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Alumnus Endows Undergraduate Research Award to Honor Big Thinkers
A newly endowed fund set up to support undergraduate interdisciplinary research recognizes the importance of connecting diverse fields of thought in generating new ideas. It also reflects the experiences and passions of William Hrushesky ’69 who graduated cum laude with…
College of Law Adds 4 New Board of Advisors Members
Syracuse University College of Law has appointed four new Board of Advisors members: Peter Carmen L’91, Prashanth (PJ) Jayachandran G’98, L’98, Benita Miller L’96 and David Wales L’95. These appointments reflect the heft of the College of Law’s alumni and…
Required Information Security Training for Faculty and Staff Now Available
Data security has never been more important to the University as a community and as an institution. With bad actors constantly evolving their methods of attack, the University’s faculty and staff remain its first and last line of defense. All…
LaunchPad Hosts Hult Prize Competition
Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad will host the Hult Prize competition on Friday, March 4, from 2 p.m to 4 p.m, at the LaunchPad in Bird Library. The prestigious global business competition began as a partnership between the Hult Business…
‘Be the Change:’ María De Jesús G’11 on Educational Leadership, Making a Difference Beyond the Classroom
When María De Jesús G’11 was an undergraduate at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, she worked as a cashier at Nojaim’s Supermarket, once an anchor of the city’s Near Westside neighborhood. “My interest in leadership began there,” recalls De Jesús,…
Lender Student Fellows Think Globally, Act Locally to Ease Struggles for Underrepresented Population
An interest in social as well as reproductive justice. A desire to deepen connections between a university and the community in which it’s located. Reducing the struggles of female refugees and their children. It’s true the current cohort of Lender…
Falk Professor Roopnarine Leads International Discussion on Benefit of Childhood Play
Born into poverty in Guyana, a country roughly the size of Idaho in the northeastern corner of South America, Jaipaul Roopnarine had to contend with hunger, neighborhood violence and other adverse early childhood experiences. As a way of escaping this…
College of Law Welcomes 7 LL.M. Students in Spring 2022 Cohort
In January, the College of Law welcomed a new cohort of seven international students enrolled in the Master of Laws (LL.M.) program. “Despite the continued barriers and uncertainties caused by the coronavirus pandemic, this new spring cohort includes foreign lawyers…
“How K-12 Book Bans Affect Higher Education.”
Kal Alston, professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Education, was quoted in the Inside Higher Ed story “How K-12 Book Bans Affect Higher Education.” Alston, an expert on the philosophy of education, discussed her concerns…
Students Encouraged to Complete Survey That Will Inform Sexual and Relationship Violence Prevention and Response
Students, faculty and staff members of the Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence announce the launch of the Sexual and Relationship Violence Survey on Feb. 17. The anonymous survey is administered by the Office of Institutional Research to…