected

Wednesday, March 1, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Six faculty members have been selected to serve on the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure. The faculty members were nominated by electronic balloting from eligible individuals across the University. They join six other faculty members who will continue…