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Campus & Community

Celebrating the Life of Wynetta Devore

Thursday, February 11, 2021, By News Staff

Professor Emerita of Social Work Wynetta Devore was a teacher and scholar whose life focused on serving God, the Syracuse community where she lived and that she loved, and students she taught during her decadeslong distinguished career. She received an…

Campus & Community

Bringing Earlier Era of Activism to Digital Life

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Bringing seven decades of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life is the mission of the Colored Conventions Project (CCP). Co-founded by faculty director P. Gabrielle Foreman, the CCP is a scholarly and community research project focused on digitally preserving Black political activism…

STEM

SugEx Glucose Monitoring Device Wins ACC InVenture Campus Qualifier

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Russell Fearon ’20, G’21 (College of Engineering and Computer Science) and Ricardo Sanchez ’21 (College of Visual and Performing Arts) were the grand prize winners of Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars at SU Libraries’ 2021 Syracuse University’s campus qualifier for the…

KNX Radio

“Dodgers great Steve Garvey remembers Tommy Lasorda–Computer problems slow down COVID-19 vaccines in California–House Democrats move to impeach President Trump again.”

Friday, January 8, 2021, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of radio, television and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was interviewed recently by KNX Radio for the piece “Dodgers great Steve Garvey remembers Tommy Lasorda–Computer…

WSYR

“SU’s Narratio Fellowship Brings Refugee Stories to Life.”

Friday, December 4, 2020, By Lily Datz

Brice Nordquist, associate professor of writing studies, rhetoric, and composition in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed by WSYR for the story “SU’s Narratio Fellowship Brings Refugee Stories to Life.” Nordquist leads the Narratio Fellowship, where refugee students…

Campus & Community

Life Takes Aisha Huntley on a Winding, Rewarding Educational Journey

Monday, November 2, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

For many adults, it takes courage to walk through a door that can change the trajectory of their life. Oftentimes, that first step is taken with a mixture of hope and trepidation. Aisha Huntley ’05, G ’11 never imagined that…

Campus & Community

Professor Lasch-Quinn Explores the Meaning of Life in New Book

Monday, October 19, 2020, By News Staff

In her new book, “Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living” (Notre Dame Press), Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, professor of history in the Maxwell School, explores Americans’ stirring interest in ancient Greco-Roman philosophies including…

The Houston Chronicle

“Grandparents a lifeline for the endless duties of pandemic life.”

Thursday, October 8, 2020, By Lily Datz

Madonna Harrington Meyer, University Professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was interviewed by The Houston Chronicle for the story “Grandparents a lifeline for the endless duties of pandemic life.” Harrington Meyer studies gerontology and is the author of several…

Campus & Community

Life Trustee Julius “Jules” Pericola Remembered

Friday, September 25, 2020, By Eileen Korey

He was one of the nation’s top business leaders, a civic giant in Syracuse and an avid supporter of Syracuse University. Julius “Jules” Pericola, who was beloved in the Orange community, serving on the Board of Trustees from 1981 to…

Veterans

A Student Veteran’s Life Dedicated to Serving Others

Thursday, September 24, 2020, By News Staff

Time management is one of the many crucial life skills that students practice during college–right up there with budgeting and knowing how to make a dollar stretch as far as possible. Between academic requirements, social obligations and even a job,…