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Twelve Selected as 2021 Syracuse University Scholars

Thursday, March 18, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Twelve seniors have been named as the 2021 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. The Syracuse University Scholars Selection Committee, a Universitywide faculty committee, selected the 2021 scholars using criteria that included coursework and academic…

Campus & Community

Public Health Advisory: New Action Required to Combat Spike in COVID-19 Cases

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: A short time ago, the University’s COVID dashboard was updated to reflect the 20 new COVID-19 infections we have confirmed in the past 24 hours. All these new COVID-19 cases are among students. As…

Campus & Community

COVID-19 Public Health Advisory

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: Since late last week, we have confirmed 46 new COVID-19 cases among Syracuse University students. Unlike in the past, when emerging clusters have been primarily off campus, the current situation appears to be largely…

Campus & Community

Falk Students Launch Pen Pal Program With Senior Citizens

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Michele Barrett

Social Workers United, a graduate student organization in Falk College’s School of Social Work, recently introduced its members to a pen pal program with senior citizens. Many social work students engage with the elderly during field placements and volunteer activities…

Campus & Community

Six Syracuse University Students Receive Prestigious Critical Language Scholarship

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Six Syracuse University students have been selected as recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship, through which they will immerse themselves in intensive language study this summer. Additionally, three students were named as alternates. The recipients and the languages they will…

Campus & Community

Young Research Fellows Program Seeking Applications from Undergraduates

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, By News Staff

The Young Research Fellows (YRF) program is currently seeking applications for its 2021-23 cohort. Young Research Fellows, guided by a faculty mentor, engage in two years of group mentoring in early research and creative inquiry development and have access to…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Receives Record-Setting Number of First-Year Applications

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, By Shannon Andre

Syracuse University has once again experienced a record-setting year for first-year applications with a total of 39,342 as of March 8. This represents a 24 percent increase from last year. The significant growth in applications follows an entirely virtual recruitment…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Professor Featured in MoMA Exhibition

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Sekou Cooke, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture who has gained widespread recognition for his investigations into the emergent field of Hip-Hop Architecture, is one of 10 architects, designers and artists chosen to exhibit a newly commissioned work…

STEM

Giving Back to Honor a Great Mentor

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Peter Robison G’78 (Ph.D.) remembers joining professor emeritus of biology Richard Levy’s lab in 1974 during a particularly tumultuous time in our nation’s history. Richard Nixon had resigned from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal and students were feeling…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Abroad Florence Longtime Professor Richard Ingersoll Remembered

Monday, March 15, 2021, By News Staff

Richard Ingersoll, a longtime professor of art and architecture in Syracuse Abroad Florence, died on Feb. 27 in Spain. A native of San Francisco, Ingersoll earned a doctorate in architectural history at the University of California, Berkeley in 1985 with…