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A Legacy Gift Born of Enduring Love

Thursday, March 18, 2021, By Eileen Korey

When Morton Kaish ’49 first spotted Luise Meyers ’46, G’51 on a public ice rink in Syracuse, he was immediately drawn to the young woman he thought was “more beautiful than anyone I’d ever known.” Then, he discovered the beauty…

Campus & Community

Pilot Program to Support Humanities Faculty Completing Scholarly Manuscript

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The College of Arts and Sciences invites applications from full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty members completing a book-length manuscript to apply for funds to enable three senior, external scholars in their field to read and comment on their manuscript and…

Campus & Community

Testing Schedule for North Campus Residence Halls

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By News Staff

Dear North Campus Students: As a follow up to the campuswide message shared a short time ago, we are writing to share the testing schedule for all students who live in North Campus residence halls. Due to emerging clusters of…

Campus & Community

Falk Students Launch Pen Pal Program With Senior Citizens

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Michele Barrett

Social Workers United, a graduate student organization in Falk College’s School of Social Work, recently introduced its members to a pen pal program with senior citizens. Many social work students engage with the elderly during field placements and volunteer activities…

Campus & Community

Six Syracuse University Students Receive Prestigious Critical Language Scholarship

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Six Syracuse University students have been selected as recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship, through which they will immerse themselves in intensive language study this summer. Additionally, three students were named as alternates. The recipients and the languages they will…

Campus & Community

Young Research Fellows Program Seeking Applications from Undergraduates

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, By News Staff

The Young Research Fellows (YRF) program is currently seeking applications for its 2021-23 cohort. Young Research Fellows, guided by a faculty mentor, engage in two years of group mentoring in early research and creative inquiry development and have access to…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Receives Record-Setting Number of First-Year Applications

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, By Shannon Andre

Syracuse University has once again experienced a record-setting year for first-year applications with a total of 39,342 as of March 8. This represents a 24 percent increase from last year. The significant growth in applications follows an entirely virtual recruitment…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Professor Featured in MoMA Exhibition

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Sekou Cooke, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture who has gained widespread recognition for his investigations into the emergent field of Hip-Hop Architecture, is one of 10 architects, designers and artists chosen to exhibit a newly commissioned work…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Cold Read Festival Goes Virtual in 2021

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Joanna Penalva

All plays were once new plays. That’s the idea behind Syracuse Stage’s Cold Read Festival of New Plays. Now in its fourth season, the Cold Read Festival has seven different events featuring some of the freshest voices writing for theater…

STEM

Giving Back to Honor a Great Mentor

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Peter Robison G’78 (Ph.D.) remembers joining professor emeritus of biology Richard Levy’s lab in 1974 during a particularly tumultuous time in our nation’s history. Richard Nixon had resigned from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal and students were feeling…