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Media, Law & Policy

‘Mental Health and the Cost of Our Wars

Tuesday, June 29, 2021, By News Staff

J. Michael Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) founder and executive director, wrote commentary for The Hill titled “Mental health and the cost of our wars.” In 2011, Haynie founded…

Business & Economy

Selim Dangoor ’23 and Sandhya Iyer ’20 Selected for Prestigious Blackstone LaunchPad Fellowships

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University student startups Selim Dangoor ’23, founder of MUNCH Jerky, and Sandhya Iyer ’20, CEO of Geek Girl Careers, have been selected for the summer 2021 cohort of the Blackstone LaunchPad Fellowship. Both are active members of the LaunchPad…

Campus & Community

Disability External Review Concludes with Phase Two Recommendations

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Disability External Review Committee has submitted its final report to Chancellor Kent Syverud, who has indicated his support for the implementation of the committee’s Phase Two recommendations beginning immediately. Due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Campus & Community

School of Architecture Remembers Former Career Services Director Connie Caldwell

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Connie Caldwell, former director of Career Services in the School of Architecture, died on June 11 at her home in Cazenovia. She was 65. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Caldwell moved to Nashua, New Hampshire, as a teen and later…

Campus & Community

Former HEOP Director JoAnn K. May Remembered

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, By News Staff

JoAnn K. May, former director of Syracuse University’s Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) passed away Feb. 14. May was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of Mary and Thaddeus Kennerly. She was a proud historically Black colleges and universities alumna,…

Campus & Community

Forever Orange: The Campaign for Syracuse University Raises $1B to Further Academic Excellence and Student Success for Generations to Come

Thursday, June 17, 2021, By News Staff

Less than 20 months after the public launch of a historic giving campaign with the ambitious goal of raising $1.5 billion, Syracuse University today announced it has reached the $1 billion milestone. The funds raised as part of Forever Orange:…

Media, Law & Policy

Four Maxwell Students Named as Boren Fellows

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Four students in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs have been named as recipients of the 2021 Boren Fellowship. The fellowship, sponsored by the National Security Education Program, funds immersive foreign language study abroad experiences for graduate students…

STEM

A Gift to Inspire Innovation by Bringing Opportunity to Diverse Talent

Monday, June 14, 2021, By Eileen Korey

It was the mid-1960s and Nicholas “Nick” Donofrio G’71, H’11 described it as a “great time” for electrical engineers. They were in huge demand and the young graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute took a job at IBM in Poughkeepsie, New…

Campus & Community

Gretchen Ritter Named Syracuse University’s Next Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Monday, June 14, 2021, By News Staff

The global search for Syracuse University’s next vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer has culminated with the selection of Gretchen Ritter, a highly respected and dynamic academic administrator who has held leadership roles at some of the country’s most…

STEM

Alexander Metcalf Named 2021-22 Astronaut Scholar

Friday, June 11, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Alexander Metcalf, a senior aerospace engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, has been named 2021-22 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). Founded by the…