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Academic Strategic Plan Engagement and Feedback Opportunities: Week of Sept. 19

Monday, September 19, 2022, By News Staff

Have you participated in an Academic Strategic Plan Campus Conversation yet? Taken a survey? Submitted feedback on the website? If not, this is the week to do it! There are several opportunities for you to be a part of the…

STEM

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Continue Gravitational Wave Detector Research

Sunday, September 18, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

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…

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Yousr Dhaouadi: Ph.D. Candidate, GSO President Willing to ‘Follow Every Opportunity’

Friday, September 16, 2022, By Diane Stirling

Yousr Dhaouadi is a Ph.D. chemical engineering candidate in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science who plans to complete her program in summer 2023. She’s currently finishing a second term as…

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CLASS Peer-to-Peer Learning Strategies Project Receives NSF Grant to Extend Training, Research

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Diane Stirling

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…

Campus & Community

Action-Based Programs for Diabetes Prevention, Blood Pressure Management Offered to Faculty and Staff

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Jen Plummer

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…

STEM

A&S Physicists Part of NSF PAARE Grant to Diversify Astrophysics

Wednesday, September 7, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Through a National Science Foundation Partnerships in Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE) grant of more than $1 million, Syracuse University will help create a new research and education program intended to diversify the field of gravitational-wave astrophysics, specifically…

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Academic Strategic Plan Engagement Schedule Now Available

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, By News Staff

Mark Your Calendars—We Want to Hear From You! In partnership with the co-chairs of the Academic Strategic Plan working groups, the Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to share with our campus community opportunities for engagement in the fall semester….

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Faculty and Staff Invited to Fall Semester Crucial Conversations Workshop Series

Monday, August 22, 2022, By News Staff

Another installment of the popular Crucial Conversations program will be offered to faculty and staff in the Fall 2022 semester. The seven-week, in-person series will begin on Sept. 16 and wrap up on Oct. 28. Sessions will be held each…

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Refreshing Our Academic Strategic Plan

Thursday, August 18, 2022, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As we look forward to the energy that comes with students returning to campus soon, I would like to recognize the important work so many individuals have accomplished this summer. I also want to give…

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Teacher Shortages, Learning Loss and More: Experts Available for Back to School Stories

Wednesday, August 17, 2022, By Christopher Munoz

Though most pandemic-related restrictions have eased, the impact of COVID-19 is still being felt in schools across the nation. As kids head back to the classroom, districts are struggling with staffing and trying to make up for learning loss caused…