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COVID-19 Vaccination
Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: This is a very good day on our campus. The first supply of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine has arrived at Syracuse University. Today, hundreds of students will be vaccinated at the Barnes…
Couple Loved Syracuse University and Embraced Maxwell School Mission
“My parents literally grew up with nothing. Their own parents were poor immigrants from Ukraine and Bessarabia—an area that is now Moldova and part of Ukraine,” says Mitch Katz ’88, of his parents, Stanley ’54, G’56 and Cecilia Katz ’55….
Syracuse Hosting Hult Prize Regional Impact Competition
On Friday, April 9, Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars will virtually host approximately three dozen teams from 19 countries and all five continents for the prestigious Hult Prize Regional Impact Summit competition. This year’s Hult Prize 2021 Challenge…
University Honors Third Cohort of Success Scholars
More than 900 first-year and transfer students earned the Invest in Success Scholarship this year, an award recognizing first semester high-achieving students. Along with the merit-based, renewable scholarship award, the Success Scholars were honored at socially distanced receptions where they…
DEIA Strategic Planning Process Next Steps
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Thank you to all those who have engaged with the latest diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility campus initiatives, updates and developments. I write today to announce new opportunities for engaging with the planning process and…
Sophomore Ellen Jorgensen Named a 2021 NOAA-Hollings Scholar
In high school, Ellen Jorgensen was highly involved in the Green Club in her school and led initiatives that focused on waste reduction. She also developed education initiatives for her peers to give them a sense of responsibility regarding the…
‘Has Marijuana Changed or Have We?’
Dessa Bergen-Cico, professor of public health in the Falk College, authored an op-ed for Syracuse.com titled “Has marijuana changed or have we?” Bergen-Cico is the coordinator of Falk’s addiction studies program and has expertise in addiction, drug use and mental…
Faculty Can Apply Now for Assessment Leadership Institute Mini-Grant
For Rachel Razza, the timing was perfect. Razza, an associate professor at Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, was selected to participate in the Assessment Leadership Institute for Syracuse University faculty in the summer of 2019, just before she…
Curating the Bigger Picture: Evan Starling-Davis Approaches Literacy from Multiple Entry Points
Evan Starling-Davis is a narrative artist, curator and producer. More precisely, he names himself a digital-age “griot”—a term used for traveling poets, musicians and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history derived from the African diaspora’s culture and history….
Syracuse University Diploma Symbolizes Decades of Sacrifice and Determination
Katherine O’Neil Veley graduated from Syracuse University in 2020 with a degree in creative leadership from University College (UC). Like the thousands of other students in the Class of 2020, Veley waited with excitement and anticipation for the day she…