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Full Circle Moment: Sarah Willie-LeBreton Honored to Deliver Remarks at 40th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Thursday, January 23, 2025, By John Boccacino

Sarah Willie-LeBreton, the 12th president of Smith College and featured speaker for the 40th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 26, has special cherished family memories of the revered civil rights leader. Willie-LeBreton’s father, Charles…

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University Announces 2025 MLK Unsung Heroes

Wednesday, January 22, 2025, By News Staff

The 40th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee is proud to announce the 2025 Unsung Hero Award winners: Andrea-Rose Oates ’26, James K. Duah-Agyeman G’99, Student Coalition on Race and Equity (SCORE), Laurence Segal and Jamie…

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Cultivating Engaged Citizens Through Reimagined Liberal Arts Framework

Tuesday, January 21, 2025, By Dan Bernardi

Rapid technological advancements such as the emergence of AI, entrenched environmental challenges and social injustice present today’s graduates with complex questions that will demand creative solutions. The liberal arts offerings through the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the…

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Game Changer: University Debuts State-of-the-Art Gaming and Esports Center

Tuesday, January 21, 2025, By John Boccacino

Continuing to innovate as a leading higher education institution for electronic sports (or esports) and gaming in the United States, Syracuse University has officially opened its new, state-of-the-art Gaming and Esports Center—an exciting arena for competitors and those new to…

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US annex Greenland? SU experts weigh in

Tuesday, January 21, 2025, By Ellen Mbuqe

President Donald Trump has advocated for the United States to annex Greenland. For reporters covering this story, please consider Syracuse University experts who can offer insight on the issues. Renée de Nevers is an associate professor in the Department of Public…

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Fireworks, Feasts and Family: A&S Professor Talks Traditions Ahead of Lunar New Year

Tuesday, January 21, 2025, By Daryl Lovell

Lunar New Year is a vibrant and culturally significant holiday celebrated by an estimated two billion people in East and Southeast Asian communities around the world. This year it takes place on January 29, with celebrations lasting for several days….

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Linda Baguma, Alexandria Johnson Selected for Prestigious Rangel and Pickering Fellowships

Friday, January 17, 2025, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

A Syracuse University senior and an alumna were recently chosen for prestigious graduate fellowships that prepare students for careers in the Foreign Service. Linda Baguma ’25, an international relations and political science major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and…

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Forged in Snow: How Syracuse ROTC Shaped a Career of Service

Friday, January 17, 2025, By Charlie Poag

Growing up in Buffalo, Madison Kaifas-Steiner was no stranger to the bitter cold and snow-filled winters of Central New York. But when she joined Syracuse University’s cross-town Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program during her time at Le Moyne…

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’Cuse Baja: The Road Ahead for Thriving Student Organization

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, By Kwami Maranga

Ian Storrs ’24 joined ’Cuse Baja as a wide-eyed first-year student eager to build off-road vehicles for rough terrains. But to his surprise, the club once known for participating in rugged vehicle competitions had seemingly lost its drive. The impact…

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Bird Flu Transmission from Animals to People is Very ‘Worrisome’

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, By Daryl Lovell

The H5N1 virus – also known as bird flu – is being blamed for rising egg prices, the death of a Louisiana man and the infection of more than 60 workers that were in close contact with infected dairy cattle…