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Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Art Museum Chosen for Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Prints Initiative Grant

Monday, May 8, 2023, By Diane Stirling

The Syracuse University Art Museum is one of 10 university art museums nationwide chosen for inclusion in the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation’s 2023 Frankenthaler Prints Initiative. The award includes a gift of selected original prints by the renowned artist and $25,000…

Campus & Community

Author Margaret Atwood Calls Creative Writing Professor Mona Awad Her ‘Literary Heir Apparent’

Sunday, May 7, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

In addition to the 4.1 billion TikTok users who have been sharing videos about Mona Awad’s bestselling novel “Bunny,” there is another noteworthy fan that has been taking notice of her work. Legendary author Margaret Atwood, author of “The Handmaid’s…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University 2023-24 Budget to Include Significant Increase in Student Financial Support

Friday, May 5, 2023, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s 2023-24 budget will include a historic $350 million to support students of promise—regardless of economic means—with financial aid, grants, scholarships and other assistance. The amount reflects a 9% increase over the prior year and is, in large part,…

Media Tip Sheets

Experts Available to Discuss Mental Health Awareness Month

Friday, May 5, 2023, By Vanessa Marquette

Did you know one in 5 adults in the U.S. experience a mental health condition in a given year? If you’re working on a story for Mental Health Awareness Month, our Syracuse University faculty experts are available for interviews. Please…

Health & Society

Chemistry Professor Presents New Research on Anti-Obesity Drug

Friday, May 5, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

An experimental anti-obesity drug could reliably curb appetite and normalize blood glucose levels without causing nausea and vomiting, which are frequent side effects of current weight-loss and diabetes drugs. The new peptide treatment not only reduces food consumption but also…

Veterans

Telling the Stories of War, Sebastian Junger Speaks With Newhouse’s Military Visual Journalism Students

Friday, May 5, 2023, By Charlie Poag

Among some of the most prolific writers of the last century, a handful experienced the hardship of telling the stories of war. John Steinbeck, Martha Gellhorn, Jack London and Ernest Hemingway; all covered the harrowing and dangerous world that exists…

Campus & Community

BBI Senior Advisor Michael Morris Selected as the Recipient of the 2023 NARRTC Distinguished Service Award

Thursday, May 4, 2023, By Celestia Ohrazda

NARRTC, formerly known as the National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers, selected Michael Morris, senior advisor to the Burton Blatt Institute, as the recipient of the 2023 NARRTC Distinguished Service Award. The Distinguished Service Award is given to individuals…

Campus & Community

Climate Investor Tom Steyer Tells Students, ‘We Can’t Accept People Shirking Their Responsibility’

Thursday, May 4, 2023, By Jessica Youngman

In a December 2010 article, Fortune magazine called California billionaire Tom Steyer the “jolly green banker.” During a talk at the Maxwell School last week, Professor Jay Golden asked Steyer to share why he retired from his lucrative career as…

Arts & Culture

Carrie Mae Weems H’17 Honored at 12th Annual Brooklyn Artists Ball

Thursday, May 4, 2023, By News Staff

Internationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems H’17, Syracuse University’s first-ever artist in residence, was the guest of honor at the 12th Annual Brooklyn Artists Ball, presented by Dior, held April 25, at the Brooklyn Museum. Weems was honored for “her innumerable contributions…

Campus & Community

Office of Diversity and Inclusion to Host Inaugural Symposium

Thursday, May 4, 2023, By News Staff

To showcase the tremendous diversity and inclusion scholarship, administrative expertise and creative works that continuously occur across campus, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) will be hosting its inaugural biennial Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Symposium, on Tuesday,…