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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…

Media Tip Sheets

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….

Campus & Community

Nominate a Student for the 2025 Outstanding Future Alumni Award

Friday, January 17, 2025, By Kim Infanti

The Office of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Outstanding Future Alumni Award. This prestigious honor recognizes a current student who exemplifies exceptional commitment to both the campus and local community through leadership, service…

Campus & Community

D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families’ Ray Toenniessen Named 2025 Presidential Leadership Scholar

Friday, January 17, 2025, By Charlie Poag

Ray Toenniessen ’06, a U.S. Army veteran and the newly appointed Deputy Executive Director of the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), has been named one of 57 Scholars who will form the Presidential Leadership Scholars’ (PLS) 10th…

Campus & Community

2026 Senior Class Marshal Application Now Open

Friday, January 17, 2025, By News Staff

The application process for the Class of 2026 Senior Class Marshals, an opportunity afforded to two students who will serve as the all-University student representatives for the graduating class, has officially opened. Current Syracuse University juniors, graduating in May 2026,…

Veterans

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…

Campus & Community

School of Architecture Faculty Awarded Independent Projects Grants

Thursday, January 16, 2025, By Julie Sharkey

Three projects, led by several School of Architecture faculty, have recently been awarded 2024 Independent Projects grants from the Architectural League of New York and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), to explore a design topic through…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Professor Featured in Cooper Hewitt Triennial

Thursday, January 16, 2025, By Ellen Mbuqe

A Syracuse University professor in the School of Architecture is a featured architect in the exhibition “Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial” at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York City. Distinguished Professor Lori Brown and her collaborators, Trish Cafferky…

Campus & Community

Brown Named Newcomer Coach of the Year

Thursday, January 16, 2025, By News Staff

Syracuse head football coach Fran Brown is the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award Newcomer Coach of the Year after his historic first season at the helm of the program. Brown led the Orange to its first 10-win campaign since 2018 and…

Campus & Community

In Memoriam: Leonard Elman ’52

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, By Caroline K. Reff

Leonard Elman ’52, a longtime supporter of Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), died on Jan. 1, 2025. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1931, Elman met his wife, Elise Barnett Elman ’52, while at Syracuse University, where…