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Campus & Community

3rd Thonis Endowed Professorship Announced: The Multiplier Effect in Philanthropy

Friday, March 24, 2023, By Eileen Korey

On the drive from his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to his alma mater in Syracuse, New York, Michael G. “Mike” Thonis ’72 says he counts rock formations, knows all their geological names and notices “as they suddenly become very dark…

Campus & Community

Social Work Presents Social Justice Awards March 30

Friday, March 24, 2023, By News Staff

March is National Professional Social Work Month, and the School of Social Work in the Falk College is presenting its annual Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Award program from 6:45-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 in Falk College…

Media, Law & Policy

Veteran Journalist Judy Woodruff to Receive Fred Dressler Leadership Award at Newhouse School’s Mirror Awards Ceremony June 12

Friday, March 24, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Veteran journalist Judy Woodruff, longtime anchor and managing editor of the “PBS NewsHour” and now a senior correspondent, will be honored with the Fred Dressler Leadership Award at the 17th annual Mirror Awards ceremony on June 12. The awards, sponsored…

Campus & Community

Michael Speaks Reappointed to 5-Year Term as Architecture Dean

Thursday, March 23, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter today announced that Michael A. Speaks, dean of the School of Architecture, has been reappointed to a five-year term as dean. Today’s announcement follows a comprehensive decanal review that took into…

Campus & Community

David Van Slyke Reappointed to 5-Year Term as Maxwell School Dean

Thursday, March 23, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter today announced that David M. Van Slyke has been reappointed to a five-year term as dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, beginning July 1. Today’s announcement follows…

Health & Society

Falk College and Whitman School Launch 2 New Public Health and Business Dual Degree Programs

Wednesday, March 22, 2023, By Dawn McWilliams

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics are launching two new dual degree programs to leverage both schools’ national reputations and programmatic strengths. The new programs—an undergraduate public health/business…

Health & Society

Alumnus Helps Sacred Indigenous Objects Find Their Way Home

Monday, March 20, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Travel to just about any major ethnographic and natural history museum around the world and you will encounter installations focusing on Native American and Indigenous society and culture. Exhibitions such as the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Plains…

STEM

Rare Isotopes Help Unlock Mysteries in the Argentine Andes

Friday, March 17, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Every second the Earth is bombarded by vast amounts of cosmic rays—invisible sub-atomic particles that originate from things like the sun and supernova explosions. These high-energy, far-traveled cosmic rays collide with atoms as they enter Earth’s atmosphere and set off…

Campus & Community

Falk Presents Public Health Week Activities for Syracuse University, Local Community

Thursday, March 16, 2023, By Matt Michael

To recognize National Public Health Week from April 3-9, the Department of Public Health in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics is presenting a series of free public events that will focus on a wide range of public…

Arts & Culture

University Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems H’17 Receives Prestigious Hasselblad Award

Wednesday, March 15, 2023, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Internationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems H’17, Syracuse University’s first-ever artist in residence, has been named the 2023 Hasselblad Award laureate by the Hasselblad Foundation, a prize that is often referred to as the “Nobel Prize” of photography. “Syracuse University…