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‘Seeing Possibility For Myself’: SUSTAIN Program Continues to Cultivate, Support STEM Talent
In 2017, John Tillotson, associate professor and department chair of the Department of Science Teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), set out to improve upon the country’s retention rate of college science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors among underrepresented…
Schools Should Prioritize Desegregation, Consistent Policy and Better Social Services
Despite some improvements over the last decade, recent Census data shows that high percentages of American children are still living in communities with high concentrations of poverty. What sort of impact do these economic conditions have on the classroom? And…
Whitman School Receives STEM-Designation for Master’s in Professional Accounting Program
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s master’s in professional accounting program has received STEM-designation. The class of 2022 will be the first to graduate with this new STEM certification. “We have made notable innovations to our master’s in professional…
Sophomore Emma Liptrap Named a 2022 NOAA-Hollings Scholar
Emma Liptrap’s passion for environmental engineering began in a parking lot. In her junior year of high school, she set up a shadowing experience with a local engineering firm in her hometown of Salem, New Hampshire. Engineers brought her to…
Diane Schenandoah—Honwadiyenawa’sek—Offers University Community Healing Opportunities Rooted in Indigenous Principles
Diane Schenandoah ’11 grew up in a longhouse within a large, close-knit family on the Oneida Nation in Madison County. Her mother was a Wolf Clan Mother of the Oneida Nation, and her father was a Beaver Clan Pine Tree…
Junior Madison Tyler Named as a 2022 Beinecke Scholar
Madison Tyler ’23, a junior double major in African American studies and English (film and screen studies track) in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a recipient of a 2022 Beinecke Scholarship. A Coronat Scholar and member…
Carpe Diem! Berlin Scholars ‘Seize the Data’ at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
For Michael O’Connor ’22, traveling with his fellow Sport Analytics Berlin Scholars in early March to Boston was “a moment of things coming full circle.” Four years ago, O’Connor visited Boston for the first time with his father, Dave O’Connor,…
Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Highlights Global Differences in Responding to Humanitarian Crises
When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his offensive into the sovereign nation of Ukraine on Feb. 24, it not only created a violent international conflict that has pitted Ukrainians against Russians, it also generated a widespread humanitarian crisis. As a…
Life Trustee Nick Donofrio G’71, H’11 Receives 2022 International Peace Honors Award
Nicholas “Nick” Donofrio G’71, H’11, a Syracuse University Life Trustee, was one of the distinguished award recipients at the 2022 International Peace Honors on Feb. 27. The International Peace Honors celebrates the most outstanding global leaders and change agents of…
Syracuse University Global Goes Live, Meets Students Whenever and Wherever
Syracuse University today announced the official launch of Syracuse University Global, a virtual and extended campus that integrates and elevates the University’s broad range of digital and place-based learning opportunities to students around the globe. Regardless of location or life…