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Campus & Community

Assistance Available for Dissertation Fellowship and Grant Applications

Thursday, January 11, 2024, By Diane Stirling

The spring semester brings new opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to seek external fellowships and project grants. Daniel Olson-Bang, director of professional and career development at the Graduate School, is available to help students identify appropriate opportunities and…

Veterans

OVMA’s Kari Mickinkle Named a National Leader in Veterans’ Education

Tuesday, January 9, 2024, By Charlie Poag

Kari Mickinkle ’11, G’22, a school certifying official with the Office of Veteran Success in the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA), has been appointed vice president of the Association of Veterans Education Certifying Officials (AVECO). “It’s basically a…

Syracuse University Impact

Deep-Energy Retrofits Research Yields Promising Cost Savings, Human Well-Being Outcomes

Tuesday, January 9, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Modifying and upgrading building enclosures and mechanical systems in older, multi-family apartment buildings can achieve net-zero energy-use efficiencies and help inhabitants lower energy costs, breathe better air and live more comfortably—changes that have wide application for state and national climate-change…

Campus & Community

Applications Open for 2024 ACC InVenture Campus Qualifier

Friday, January 5, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University is currently accepting applications through Jan. 25 for the 2024 campus qualifier competition for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize. Eight teams will be selected from the applicant pool to compete in the live pitch campus competition…

Media, Law & Policy

Council of Europe Agreement a ‘Gem of an Opportunity’ for Syracuse Students and Faculty

Tuesday, January 2, 2024, By News Staff

It is not every day that Syracuse University partners with an international organization representing more than 700 million people. The Council of Europe and the University have announced a new agreement that strengthens and expands an existing relationship by providing…

Health & Society

Ukrainian Students Find Refuge in the Maxwell School Community

Friday, December 22, 2023, By Jessica Youngman

Yulia Bychkovska was in Boston in February 2022 when Russian missile attacks struck a mostly residential area west of her home in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Though she was in the U.S., she learned of the invasion before her mother. “I had…

Media, Law & Policy

Stress Less: Newhouse Student’s Mindfulness Book for Teens Is Rooted in Family Ties

Tuesday, December 19, 2023, By Genaro Armas

The idea for a new book about mindfulness by Adam Avin ’26, a sophomore in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, is rooted in the days he spent with his great grandparents growing up in Florida. “Stress Less: Mindfulness for…

Campus & Community

Ryan St. Jean Named a 2024 Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow

Monday, December 18, 2023, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Ryan St. Jean ’24, an international relations major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2024 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow. He is one of…

Business & Economy

2023 Student Entrepreneur Impact Prize Winners Announced

Monday, December 18, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) announced winners of the 2023 Impact Prize competition for social entrepreneurship held last month at Bird Library. Twenty-two student teams from Syracuse and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) pitched ideas for…

Media Tip Sheets

Avoiding Holiday Drama: How to Navigate Family Conflict and Sensitive Topics

Thursday, December 14, 2023, By Daryl Lovell

The holidays are normally a time for joy, togetherness, and maybe even a few awkward sweaters. But family gatherings can also be a breeding ground for conflict and sensitive conversations.  From politics and religion to personal choices and long-held grudges,…