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Health & Society

Social Work Student Bre’Yona Montalvo Receives First Sunflower Scholarship

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, By Matt Michael

At her high school in Harlem, Bre’Yona Montalvo was the kind of classmate who always made time to listen. “Being in discussions in class and with friends, I was helping others without intentionally planning to help them,” says Montalvo, who…

Health & Society

NBA Player Shares Personal Experience With Stuttering With CSD Students

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Students walking into Grant Auditorium for CSD 450/650 Clinical Seminar last semester saw a celebrity instead of their usual professor. National Basketball Association (NBA) player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was visiting the class to give the students a unique perspective on both…

Campus & Community

Architecture Student Named Honors Thesis Prize Award Recipient

Tuesday, May 24, 2022, By Julie Sharkey

Dara H. Jin ’22, a fifth-year student in the School of Architecture, was announced as a Class of 2022 Honors Thesis Prize recipient during the Renée Crown University Honors Program Convocation, held on Friday, May 13. As the most challenging…

Media, Law & Policy

Rockell Brown Burton Joins Newhouse School as Associate Dean of Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility

Monday, May 23, 2022, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Rockell Brown Burton, an experienced academic leader and accomplished researcher with a passion for cultivating impactful, mutually beneficial relationships, has been named associate dean of inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility at the Newhouse School. After a national search, she was…

Campus & Community

8 New Recruits Begin Campus Peace Officer Academy

Thursday, May 19, 2022, By Christine Grabowski

Seven new recruits were sworn into the Syracuse University campus peace officer academy today by Syracuse Police Chief Joe Cecile. Cecile performed the swearing in of the academy recruits as an official welcome and endorsement of the joint law enforcement…

STEM

Dean Rajiv ‘Raj’ Dewan to Step Down as Dean of the School of Information Studies

Thursday, May 19, 2022, By News Staff

Rajiv “Raj” Dewan, dean of the School of Information Studies, has announced he will conclude his deanship on June 30, 2022. Dewan plans to return to full-time faculty duties while continuing his research. David Seaman, dean of Syracuse University Libraries…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University, JMA Wireless Announce Naming Rights Partnership, Usher in the JMA Wireless Dome Era

Thursday, May 19, 2022, By News Staff

Syracuse University and JMA Wireless (JMA) today announced a 10-year partnership for naming rights of the University’s iconic on-campus stadium. For the first time since the venue opened its doors in 1980, the stadium will have a new name, only…

STEM

Biology and Earth and Environmental Sciences Departments Come Together on Diversity and Engagement Initiatives

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, By News Staff

In 1948, Professor James Hope Birnie became Syracuse University’s first African American faculty member in biology, teaching here until 1951. He was also one of its first biology faculty members to be supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)….

Campus & Community

COVID-19 Update: Public Health Protocols for Summer 2022

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: With the 2021-22 academic year officially behind us, I want to again express my gratitude for the cooperation and flexibility of our students, faculty and staff, who committed to the public health safeguards necessary…

Campus & Community

Sociologist Shannon Monnat to Lead Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research

Monday, May 16, 2022, By Jessica Youngman

A demographer and sociologist whose work focuses on population health will serve as the next director of the Center for Policy Research (CPR), the oldest interdisciplinary social science research program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Shannon…