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Health & Society

Students Participate in High-Altitude Health Study at the Top of the World

Thursday, August 3, 2023, By Matt Michael

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…

Campus & Community

Selecting From an Impressive Competitive Field, the Women in Leadership Initiative Announces Cohort 2, Expands by Adding Cohort 3

Wednesday, August 2, 2023, By News Staff

Advancing its mission to make the University a pacesetter among higher education institutions for cultivating women leaders, Syracuse University’s Women in Leadership Initiative (WiL) is proud to announce the members of its second cohort. The fall cohort will include 25…

Health & Society

Professors Theoharis and George Awarded Lender Center Grant to Study Schools’ DEI Policies

Monday, July 31, 2023, By Martin Walls

George Theoharis, professor of educational leadership and inclusive elementary/early childhood education, and Leela George, associate teaching professor of educational leadership, both in the School of Education, have been awarded a 2023 Lender Center for Social Justice grant. The award is…

Campus & Community

Celebrating Otto the Orange (Photo Story)

Thursday, July 27, 2023, By Christine Grabowski

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…

STEM

James Henderson Named Director, Heidi Hehnly Named Associate Director of BioInspired Institute

Thursday, July 27, 2023, By Diane Stirling

James H. (Jay) Henderson, professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been appointed as director of the Syracuse University BioInspired Institute, Duncan Brown, vice president for research, has announced. Henderson has served…

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

University Remembers Professor Emerita and Scholar Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, By News Staff

Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo, professor emerita of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and an internationally known scholar, teacher, activist, poet and playwright, died June 30 in Syracuse. Mũgo joined the Syracuse University community in 1993. 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

School of Architecture, SUNY ESF Faculty Awarded Funding for Research on Racial Wealth Gap

Tuesday, July 25, 2023, By Julie Sharkey

School of Architecture Associate Dean for Research Eliana Abu-Hamdi and Assistant Professor Iman Fayyad, along with Daniel Cronan, assistant professor of landscape architecture at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), have recently been awarded a $100,000 grant…

Campus & Community

JMA Wireless Dome Transformation Project Continues

Tuesday, July 25, 2023, By News Staff

Construction continues at the JMA Wireless Dome on the installation of upgraded chairback seating and the introduction of new premium offerings throughout the venue. The change from bench seating to chairback seating will create a new fan experience, including a new…