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Media, Law & Policy

Memorial Fund Honors Remarkable Journalism Career, Supports Students Involved With IDJC

Monday, May 19, 2025, By Jessica Youngman

Maxwell School alumna Denise Kalette ’68 got her first byline at age 12, under a poem titled “The Poor Taxpayer” that she submitted to her local newspaper. In a few paragraphs of playful prose, she drew attention to an issue…

Campus & Community

Dara Drake ’23 Named the University’s First Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Tuesday, May 13, 2025, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Alumna Dara Drake ’23 has been named as a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholar, the first from Syracuse University. Knight-Hennessy Scholars is a multidisciplinary, multicultural graduate scholarship program at Stanford University. Each Knight-Hennessy scholar receives up to three years of financial support…

STEM

ECS Team Takes First Place in American Society of Civil Engineers Competition

Tuesday, May 13, 2025, By Kwami Maranga

Civil and environmental engineering student teams participated in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Sustainable Solutions and Steel Bridge competitions during the 2025 Upstate New York-Canada Student Symposium, winning first place in the Sustainable Solutions competition. The symposium was…

Campus & Community

3 New Members Elected to University’s Board of Trustees

Monday, May 12, 2025, By Eileen Korey

Syracuse University has announced the appointment of three new members of the Board of Trustees, all distinguished leaders in their chosen professions who are also engaged alumni dedicated to serving their communities and the University in meaningful and impactful ways….

Media, Law & Policy

New Maymester Program Allows Student-Athletes to Develop ‘Democracy Playbook’

Thursday, May 8, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Fourteen student-athletes will experience Washington, D.C., next week as part of a new Maymester program hosted by the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC). The one-week program, Democracy Playbook: DC Media and Civics Immersion for Student-Athletes, will…

Campus & Community

Kohn, Wiklund, Wilmoth Named Distinguished Professors

Thursday, May 8, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Three Syracuse University faculty members have been named Distinguished Professors, one of the University’s highest honors. The designation is granted by the Board of Trustees to faculty who have achieved exceptionally distinguished stature in their academic specialties. The newly named…

Campus & Community

Commencement 2025: What You Need to Know

Tuesday, May 6, 2025, By News Staff

It’s time to celebrate, Syracuse University Class of 2025! Bring your family and friends and join in all the excitement and pomp and circumstance during Commencement Weekend 2025. The University’s Commencement exercises will be held in the JMA Wireless Dome…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to Award 3 Honorary Degrees at 2025 Commencement

Tuesday, May 6, 2025, By Kathleen Haley

A celebrated cartoonist, author and editor; an indomitable environmental steward and educator; and a visionary philanthropist and innovative businessperson will receive honorary degrees during Syracuse University’s 2025 Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 11, at the JMA Wireless Dome. Robert “Bob”…

Campus & Community

Olympic Gold Medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley to Speak at the Falk College Convocation May 10

Monday, May 5, 2025, By Matt Michael

Olympic gold medalist and visionary executive Benita Fitzgerald Mosley says it has been her lifelong mission to help people win gold medals in business—and in life. “My gold medal is the gift that keeps on giving,” Fitzgerald Mosley says. “I…