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Student Veterans Take on Summer Internships Thanks to OVMA Internship Award
Over the 2022 summer semester, eight student veterans at Syracuse University were able to take part in a time-honored college experience that typically eludes non-traditional students—they became interns. They were able to experience the firsthand benefit of an internship thanks…
Engaged Humanities Network Awards Grants to Faculty and Students for Collaborations With Syracuse Community
When Brice Nordquist founded the Engaged Humanities Network (EHN) in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) in 2020, one the main ideas guiding its mission was to build and foster relationships between members of Syracuse University and the surrounding…
Chancellor Provides Updates on Campus Since May at University Senate
I’d like to begin by recognizing the loss of three members of our community over the last two months. Dr. Cerri Banks, vice president in the Division of Student Experience, was a three-time alumna of the School of Education. She…
‘Black Voices’ Malmgren Concert: NYC-Based Warp Trio Blends Classical, Jazz, Hip-Hop
Spotlighting works by Black artists in classical, jazz and hip-hop music, New York City-based Warp Trio brings “Black Voices” to Syracuse University. As part of Hendricks Chapel’s Music and Message Malmgren concert series, the community is invited to reflect and…
Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Continue Gravitational Wave Detector Research
In March 2023, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is set to begin its fourth yearlong observational period. Scientists on site in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana, have spent the last two years on hardware and software upgrades to…
Community Folk Art Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Ailey II Dance Performance at Landmark Theatre
The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC), a unit of the Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, celebrates its 50th anniversary with a performance by the Ailey II – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, featuring…
La Casita to Commemorate Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month With New Exhibition: ‘Once Upon a Time…A Toy Show’
La Casita will commemorate Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15) with the opening of a new exhibition: “Once Upon a Time… A Toy Show / Erase una vez… un show de juguetes,” on Friday, Sept. 16, from 6…
CLASS Peer-to-Peer Learning Strategies Project Receives NSF Grant to Extend Training, Research
The Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) has received a National Science Foundation grant of $240,000 to expand a peer-to-peer academic coaching program that acquaints students with effective learning strategies and helps them adopt those tactics in their STEM…
Action-Based Programs for Diabetes Prevention, Blood Pressure Management Offered to Faculty and Staff
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 38% of all U.S. adults live with prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes, and nearly half (47%) have hypertension, or high blood pressure. While these statistics…
Fulbright Scholars Return to Syracuse University In-Person After 2 Years
They never intended to meet. Daniela Orozco Poveda was from Colombia, while Jonato Xavier was from Timor-Leste, a nation located on the island of Timor between Indonesia and Australia. While they were once strangers living oceans apart, the world suddenly…