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Executive Master’s Student Named Eisenhower USA Fellow
Heather C. Fischer, a graduate student in the executive master’s in international relations (E.M.I.R.) program in Washington, D.C., has been named a 2023 Eisenhower USA Fellow. One of 11 recipients of the honor by the organization Eisenhower Fellowships, she was…
School of Information Studies Creates a Modern Learning Lab With Azure
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has worked closely with Microsoft to bring cloud technology to the school, including establishing a modern learning lab. In 2019, the iSchool began a cloud migration that transformed its academic services and created new…
Students Will Present Their Summer Research Wednesday and Thursday
More than 100 undergraduate students who have been engaged in research and scholarly and creative pursuits over the summer will present their projects and findings at a showcase being hosted virtually and on campus Aug. 9 and 10. The event, organized…
Students Participate in High-Altitude Health Study at the Top of the World
Of all the exceptional Syracuse University Study Abroad courses, there is one that towers above the others–about 18,000 feet above. Mount Everest Base Camp Trek: The Human Response to High Altitude is a three-week, three-credit course and international research expedition…
Gawrysiak to Oversee Esports Initiatives
Joey Gawrysiak has been named executive director of the University’s new esports communications and management degree program. Gawrysiak developed one of the first esports degrees in the country at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, where he is now a professor…
National Science Foundation Renews Funding for Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program
Funding for operating the Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) program has been renewed, permitting Syracuse University to continue leading a seven-institution initiative to broaden educational opportunities for students from underrepresented communities to study and pursue careers in…
Tessa Murphy’s ‘Creole Archipelago’ Garners Elsa Goveia Book Prize and 2022 Mary Alice and Philip Boucher Book Prize
Tessa Murphy, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received two new prizes for her first book, “The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). These…
Celebrating Otto the Orange (Photo Story)
Fans of Otto the Orange are super excited for Otto’s upcoming induction into the Class of 2023 Mascot Hall of Fame (MHOF) Saturday, Aug. 12, in Whitting, Indiana. They will be one of only two mascots inducted this year. The…
Tracy Barlok Named Chief Advancement Officer, Gabe Nugent Appointed General Counsel
Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced two leadership appointments on his executive team. Tracy Barlok has been named senior vice president and chief advancement officer, and Gabe Nugent will serve as senior vice president and general counsel. Both appointments, which are…
In Memoriam: Minnie Bruce Pratt
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…