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Campus & Community

Traci Geisler Presents at KUGLi Innovation Summit

Friday, August 30, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

Traci Geisler, director of Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad), presented a keynote address and served as an entrepreneurship competition judge at the first-ever Kenya-USA Global Launchpad Initiative (KUGLi) Innovation Summit, held at Kibabii University in Bungoma, Kenya, Aug. 15-16….

Campus & Community

Kathryn Bradford: Helping Welcome Week Move-In Run Smoothly for All

Friday, August 23, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

When students moved into Day Hall last week, they were greeted by Kathryn Bradford and her smile. Bradford, a budget analyst with the SyracuseCoE, has volunteered with Welcome Week for the past six years. In her role as a move-in…

Campus & Community

Orange Connections Run Deep in the Kehr/Hirsh Family Tree

Friday, August 23, 2024, By John Boccacino

On an overcast Mother’s Day in 2018, a photo was taken outside of the Hall of Languages depicting a proud Syracuse University graduate, Ryan Kehr ’18, surrounded by happy family members. It’s the kind of photo that gets taken repeatedly…

Media Tip Sheets

Utah’s New Law Banning Books Ignites Censorship Debate

Wednesday, August 21, 2024, By Christopher Munoz

More than a dozen books are now banned from all public schools in Utah under a new state law. It’s the latest in what is a growing trend across the United States. In an April report, PEN America said that…

Health & Society

New Research Published on Disability and Mortality Disparity

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, By Ellen Mbuqe

Earlier this month, Associate Professor of Sociology Scott Landes published a new study entitled “Disability Mortality Disparity: Risk Of Mortality For Disabled Adults Nearly Twice That For Nondisabled Adults, 2008–19” in the August edition of Health Affairs journal. The report is…

Media, Law & Policy

Law Professor’s Research Uses Artificial Intelligence to Improve Fairness of Criminal Court Scheduling

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, By Diane Stirling

A College of Law professor who is an expert on criminal court pretrial appearance is partnering with computer science faculty to see if artificial intelligence tools and optimized data analysis can improve fairness and efficiency in scheduling defendants’ court dates….

Campus & Community

Celebrating 80 Years of the Goon Squad Welcoming New Students to Campus (Podcast)

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, By John Boccacino

When the Goon Squad first formed in 1944, its original purpose was to reinforce Syracuse University’s campuswide policy requiring all new students to wear beanie caps during their first semester on campus. Sue Weber ’68 fondly recalls wearing her beanie…

Media Tip Sheets

Staying Safe as We Age: Understanding Falls in Older Adults

Monday, August 12, 2024, By Daryl Lovell

Falls are a major concern for older adults and for those that love and care for them. They are a leading cause of injury for adults older than 65, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More…

Campus & Community

Preparing International Fulbright Students for Graduate School (Podcast)

Tuesday, August 6, 2024, By John Boccacino

Each summer, the College of Professional Studies hosts a prestigious preparatory program that helps dozens of international Fulbright Scholars begin their journeys to graduate degrees and research opportunities. It’s called the Fulbright pre-academic program, and Syracuse University has served as…

Campus & Community

English Language Institute Student Reaches for the Stars

Tuesday, August 6, 2024, By Hope Alvarez

Although Japanese student Kazuma Nagao had never been to the United States, he knew that studying abroad to learn English would help him inch closer to fulfilling his dream of becoming an astronaut. He had no idea, though, that this…