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Education Expert: Massive Public Investment Needed to Solve Teacher Shortages 

Wednesday, September 20, 2023, By Christopher Munoz

School districts across the country continue to struggle with teacher shortages as a new school year begins. There has been a lot of talk about the reasons behind the shortages and what can be done to improve the situation.  George…

Campus & Community

University Football Films Collection Now Available Online

Tuesday, September 19, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

A selection of football films from the University Archives in Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is now available online. The Libraries’ digital stewardship team, in collaboration with the SCRC, coordinated digitization of 430 films dating from 1949…

Health & Society

International Drug Policy Academy Offers a Unique Opportunity for Students Interested in Addiction Studies

Monday, September 18, 2023, By Matt Michael

Needing one more class or an independent study to complete a master’s degree in public health, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics student Emily Graham turned to Public Health Professor Dessa Bergen-Cico for advice and Bergen-Cico offered the opportunity…

Health & Society

Roundtable: 3 School of Education Alumni Define ‘Human Thriving’ in the Context of Global Diversity

Friday, September 15, 2023, By Martin Walls

“Human thriving” is among the areas of distinctive excellence enumerated in the University’s 2023 Academic Strategic Plan. This concept is inspired by the words of Chancellor Erastus Haven. In 1871, he charged Syracuse students “to thrive here, to learn here,…

Media, Law & Policy

Meet Biko Skalla ’18, Voice of the World-Famous Savannah Bananas

Tuesday, September 12, 2023, By John Boccacino

Baseball is America’s pastime, a game rich in history and time-honored traditions, where change is slow to be embraced and slower still to be adopted. Then, there are the Savannah Bananas, a minor league baseball team that has changed the…

Health & Society

VPA Sophomore Wins Fellowship, Plans Film on the Mental Health of Refugee Youth

Tuesday, September 12, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Rayan Mohamed, a sophomore film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been selected as a 2023-2024 Imagining America/Joy of Giving Something Fellow. The program aims to elevate photography and digital media as pathways for undergraduate students…

Campus & Community

Maxwell School Joins Volcker Alliance to Bring Next Generation Leadership Corps to University

Friday, September 8, 2023, By Jessica Youngman

Continuing its nearly 100-year legacy of inspiring and cultivating a new generation of public service-minded professionals, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has partnered with the Volcker Alliance to offer a new program to undergraduate students campuswide. The…

Campus & Community

‘Glory Days’ Come to Campus: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band to Perform at JMA Wireless Dome Thursday (POSTPONED)

Wednesday, September 6, 2023, By News Staff

Update Oct. 6: The concert has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. Further information about tickets will be forthcoming. Update Sept. 7: The concert has been postponed due to artist illness and will be rescheduled for a…

STEM

Experts Say Federal Agency or Global Organization Should Govern AI, New Survey Co-sponsored by Two University Institutes Finds

Wednesday, September 6, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A new survey co-sponsored by two Syracuse University institutes finds that a majority of computer science experts at top U.S research universities want to see the creation of a new federal agency or global organization to govern artificial intelligence (AI)….

Campus & Community

How I Spent My Summer Vacation: The Important Role of Internships

Thursday, August 31, 2023, By John Boccacino

Final exams. Research papers. Group presentations. Surviving the end of an academic year can be a challenging exercise for students. With their final assignments and exams completed, no one would blame these students for wanting to recharge their batteries and…