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Faculty and Staff: Move More, Feel Better and Enter to Win a Garmin Fitness Tracker
June is the perfect time to get out of the office and take advantage of warmer weather and our beautiful campus. SU faculty and staff, let’s all step out, get moving and join the fun. You may be the lucky…
‘Koaville’ Wins Popular Vote for On My Own Time Exhibition
In 1965, Johnny Yinger spent a summer in Hawaii and brought home a piece of Koa wood, a relatively rare tropical wood. He kept it in various basements over the decades, waiting for inspiration to strike. Then, thanks to an…
Combating Graduate School Stress, One Click at a Time
Like all of Luka Negoita’s Ph.D. work on plant biology, his latest venture began with an experiment. But this time he didn’t investigate the vegetation of central New York, he turned the microscope on the Ph.D. process. “Grad school is…
Summer Course Will Help Participants Develop Mindfulness Practice
In one Syracuse University course this summer, students will engage in creative ways to learn about and incorporate the practice of mindfulness into their lives. “Mindful Communication Skills,” CRS 347, will be offered for six weeks in Summer Session II,…
Board of Trustees Endorses Award-Winning Campus Framework—Vision for Excellence; Full Report Now Available for Community Feedback
Ensuring that Syracuse University’s physical landscape, buildings and infrastructure align with and support the priorities of the Academic Strategic Plan and its institutional mission and vision is the chief objective of the newly released Campus Framework-Vision for Excellence.
As the Centennial of JFK’s Birth Nears, Recalling His Stirring Commencement Address in Syracuse
By 1957, a young United States senator from Massachusetts named John F. Kennedy already had a long working relationship with Ted Sorensen, who served at the time as his aide and counselor. Kennedy grew into greatness as an orator, and…
Maxwell School Mourns Legendary Teacher and Scholar Ralph Ketcham
Ralph Ketcham, one of the longest-serving and most beloved and influential professors in the history of the Maxwell School, died on Wednesday, April 26, after a brief illness. He was 89. A steadfast champion of the Maxwell approach to citizenship…
Steve Billington: ‘He Put His Heart Into His Work’
In February 2006, Steven “Steve” Billington joined the Syracuse University community as a materials handler with Physical Plant. He had experience in managing a business in the local community, and applied his knowledge, skill and ethics to everything he did…
‘Curative Violence’: Eunjung Kim’s New Book Considers Transnational Disability Theory in Korea, Japan, United States
Transnational feminist disability studies is the focus of a groundbreaking, new book by a Syracuse University professor. Eunjung Kim, dually appointed to the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the School of Education, is the author of “Curative Violence:…
Healing From Trauma: University Presents Moving Traumatic Energy and Re-engaging in Life Workshops
As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Contemplative Collaborative, Healthy Monday Syracuse, the Office of Health Promotion and the Syracuse University Wellness Initiative are hosting the Moving Traumatic Energy and Re-engaging in Life workshop series on campus. Led by…