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Sustainability Spring Round Up: STARS Rating, Carbon Neutrality, Plastic Reduction and More
Syracuse University has been recognized as a STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) Silver institution by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. STARS is a comprehensive rating system for colleges and universities to measure sustainability….
Office of the Chief Financial Officer Announces Implementation of Contract Management System
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer will soon implement a new contract system that will simplify the process of managing contracts for University departments. This new system will allow the University to move from its current manual processes to…
Pamela Heintz Leaves a Lasting Legacy at the University’s Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service
Pamela Kirwin Heintz ’91, G’08 came to Syracuse University to finish the bachelor’s degree she began decades earlier at Smith College. Little did she know the journey she was about to undertake would foster her engagement with thousands of undergraduate…
Faculty Experts Debate the Benefits of Banning Cell Phones in Schools
The number of school districts considering banning cell phones during the school day is on the rise nationwide. At least eight states have banned smartphones in public school classrooms, while in New York, a proposed “bell-to-bell” is going to the…
Dire Wolves Resurrected? Bioethics Expert Questions the Reality of “De-Extinction” Amid Genetic Engineering Milestone
It’s a headline sure to grab a reader’s attention – after thousands of years of extinction, a biotechnology company claims it has brought back the dire wolf through genetic engineering. But is this milestone truly “de-extinction,” and what are some…
Lender Center Hosts Community-Based Organizations for Networking, Partnership-Building
Representatives from some 80 regional community-based organizations gathered at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown March 27 for an expo event hosted by Syracuse University’s Lender Center for Social Justice. About 300 people attended. The event was designed to facilitate dialogue and…
Bob Mankoff ’66 to Deliver Alumni Keynote at 2025 A&S | Maxwell Convocation
Bob Mankoff ’66, who melded academic interests in psychology and philosophy with comedy and satire to become one of the nation’s most influential cartoonists as cartoon editor of The New Yorker for 20 years, will deliver the alumni keynote address…
Chancellor Syverud Updates University Senate on Budget and Response to Federal Administration Policy Changes
I want to show you the National Championship Women’s Ice Hockey Club team [shows photo], which won the AAU championship last week. We’re proud of them. And we have some good news to start this report. I also wanted to…
Rise to the Challenge on Giving Day!
Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 27—it’s Giving Day at Syracuse University! It’s our chance to show the world what Orange pride really means. We’ve set an ambitious goal of 6,600 donors this year. When we unite as one Orange…
Falk College Research Team Wins Prestigious Sports Analytics Research Paper Competition
A research team from the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics won the 19th Annual MIT Sloan Research Paper Competition. Department of Sport Management student and lead author Alivia Uribe ’25, Sport Analytics Professor Shane Sanders and Sport Analytics Associate…