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Campus & Community

Equity Educational Workshops Offered by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Monday, October 11, 2021, By News Staff

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is now offering equity educational workshops on a monthly basis for students, staff and faculty. The workshops will offer participants a more thorough understanding of equity and its impact and how to be…

Faculty Professional Development Series ‘Moving the Needle’ Toward DEIA

Friday, October 8, 2021, By Matt Michael

At her core, Melissa Luke says she is a “consummate scientist practitioner” who prefers to rely on research and data to inform her work. So when the division of Faculty Affairs in the Office of Academic Affairs asked Luke and…

Campus & Community

Women in Leadership Initiative Announces Fall 2021 Programming and New Steering Committee

Tuesday, September 21, 2021, By News Staff

After kicking off in the fall of 2018, the Women in Leadership (WiL) Initiative, under the direction of Michele Wheatly, special advisor to the Chancellor and President and professor of biology, is now entering its fourth year and recently concluded…

Campus & Community

Faculty Affairs Offers Faculty Professional Development Series

Tuesday, August 31, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The division of Faculty Affairs in the Office of Academic Affairs is offering three faculty professional development series focusing on diversity, inclusion, equity and access. Developed by School of Education Professors Jeff Mangram and Melissa Luke, four series of workshops…

Campus & Community

Beth Ferri Named Associate Dean for Research in the School of Education

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Beth Ferri, professor of inclusive education and disability studies, has been named associate dean for research in the School of Education. “Professor Ferri is an internationally and nationally respected scholar whose work is influential in inclusive education and disability studies….

Health & Society

Health Resources Services Administration Grant Brings Together Professionals to Enhance Services for CNY Children and Families

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Like communities across the United States, Central New York faces an acute shortage of mental health professionals, particularly those who work with children and families. The stigma of mental health issues, combined with long waits to see psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors…

Health & Society

New CSD Study Uses Electrical Brain Stimulation to Help Treat Stroke Patients With Aphasia

Thursday, August 5, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Researchers in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) are testing a cutting-edge method of electrical brain stimulation to help stroke patients suffering from a language disorder called aphasia. The National Institutes of Health-funded study, led by Ellyn Riley,…

Veterans

Career Path for Fort Drum Soldier Starts at Syracuse University

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, By Matt Michael

Like many soldiers who are leaving the military, U.S. Army Specialist Luke McKean had an idea of what he wanted to do when he transitioned to civilian life but wasn’t exactly sure how to go about it. But thanks to…

Campus & Community

‘Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms’ Faculty Development Series Announced

Tuesday, March 23, 2021, By News Staff

The Division of Faculty Affairs within the Office of Academic Affairs invites faculty to participate in a three-part workshop series designed to give faculty ways to intentionally develop culturally responsive instructional materials and practices. Faculty will also learn strategies to…

Campus & Community

Highlight the Heroes Part 2: Staff Members Display Ingenuity, Determination, Teamwork in Face of COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, March 9, 2021, By Jen Plummer

As the novel coronavirus took hold in the United States and locally nearly a year ago, many members of the campus community had to reimagine countless processes, solve new and challenging problems, work together in ways previously unheard of, and…