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McNair Scholars Program Receives U.S. Department of Education Funding Through 2027

Monday, September 19, 2022, By Martin Walls

The Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program—part of the School of Education’s Center for Academic Achievement and Student Development—has been awarded $1.4 million in U.S. Department of Education funding for the 2022-2027 academic and fiscal years.   The McNair…

Campus & Community

COVID-19 Update: Active Cases | Public Health Reminders | Vaccine Availability

Monday, September 19, 2022, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: Today marks the fourth week of the Fall 2022 semester. It has been an exciting few weeks on campus with a palpable sense of energy from everyone in our community. While this semester feels…

Arts & Culture

Narratio Fellowship Expands Creative Opportunities for Resettled Refugee Youth

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

In African philosophy, the term “ubuntu” can be translated as “I am because we are.” The phrase, which illustrates the notion that a person’s sense of self is shaped by their relationships with others, is the framework guiding this year’s…

Media Tip Sheets

COVID was deadlier for those with intellectual disabilities, according to new research

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

Authors of a new peer-reviewed paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. The study, “COVID-19 Mortality Burden and Comorbidity Patterns Among Decedents with and without Intellectual…

STEM

Exploring Sediment History in Central New York Lakes

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Skaneateles Lake in Upstate New York is one of the cleanest, clearest freshwater lakes in the country, the source of drinking water for the City of Syracuse and a hub for recreation. Since 2017, however, harmful algal blooms (HABs) have…

Campus & Community

CLASS Peer-to-Peer Learning Strategies Project Receives NSF Grant to Extend Training, Research

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Diane Stirling

The Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) has received a National Science Foundation grant of $240,000 to expand a peer-to-peer academic coaching program that acquaints students with effective learning strategies and helps them adopt those tactics in their STEM…

Campus & Community

Your Voices Were Heard: Wellness Initiative Ready to Kick Off Fall

Monday, September 12, 2022, By News Staff

From mindful eating to a squat challenge, the wellness programming available to faculty and staff this fall is diverse, robust and responsive to the results of the June 2022 wellness survey. About 800 survey participants provided valuable feedback on topics…

Media Tip Sheets

Gas-Powered Car Bans Won’t Work Without Infrastructure Investments

Friday, September 9, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

California lawmakers have passed a measure cracking down on the future sales of new gasoline cars. The rules call for the ban of new gas-powered cars by 2035, with target guidelines to phase out the cars in increments. It is…

Campus & Community

Min Liu Appointed Abdallah H. Yabroudi Endowed Professor in Sustainable Civil Infrastructure

Thursday, September 8, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

The College of Engineering and Computer Science is proud to introduce Min Liu as the Abdallah H. Yabroudi Endowed Professor in Sustainable Civil Infrastructure at Syracuse University. Liu’s research centers on developing innovative approaches and generating knowledge on how to…

STEM

Syracuse University Joins Consortium in NSF I-Corps Hub’s $15M STEM Innovation Program

Thursday, September 8, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University has joined nine other colleges in the newly awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps): Interior Northeast Region Hub (IN I-Corps), a $15 million, five-year investment by the NSF that is designed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship…