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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

$1M Gift for Culinary Hub at John A. Lally Athletics Complex Honors Joseph O. Lampe ’53, L’55, H’04

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, By Eileen Korey

Joseph O. Lampe ’53, L’55, H’04 was the kind of alumnus that every university wants to have—engaged, fiercely loyal, generous, philanthropic and inspiring. Lampe often credited his alma mater for providing him with opportunities and life lessons that made it…

Campus & Community

International Experiences: Computer Science Students Study Abroad in London

Thursday, July 20, 2023, By Alex Dunbar

Within weeks of arriving in London, computer science student Jovanni Mosca ’24 knew his semester abroad would be a life-changing experience. He was living just outside central London, had traveled to multiple other countries in Europe and got an up-close…

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…

STEM

First-of-Its Kind Research Studies Arsenic Exposure in Syracuse Children

Thursday, July 13, 2023, By Daryl Lovell

A new study published in the journal JAMA Network studies the connections between arsenic exposure and cardiovascular disease processes in children. Led by Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College,…

Campus & Community

Alumni Association Board Welcomes New President and Directors

Tuesday, July 11, 2023, By Chris Velardi

The Syracuse University Alumni Association (SUAA) Board of Directors is welcoming a new president and a diverse group of five new directors to its board this summer. After serving as the SUAA board’s president-elect for the past year, Peter Gianesini…

Campus & Community

Maria Zhu Awarded the 2023 Montonna Fund Award

Monday, July 10, 2023, By News Staff

Maria Zhu, assistant professor of economics and senior research associate in the Center for Policy Research in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received this year’s award from the Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Fund for the Teaching…