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Office of the Chief Financial Officer Releases Updated University Gift Policy
Syracuse University has updated its policy governing gifts, including retirement and life event gifts, charitable gifts and unallowable gifts. The updated policy, which applies to all University faculty, staff and students, can be found here. Some items of note included within…
Support Your Campus Community: Fall Student Organization Challenge
The Office of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving has launched the Fall 2024 Student Organization Challenge. The initiative is your chance to support students as they compete to raise funds toward their important goals and projects. Eighteen student groups have…
Syracuse University, Upstate Collaborate to Bring Memory Screenings to Area Offices for the Aging
Residents over the age of 60 in seven Central New York counties—Cayuga, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Oswego and Tompkins—can receive free memory screenings from their local Office for the Aging (OFA) as part of a collaborative project between SUNY Upstate…
Can Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy Help Prevent Autism and Schizophrenia?
The neocortex, or “thinking brain,” accounts for over 75% of the brain’s total volume and plays a critical role in humans’ decision-making, processing of sensory information, and formation and retrieval of memories. Uniquely human traits such as advanced social behavior…
University and Community Partners Help WCNY Form New Spanish-Language Radio Station
An important resource never before available to the greater Central New York and Mohawk Valley region—a Spanish-language radio station—has come to fruition through an initiative shaped by PBS affiliate WCNY and a number of community members, including several faculty and…
IDJC’s ElectionGraph: Surge in Negative Ads After Summer Assassination Attempt
The number of negative ads on Facebook and Instagram in the U.S. presidential race surged after a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump despite calls from both major parties to tone down heated rhetoric, according a new ElectionGraph…
Generous Donors Exceed Expectations in $3M Challenge Gift Campaign for Hendricks Chapel
When an anonymous donor family pledged $1 million to Hendricks Chapel and issued a challenge to inspire other donors to match it, no one could foresee the extraordinary outpouring of support for what is widely known as the spiritual heart…
Navigating Cybersecurity: How to Be Your Own Human Firewall
Andrew McClurg, with Information Technology Services (ITS), is often asked how people can stay safe online to protect against scams and hackers. He breaks it down to some basic points to remember. “I always focus on four main things: passwords,…
‘Reflect the People Who Visit’: Arts Education Alumna Helps Make the MOST More Inclusive
Since 2008, the Upstate Medical University Life Sciences exhibition at Syracuse’s Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) has fascinated millions of visitors. With giant reproductions of human body parts, it allows mini pathologists to explore internal anatomy and organs common…
Professors Available for Interviews on Hurricane Milton
If you’re seeking experts to discuss flooding, mental health, animal-human relationships, or supply chain issues related to Hurricane Milton, there are six Syracuse University professors you might want to consider for interviews. You can view their names, background, and quotes…