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National Science Foundation Renews Funding for Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program

Tuesday, August 1, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Funding for operating the Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) program has been renewed, permitting Syracuse University to continue leading a seven-institution initiative to broaden educational opportunities for students from underrepresented communities to study and pursue careers in…

STEM

New Research Examines Echo Chambers and Political Attitudes on Social Media

Monday, July 31, 2023, By Ellen Mbuqe

What is the role of social media in shaping our political attitudes? New research published in Nature sets out to understand whether and how the information people see on social media shapes their political views. Entitled “Like-minded Sources on Facebook…

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

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

Irving Avenue Closure Extended Until July 21, Stadium Place Closure to Follow

Monday, July 17, 2023, By News Staff

The utility project underway on Irving Avenue has been extended until Monday, July 21, necessitating continuing closure of the road. While the road remains closed, Irving Avenue Garage permit holders should continue to enter and exit the garage on Stadium…

Campus & Community

Call for Volunteers: Syracuse Welcome 2023

Monday, July 17, 2023, By Gabrielle Lake

Paved with such milestones as the tradition of Syracuse Welcome, being Orange is celebrating and empowering each unique student experience. “Syracuse Welcome not only ushers in the newest incoming student class but is a uniting campus celebration,” says New Student…

Health & Society

New Course Introduces Students to Emerging Field of Sport Social Work  

Friday, July 14, 2023, By Matt Michael

The idea of merging social work principles and practices with the sports industry is an emerging field, and Syracuse University is at the forefront with a new undergraduate course scheduled to start this fall in the School of Social Work…

Campus & Community

Utility Work Between College Place and the Quad to Begin This Week

Thursday, July 13, 2023, By News Staff

Beginning this week, National Grid will undertake a natural gas pipe replacement project between College Place and the Quad, along the path between Sims Hall and Shaffer Art Building and Link Hall and Slocum Hall. The project begins today and…