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Campus & Community

Creative Writing Scholarship Honors Memory of Tom Walsh, Former EVP of Advancement and External Affairs

Monday, November 15, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Passion and creativity are at the heart of great storytelling. Those who knew Tom Walsh G’84 would say he wove each of those qualities into his work both in theater, and fundraising and alumni engagement at Syracuse University. Walsh, who…

Veterans

IVMF Staff Member and Former Sergeant of the Guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Participates in Tomb’s Centennial

Thursday, November 11, 2021, By News Staff

U.S. Army veteran Bart Womack proudly served for 29 years as an enlisted service member, deploying to such locations as Haiti, Kosovo and Iraq, and retiring as a command sergeant major. But it was his assignments as part of the…

Campus & Community

Two Syracuse University Seniors Named as Finalists for Prestigious Marshall Scholarship

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University seniors Gretchen Coleman and Ifeyinwa Ojukwu have been named finalists for the Marshall Scholarship, one of the United States’ most prestigious nationally competitive scholarships. The Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a graduate…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Art Museum Announces New Curator

Friday, November 5, 2021, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Art Museum has announced the appointment of Melissa Yuen, Ph.D., as the museum’s new curator. Yuen, a curator and art historian, comes to Syracuse from the Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and will join the…

Media Tip Sheets

We’ve always protested against public health mandates

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By Lily Datz

Throughout the United States, there are communities and state governments who have come out strongly against mask or vaccine mandates, even while the Delta variant of the coronavirus rages through the unvaccinated. But Syracuse University assistant professor Kyla Garrett Wagner,…

Arts & Culture

Join the Lender Center Conversation: ‘Creative Activity as a Human Right’

Sunday, October 31, 2021, By Matt Michael

For James Haywood Rolling Jr. ’91, the upcoming “Creative Activity as a Human Right” event is two months in the planning but decades in the making. Rolling, a dual professor of arts education in the College of Visual and Performing…

Campus & Community

Disability Justice Advocate Eli Clare Is CNY Humanities Corridor’s 2021 Distinguished Visiting Collaborator

Monday, October 25, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

The Syracuse University Humanities Center, in partnership with the Cornell Society for the Humanities, welcomes author and social justice educator, Eli Clare, as a Distinguished Visiting Collaborator in the Central New York Humanities Corridor. A leading thinker at the intersection of queerness, race and…

Business & Economy

A $1.25 Million Gift Ensures Whitman Students Stand Ready to IMPRESS in the Business World

Monday, October 25, 2021, By Eileen Korey

Kenneth “Kenny” Goodman ’70 knows what it takes to be successful in the business world and he has committed himself to ensuring that Syracuse University graduates are a step ahead and better prepared to compete in a fast-changing world.  That’s…

Media, Law & Policy

The 61% Project Wins Online Journalism Award

Wednesday, October 20, 2021, By News Staff

The 61% Project added a significant addition to its growing number of honors this past Friday when it was announced as the winner of the Newhouse School’s first-ever Online Journalism Award (OJA). Presented by the Online News Association, the OJAs have become the premier…

Campus & Community

Review the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Draft Strategic Plan

Monday, October 18, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: As Syracuse University seeks to identify its next chief diversity and inclusion officer, we are serving as an interim leadership team, charged with engaging the campus community to advance the University’s inaugural Diversity,…