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Staying Safe as We Age: Understanding Falls in Older Adults

Monday, August 12, 2024, By Daryl Lovell

Falls are a major concern for older adults and for those that love and care for them. They are a leading cause of injury for adults older than 65, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More…

Veterans

Passion for Service Led Jennifer Pluta G’15 to Help Military-Connected Community

Monday, August 12, 2024, By John Boccacino

When Jennifer Pluta G’15 enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve on May 19, 1999, she had no grand plans for making a career out of her service to her country. Rather, feeling compelled to give back to her country, Pluta…

Campus & Community

Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Shows History’s Views on Intellectual Disability

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Graduate students in the School of Education turned to primary source documents and artifacts at Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) to discover enlightening—and sometimes startling—information and examples of the ways that people with intellectual disability have been…

Campus & Community

New OrangeNow Mobile App Puts the Entire Orange Experience at Your Fingertips

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, By Jen Plummer

“Where can I eat now?” “What events are happening on campus now?” “What assignment should I work on now?” “What class do I have now?” To help students answer all these questions and more with just a few finger taps,…

Campus & Community

Undergraduate Students Celebrate the Fruits of Their Summer Research

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This summer, undergraduates Xuezhu (Stephanie) Hua ’25, Kaniya Ross ’25 and Edward Lu ’26 have been deeply engaged in research. Hua, a nutrition science major in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, has investigated the effects of fish…

Campus & Community

Preparing International Fulbright Students for Graduate School (Podcast)

Tuesday, August 6, 2024, By John Boccacino

Each summer, the College of Professional Studies hosts a prestigious preparatory program that helps dozens of international Fulbright Scholars begin their journeys to graduate degrees and research opportunities. It’s called the Fulbright pre-academic program, and Syracuse University has served as…

Veterans

’Cuse Vet Fest to Be Held at College of Law Sept. 6

Tuesday, August 6, 2024, By Robert Conrad

The ’Cuse Vet Fest, a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Syracuse VA Medical Center and the College of Law’s Military and Veterans Law Society (MVLS), will be held on Friday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to…

STEM

Physics Professor Craig Cahillane Wins 2024 ARPA-E IGNIITE Award

Monday, August 5, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Craig Cahillane, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named an Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE 2024) award recipient. As one of only 23 winners across the…

Media, Law & Policy

‘I Can’t Wait to Get Started’: Q&A With New College of Law Dean Terence Lau

Monday, August 5, 2024, By Wendy S. Loughlin

After graduating from the College of Law in 1998, Terence Lau embarked on a legal career that took him from Detroit to France to Thailand to the U.S. Supreme Court. He worked in the Office of the General Counsel at…

Business & Economy

MBA Program Ranked No. 1 Private School Nationally by Bloomberg for Return on Investment

Friday, August 2, 2024, By Dawn McWilliams

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s MBA program is now ranked No. 1 nationally among private universities for its return on investment (ROI) by Bloomberg. The Whitman School also has the second-highest ROI among all schools in the U.S….