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Health & Society

NBA Player Shares Personal Experience With Stuttering With CSD Students

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Students walking into Grant Auditorium for CSD 450/650 Clinical Seminar last semester saw a celebrity instead of their usual professor. National Basketball Association (NBA) player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was visiting the class to give the students a unique perspective on both…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University, JMA Wireless Announce Naming Rights Partnership, Usher in the JMA Wireless Dome Era

Thursday, May 19, 2022, By News Staff

Syracuse University and JMA Wireless (JMA) today announced a 10-year partnership for naming rights of the University’s iconic on-campus stadium. For the first time since the venue opened its doors in 1980, the stadium will have a new name, only…

STEM

Biology and Earth and Environmental Sciences Departments Come Together on Diversity and Engagement Initiatives

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, By News Staff

In 1948, Professor James Hope Birnie became Syracuse University’s first African American faculty member in biology, teaching here until 1951. He was also one of its first biology faculty members to be supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)….

Campus & Community

Eleanor Maine Receives Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching

Monday, May 16, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Eleanor Maine, professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the 2022 recipient of the William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. A&S Dean Karin Ruhlandt formally conferred the prize on her at the…

STEM

Black Hole Image Shows Einstein Was Right, Once Again

Thursday, May 12, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

Today a team of astronomers announced they successfully captured the first direct image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Duncan Brown is the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics at Syracuse University’s College of…

Campus & Community

4 Years Unlike Anything Else: Reflecting on Life on the Syracuse University Campus

Thursday, May 12, 2022, By John Boccacino

When the members of the Class of 2022 walked onto the Syracuse University campus in the fall of 2018, none of them could predict the unprecedented journey that awaited them over the next four years. An unknown, fast-spreading global health…

Campus & Community

Meditation and Mindfulness Platform Coming to Barnes Center at The Arch

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, By News Staff

Working to enhance the health and wellness resources available to students, beginning in the 2022-23 academic year, the Barnes Center at The Arch will launch Headspace, a meditation and mindfulness platform accessible by mobile and desktop devices. The Headspace partnership…

Campus & Community

Commencement 2022: Here’s What You Need to Know

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, By Kathleen Haley

Graduates, it’s time to celebrate your accomplishments! Invite your family and friends, don your cap and gown, and meet you at the stadium for Commencement 2022. Syracuse University’s Commencement exercises will be held Sunday, May 15, beginning with the degree…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Art Museum Piloting Object-Based Teaching and Research Faculty Fellows Program

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Faculty from all disciplines are invited to apply for a pilot Faculty Fellows Program being hosted this summer by the Syracuse University Art Museum. [Editor’s Note: The six faculty members selected are Chaya Lee Charles, assistant teaching professor of nutrition…

Campus & Community

Supporting Student Wellness: Personalized Wellness Education

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, By Gabrielle Lake

Placing student health and wellness needs forefront, free Wellness Leadership Institute workshops are built to cultivate empowerment through education of resources, sharpening skills and experiences, while yielding personalized toolkits that students can use at Syracuse University and beyond as they…