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Health & Society

Arts and Sciences | Maxwell Alumna Helps Spread Sustainability in London

Thursday, March 6, 2025, By Dan Bernardi

Maggie Sardino ’23 double majored in writing and rhetoric in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and citizenship and civic engagement in A&S | Maxwell. As an undergraduate, Sardino was a research assistant with A&S’ Engaged Humanities Network (EHN),…

Campus & Community

First Year Seminar Earns Collaborative Excellence Award

Wednesday, March 5, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University’s First Year Seminar (FYS): Shared Experience Week was honored with the Collaborative Excellence Award at the ACPA–College Student Educators International conference last month in Long Beach, California. The award recognizes programs that represent strong partnerships between academic and…

Campus & Community

Annual Service of Commemoration to Be Held March 18

Wednesday, March 5, 2025, By News Staff

Syracuse University will hold its annual Service of Commemoration—honoring students, faculty, staff, retirees, Trustees and honorary degree recipients of the University, and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, faculty, staff, retirees and trustees who passed during the period…

Health & Society

Psychology Professor Publishes Study on How Optimism and Pessimism Influence Well-Being

Wednesday, March 5, 2025, By Dan Bernardi

Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? If you rewind to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, chances are you experienced some level of pessimism. And who could blame you? With social isolation, health concerns and…

Veterans

‘Lasting Impact’: Sergeants Major on Giving Back Through Instructional Design

Tuesday, March 4, 2025, By Martin Walls

In January 2025, instructional design, development and evaluation (IDDE) professors Moon-Heum Cho and Rob Pusch visited the latest cohort of students in the IDDE Fellowship Program. The program is offered by the School of Education through the Sergeant Majors Academy…

Syracuse University Impact

Students Helping Children’s Hospital Patients Through Play Sessions

Monday, March 3, 2025, By Cathleen O'Hare

Jonida Konjufca was not sure what she wanted to do professionally before she enrolled in the Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS), but her professors and coursework soon opened her eyes. “I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else. HDFS…

Syracuse University Impact

University Community, Sleep in Heavenly Peace Build 88 Beds for Local Children

Thursday, February 27, 2025, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Last year, the Syracuse University Volunteer Organization (SUVO) took on its first bed build event on campus. The organization teamed up with the local chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) to build 44 beds for children in the community….

Veterans

US Navy Veteran Gives Back to the Syracuse Community That Helped Her Excel

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, By Charlie Poag

Not long ago, Azar Abdulkadir ’25 was a student at Nottingham High School, receiving help with her homework and English at Syracuse’s Northside Learning Center. Now, several years later, the U.S. Navy veteran prioritizes giving back to the same community…

Campus & Community

How Entrepreneur Jack Wren ’26 Balances Academics, Ice Hockey and Business

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, By John Boccacino

The entrepreneurial seeds that Jack Wren ’26 planted as a 5-year-old would eventually grow into a full-fledged career running his own small business producing hats. Even at that young age, Wren possessed a savvy business acumen. He would purchase seed…

Health & Society

Syracuse University, Major League Baseball Players Association Team Up to Offer Academic Programs to Current and Former Players

Tuesday, February 25, 2025, By News Staff

A new partnership between Syracuse University and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) will create academic pathways for current and former players. Under this agreement, Syracuse University will offer market-relevant and industry-specific online degrees, certificates and credentials, as well…