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Podcast and Q&A With Speech Language Pathologist Alex Middleton ’22: Providing a Voice to Help People Advocate for Themselves
When Alex Middleton ’22 was 18 years old, they were a homeless high school graduate, spending their nights crashing on friends’ couches. But despite the instability in their personal life, Middleton had known since middle school how they would make…
Professor Goode’s Tolley Professorship Focus: Creating Climate Change Teaching Materials, Partnerships
The Humanities play an instrumental role in shaping thinking about the past, present and future of environmental and climate change issues. Scientists can present hard data about the climate crisis and other ecological challenges. But it is humanists who are…
Professor Jianshun ‘Jensen’ Zhang Named Executive Director of Syracuse Center of Excellence
Syracuse University has named a new executive director to lead the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) in Environmental and Energy Systems. Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang, a longtime professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), begins in that role…
Faculty expert reflects on 80th anniversary of Holocaust publication
Saturday, June 25th marks 80 years since the Daily Telegraph published about the mass murder of Jews during the Holocaust, but it was on the fifth page of a six-page issue. The Guardian describes it as “one of its greatest…
Two Professors Win Prestigious Google Research Scholar Awards
Assistant Professors Ferdinando Fioretto and Endadul Hoque, faculty members in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, have earned highly competitive Google Research Scholar awards. The Google Research Scholar Program provides unrestricted gifts of up to $60,000 to support research…
Hidden in Plain Sight: A&S Biologists Say Southern Right Whale Habitat Choice is Key to Keeping Young Calves Safe
Sitting on a beach looking out to sea, it may seem unusual to spot one of the world’s largest animals swimming in shallow, coastal, 30-foot-deep waters. But each winter, female southern right whales migrate thousands of miles to bay habitats…
Blackstone LaunchPad to Host Arts Entrepreneurship Accelerator for Creatives This Summer
Creative business coach Peter DePasquale ’12 (dual B.F.A. in arts education and printmaking), as well as an M.F.A. (printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) will be leading a four-week intensive boot camp accelerator to help students…
Blackstone LaunchPad to Co-Host Black Tech Panel at Tulsa Juneteenth Festival 2022
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation is joining forces with Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) to host Tulsa Juneteenth Festival’s Black Tech Panel on Friday, June 17. Powered by CLLCTVE, a company founded by Syracuse University alumna Kelsey Davis ’19, G’20,…
Students Experience the History and Culture of the Land Down Under
An immersive trip to study the history and culture of Australia, along with enjoying a game of footy and a tasty meat pie too, is underway for a group of Syracuse Abroad students who are spending time this month in…
Passing of Robert B. Menschel: Syracuse Graduate, Trustee, Philanthropist and Financial Icon
Robert B. Menschel ’51, H’91 was nationally recognized for his generous support of the arts (specifically photography), education, medicine and criminal justice issues. When it came to his alma mater, Menschel’s philanthropy was equally eclectic, leaving a wide-ranging legacy across…