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A Gift to Create Agents of Change in Visual Storytelling
When Xin Liu was awarded an Alexia grant more than 30 years ago, it accelerated her career in ways she could not have imagined as a child growing up in China. Today, with her extraordinary $2 million gift to the…
3 Faculty Members Attain Prestigious IEEE Fellow Recognition
Three faculty members have been recognized as Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for 2023, a high professional honor conferred on less than 0.1% of the organization’s membership annually. Wenliang (Kevin) Du and Vir Phoha, both…
School of Design Professor Receives 2022 AASHE Sustainability Award
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) recently announced that Seyeon Lee, an associate professor of environmental and interior design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, received a 2022 AASHE Sustainability…
‘Active Repair’ Exhibition Launches
Organized around the theme of “repair,” the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and Humanities Center are excited to announce, in conjunction with the Syracuse Symposium, “Active Repair: Works from the Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA),” running now through Friday, Feb. 17,…
Longtime Higher Education Leader Appointed Senior Vice President and University Secretary to the Board of Trustees
Mary George Opperman, a longtime higher education professional with a deep background in human resources, diversity and inclusion, policy development, compliance and project management, has been appointed the next senior vice president and University secretary to the Board of Trustees….
Syracuse Ranked #5 on LawnStarter’s Best Cities for Veterans
To commemorate Veterans Day this year, LawnStarter ranked 2023’s Best Cities for Veterans, where they looked at cities with high populations of veterans and determined it by ease of navigation of resources, housing affordability, employment, educational opportunities, and other metrics….
Therapeutic ‘Mob Podcast’ Connects Football Team With Fans, Strengthens Team Bonds
The idea was simple. To better connect with fans of the Syracuse University football team while showcasing the human side of being a Division I student-athlete, redshirt junior defensive end Caleb Okechukwu, sophomore defensive back Ja’Had Carter and sophomore linebacker…
SABR Award Leads to Major League Job for Sport Analytics Student
Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca is credited for saying that “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” In other words, we make our own luck. And that’s exactly what Falk College sport analytics major John Asel ’23 did this…
‘The Hard Work of Equity’: A Conversation With Principal and Ed.D. Candidate Moshiena Faircloth
Delaware Primary School Principal Moshiena Faircloth is exactly the type of student the Syracuse University’s educational leadership program wants to recruit, says George Theoharis, professor of educational leadership and inclusive elementary/early childhood education in the School of Education. “When this…
Matthew J. Ter Molen to Conclude Tenure at Syracuse, Tracy Barlok to Serve as Interim Chief Advancement Officer
After more than seven years at the helm of Syracuse University’s fundraising and alumni engagement efforts, Matt Ter Molen, senior vice president and chief advancement officer, today announced he will step down from his post on Dec. 31. Ter Molen…