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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…

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…

Campus & Community

Tanya Williamson Named Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s New Assistant Vice President

Thursday, December 14, 2023, By Kathleen Haley

Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Mary Grace Almandrez has announced the selection of Tanya Williamson as the inaugural assistant vice president in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Williamson, who currently serves as associate director of diversity, equity and…

Campus & Community

Innovation Fund at SyracuseCoE Awards $40,000 to Local Climate Tech Companies

Friday, December 8, 2023, By News Staff

Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems has awarded grants to four New York State companies through its Innovation Fund. Since 2014, the SyracuseCoE Innovation Fund has helped companies overcome barriers to the commercialization of potentially transformative products…

Health & Society

Psychology Professor and Ph.D. Candidate Awarded NIH Grants for Alcohol-Related Research and Treatment

Friday, December 8, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Nearly 30 million people in the United States struggle with alcohol use disorder (AUD), which is characterized by impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences. Of that 30 million, less than 10%…

Campus & Community

Former Blackstone LaunchPad Duo Shine in Forbes 30 Under 30 Awards With OthersideAI

Thursday, December 7, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

The 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 awards have spotlighted the duo of Matt Shumer and Jason Kuperberg ’18, founders of OthersideAI, who got their start at the University’s Blackstone LaunchPad. The two entrepreneurs were selected in the highly competitive consumer technology…

Campus & Community

CritQuant: School of Education Faculty and Students Join a Movement to Disrupt Traditional Research Methods

Wednesday, December 6, 2023, By Martin Walls

A group of School of Education faculty and graduate students are part of a growing movement in academia that is re-evaluating long-held assumptions about research design. Critical Quantitative Theory seeks to disrupt the traditional dichotomy between quantitative and qualitative research…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University’s Football Team Bowl-Bound, Will Play South Florida in the Boca Raton Bowl

Sunday, December 3, 2023, By John Boccacino

For the second straight season, the Syracuse University football team has qualified for a bowl game, the first time the Orange have secured back-to-back postseason appearances since the 2012 and 2013 seasons. After closing out the regular season with a…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel to Ring in the Season With ‘Horns and Harmonies’ Dec. 17

Friday, December 1, 2023, By News Staff

“Horns and Harmonies” returns to Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. with a festive program of songs, carols and instrumental classics. Free and open to the public, the concert features the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble…