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Arts & Culture

International Team of Scholars Explores the Imperial Histories of India’s Most Visited Museum

Monday, January 22, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

From the pyramids in Egypt to India’s Taj Mahal, famous buildings and monuments have been constructed for thousands of years to honor leaders or prominent personages. When Great Britain’s Queen Victoria died in 1901, Lord Curzon, a British statesman and…

Campus & Community

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hosts Series to Showcase DEIA Work at the University

Sunday, January 21, 2024, By Kathleen Haley

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is hosting a Lunch and Learn Series this semester to showcase diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) work taking place across the University. The series will highlight workshops, scholarship, integrated/shared work and roundtable discussions…

Campus & Community

Office of Academic and Career Advising Names Directors

Friday, January 19, 2024, By Caroline K. Reff

In early 2023, the Office of Academic and Career Advising for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs rolled out a new approach that better serves students from the moment they step…

Campus & Community

What’s Happening in CNY: Your Winter Activity Guide

Friday, January 19, 2024, By Christine Grabowski

Winter weather lovers rejoice: it has officially arrived in Central New York (CNY), and there are so many fun things to do! Check out this list we have put together for you: Fairs/Festivals/Events Syracuse Pond Hockey Classic Address: 2 South…

Campus & Community

The Breedlove Readers Announces Its Spring 2024 Book Club

Friday, January 19, 2024, By Martin Walls

Applications are now open for the spring 2024 edition of The Breedlove Readers, a book club that encourages middle- and high-school girls throughout Central New York to celebrate Black girl stories through reading, writing and creating. This year, the book…

Business & Economy

Alumna Develops a New-Fashioned Sustainability Initiative

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

Fast fashion may seem affordable, but its true cost goes beyond the price tags on clothing. The industry’s unsustainable, unethical practices have negatively impacted the environment and its current lack of government regulations has allowed these practices to run rampant…

Campus & Community

2024 MLK Unsung Heroes Announced

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Dara Harper

The 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee is proud to announce the 2024 Unsung Hero Award winners: Murjan Abdi, Sharon Dotger, Elbethel Berhane and Mia-Marie Fields ’24. The Unsung Hero Award is given to community…

Campus & Community

Helping Address Hiring Crises, the Baldanza Fellows Program Expands to Syracuse City Schools

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Martin Walls

Teacher shortages and a predominantly white teaching force are two persistent hiring trends that continue to challenge public schools nationwide. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 90% of school districts reported difficulties hiring teachers for the 2023-24…

Health & Society

Public Health Chair David Larsen Receives Fulbright to Continue Research in Austria

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, By Matt Michael

When Falk College Department of Public Health Chair and Professor David Larsen was notified that he had received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach and continue his wastewater surveillance research at the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria this…

STEM

Jae Oh and Michelle Blum Named as Associate Deans for the College of Engineering and Computer Science

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

The College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) has named Jae C. Oh as senior associate dean for faculty affairs and academic initiatives and Michelle Blum as associate dean for student affairs. Oh is the David G. Edelstein Professor for…