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Maxwell Professor Receives USDA Grant to Study Nutrition Assistance Programs
Colleen Heflin, associate dean, professor and chair of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study the impact of remote waivers…
Applications Open for 2024 ACC InVenture Campus Qualifier
Syracuse University is currently accepting applications through Jan. 25 for the 2024 campus qualifier competition for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize. Eight teams will be selected from the applicant pool to compete in the live pitch campus competition…
Stress Less: Newhouse Student’s Mindfulness Book for Teens Is Rooted in Family Ties
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…
Talithia Williams to Serve as Featured Speaker for 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Talithia Williams, Ph.D., big data expert, math professor and host of “NOVA Wonders,” will serve as featured speaker at the 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 21, in the JMA Wireless Dome. This year’s…
2023 Student Entrepreneur Impact Prize Winners Announced
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…
How the Center for Online and Digital Learning Is Redefining Online Education
The Center for Online and Digital Learning at Syracuse University celebrated a new chapter of innovative online education at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 9. Founded in 2017 as a signature “One University” initiative within the College of Professional Studies,…
And … Action! Newhouse Students Get a Taste of What It’s Like Developing a Hollywood Movie Script
Students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications are getting a taste of what it’s like to take a script for a Hollywood movie from the development stage to the big screen. A new immersive learning opportunity lets television,…
Lender Center D.C. Conversation Expands Partnerships, Ideas to Reduce Racial Wealth Gap
Economic experts, federal policymakers and human services administrators joined researchers from Syracuse University and other academic institutions recently in Washington, D.C., to examine factors that contribute to a growing racial wealth gap in America. They also looked at how academic…
Hendricks Chapel Plans Annual Pan Am 103 Memorial Service Dec. 21
Hendricks Chapel will hold the annual Pan Am Flight 103 memorial service on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 2:03 p.m. EST. The service will begin in the chapel’s Noble Room, with attendees then processing to the Place of Remembrance. The service…
Kessler Scholars Program Champions First-Generation Students
The Syracuse University Kessler Scholars Program supports transforming the undergraduate experience for first-generation college students through a powerful network of first-generation leaders, connected across multiple institutions throughout their college experience and beyond. Carlota Deseda-Coon, Intercultural Collective Kessler Scholars Program director,…