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Campus & Community

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hosts Series to Showcase DEIA Work at the University

Sunday, January 21, 2024, By Kathleen Haley

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is hosting a Lunch and Learn Series this semester to showcase diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) work taking place across the University. The series will highlight workshops, scholarship, integrated/shared work and roundtable discussions…

Campus & Community

Office of Academic and Career Advising Names Directors

Friday, January 19, 2024, By Caroline K. Reff

In early 2023, the Office of Academic and Career Advising for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs rolled out a new approach that better serves students from the moment they step…

Business & Economy

Alumna Develops a New-Fashioned Sustainability Initiative

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

Fast fashion may seem affordable, but its true cost goes beyond the price tags on clothing. The industry’s unsustainable, unethical practices have negatively impacted the environment and its current lack of government regulations has allowed these practices to run rampant…

Campus & Community

Career Hub Launches Next Generation of Student Success  

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Gabrielle Lake

Over the past few years the global community has been navigating a professional renaissance, placing workforces under fast-paced evolutions changing the landscape of networking, hiring, career development and more. From increasingly virtual interactions to shifting professional demands, Syracuse University Career…

Campus & Community

Helping Address Hiring Crises, the Baldanza Fellows Program Expands to Syracuse City Schools

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Martin Walls

Teacher shortages and a predominantly white teaching force are two persistent hiring trends that continue to challenge public schools nationwide. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 90% of school districts reported difficulties hiring teachers for the 2023-24…

Campus & Community

Orange Innovation Fund Spring 2024 Grant Applications Open

Thursday, January 18, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries is accepting spring 2024 applications for the Orange Innovation Fund grant through Friday, March 29. Interested applicants should plan to attend one of the information and proposal/grant writing workshops being held in early March. The Orange Innovation…

Health & Society

Public Health Chair David Larsen Receives Fulbright to Continue Research in Austria

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, By Matt Michael

When Falk College Department of Public Health Chair and Professor David Larsen was notified that he had received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach and continue his wastewater surveillance research at the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria this…

Campus & Community

A New Semester

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Welcome to our new students and transfer students who today officially become Orange. And, welcome back to our returning students, faculty, and staff. Yesterday, our nation celebrated the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther…

STEM

Humanitarian Work in Water Systems

Monday, January 15, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

From the drylands of Kenya to the rainforests of Suriname, civil and environmental engineering professor John Trimmer in the College of Engineering and Computer Science has dedicated his career to making a difference. After a service-learning trip to Nicaragua, where…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Students Take Honors in Syracuse’s Inaugural Open Data Day

Friday, January 12, 2024, By News Staff

On a recent Saturday afternoon, students in Michiko Ueda-Ballmer’s Data-Driven Decision-Making class got to test what they’ve learned in a first-ever competition designed by the City of Syracuse to use data to address societal problems related to transportation. The class,…