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Uniting the Community in the Pursuit of Environmental Justice
How can everyday people make sense of climate change’s effect on the planet and human life? Through creative outlets like storytelling, interpretation and art, the humanities can demonstrate how environmental concerns are intertwined with social, economic and cultural issues. Addressing…
Architecture Alumnus Christian Sottile G’99 Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently elevated 73 member-architects and three honorary international members, including one School of Architecture alumnus, to its prestigious College of Fellows. Christian Sottile G’99 (M.Arch. II) has received this prestigious honor in recognition of…
Academic Strategic Plan Update
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As we approach the end of the semester, we are reaching out to provide you with an update on the Academic Strategic Plan. Since releasing the draft framework of the plan on Feb. 17, we…
Office of Veteran and Military Affairs Announces 2023 Dottle Scholars for the Spring Semester
The Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) is pleased to announce the recipients of The Dottle Family ROTC Cadet Scholarship for 2023. The scholars were selected through a competitive process assessing the applicant’s academic standing, physical aptitude, citizenship and…
New Sustainability Leadership Program Aims to Create Visionary and Ethical Leaders
Climate change and environmental degradation are among the greatest challenges facing our planet. Humanity has solutions in hand to address the impacts of climate change, yet we are not making the necessary adjustments quickly enough. Sustainability leaders can help address…
Sound Beat: Access Audiobook ‘King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic’
Syracuse University Libraries’ Sound Beat: Access Audio recently released the audiobook “King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic” written by Christopher Catroppa ’22 on its website SoundBeat.org. This retelling of the king’s tale portrays Arthur as a young man gazing…
3rd Thonis Endowed Professorship Announced: The Multiplier Effect in Philanthropy
On the drive from his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to his alma mater in Syracuse, New York, Michael G. “Mike” Thonis ’72 says he counts rock formations, knows all their geological names and notices “as they suddenly become very dark…
Syracuse Researchers Create a Global Occupant Behavior Database for ASHRAE
There’s a new publicly accessible website from American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), ashraeobdatabase.com, that informs educators and practitioners like designers and energy modelers how people all over the world use buildings. SyracuseCoE Associate Director and Mechanical…
New Course-Tagging Tools Available to Assist With Undergraduate Course Selection
The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Shared Competencies and the Office of Academic Affairs are now providing online tools to help undergraduate students make course selections according to the Shared Competencies offered by various courses. Among those tools are: A…
New Research Shows ‘Himpathy’ Toward Perpetrators of Workplace Sexual Harassment
What is your initial response when a woman accuses a man of workplace sexual harassment? A new study suggests that some people are morally biased to have sympathy toward the accuser. It even has a name: himpathy.