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Bringing Science Back Home: Ph.D. Candidate Tiffany Hamm Works to Expand STEM Access

Monday, April 11, 2022, By News Staff

Tiffany Hamm, a fourth-year science education doctoral student, formerly taught earth science in her hometown of Bronx, New York. She chose the School of Education to pursue a Ph.D. because she wanted to do more in the field. Making science…

Campus & Community

Ph.D. Student Andrew Ridgeway Wins Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award

Monday, April 11, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Andrew Ridgeway, a third-year Ph.D. student in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) composition and cultural rhetoric program, was selected as the 2022 winner of the prestigious Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award for his piece “Conspiracy Theories, Jouissance, and…

Veterans

Dwayne Murray Boomerangs Back to Syracuse as Incoming Deputy Director of OVMA

Monday, April 11, 2022, By Stephanie Salanger

When Dwayne Murray ’97 was about 7 years old, his grandmother bought him a Syracuse University sweatshirt from the Salvation Army. Born in Brooklyn and raised between the Bronx and White Plains, N.Y., Murray lived with his grandparents for his…

STEM

‘Seeing Possibility For Myself’: SUSTAIN Program Continues to Cultivate, Support STEM Talent

Sunday, April 10, 2022, By News Staff

In 2017, John Tillotson, associate professor and department chair of the Department of Science Teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), set out to improve upon the country’s retention rate of college science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors among underrepresented…

Media Tip Sheets

Schools Should Prioritize Desegregation, Consistent Policy and Better Social Services 

Saturday, April 9, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

Despite some improvements over the last decade, recent Census data shows that high percentages of American children are still living in communities with high concentrations of poverty. What sort of impact do these economic conditions have on the classroom? And…

STEM

Sophomore Emma Liptrap Named a 2022 NOAA-Hollings Scholar

Friday, April 8, 2022, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Emma Liptrap’s passion for environmental engineering began in a parking lot. In her junior year of high school, she set up a shadowing experience with a local engineering firm in her hometown of Salem, New Hampshire. Engineers brought her to…

Campus & Community

Internship Funding Award Helps Students Achieve Professional Goals

Thursday, April 7, 2022, By News Staff

As a pillar of professional development, internships provide opportunities for students to immerse themselves in their career interests and grow their resumes. From networking, personalized guidance and now financial support, Career Services and partners diligently work to identify and remove…

Campus & Community

Junior Madison Tyler Named as a 2022 Beinecke Scholar

Thursday, April 7, 2022, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Madison Tyler ’23, a junior double major in African American studies and English (film and screen studies track) in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a recipient of a 2022 Beinecke Scholarship. A Coronat Scholar and member…

Campus & Community

Carpe Diem! Berlin Scholars ‘Seize the Data’ at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference  

Wednesday, April 6, 2022, By Matt Michael

For Michael O’Connor ’22, traveling with his fellow Sport Analytics Berlin Scholars in early March to Boston was “a moment of things coming full circle.” Four years ago, O’Connor visited Boston for the first time with his father, Dave O’Connor,…

Media, Law & Policy

Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Highlights Global Differences in Responding to Humanitarian Crises

Wednesday, April 6, 2022, By John Boccacino

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his offensive into the sovereign nation of Ukraine on Feb. 24, it not only created a violent international conflict that has pitted Ukrainians against Russians, it also generated a widespread humanitarian crisis. As a…