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Veterans

IVMF Hosts 5th Annual Veteran EDGE Conference in Dallas

Thursday, April 27, 2023, By Charlie Poag

During 2022, Syracuse University’s D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF/D’Aniello Institute) delivered 161 entrepreneurship training programs across the nation to more than 3,000 military-connected participants. One of those events, the annual Veteran EDGE conference, is among the largest…

Veterans

Office of Veteran and Military Affairs Announces Spring Scholarships for Military-Connected Students

Thursday, April 27, 2023, By Charlie Poag

The Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 OVMA Spring Scholarships. Funded entirely by the generosity of donors, these scholarships support the broad community of military-connected students at Syracuse University. The…

Campus & Community

Celebrating National Student Employment Week: Meet the 2022-23 Winners

Thursday, April 27, 2023, By News Staff

Student employees are crucial to cultivating a positive campus community. Annually Syracuse University Student Employment, also known as ’CuseWorks, hosts the National Student Employment Week Celebration. Leading up to the celebration, members of the University community are encouraged to nominate…

Veterans

Summit Co-Hosted by Syracuse University Focuses on Creating Pathways to Higher Education for Military-Connected Students

Monday, April 24, 2023, By John Boccacino

Institutions of higher education like Syracuse University and the country’s military are both facing an approaching demographic cliff due in part to declining birth rates stemming from the 2008 economic recession. With both sectors preparing for significant recruitment and enrollment…

Health & Society

Weissman Scholarship Recipient April Lopez Shares Late Professor’s Vision of Food Justice

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Matt Michael

April Lopez says she was drawn to Syracuse University’s food studies master’s program because of its vision of food justice. That vision was shaped in large part by Syracuse Professor Evan Weissman, a tireless advocate for equity in the food…

Campus & Community

Is Kindness Still Relevant?

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

In May 2013, best-selling author and Professor of English George Saunders addressed graduates at the College of Arts and Sciences | Maxwell School Convocation with a simple but powerful message: Choose kindness. At the time, Saunders never imagined the speech would one…

Media, Law & Policy

Screenwriter and Faculty Member Keith Giglio to Recount Navigating Cancer Diagnoses and Hollywood at Impact Symposium

Friday, April 21, 2023, By Madelyn Geyer

The idea behind Keith Giglio’s presentation at the Spring Newhouse Impact Symposium came to the associate professor while he was lying in a gurney at Upstate University Hospital. A screenwriter who teaches in the television, radio and film program, Giglio…

Campus & Community

‘Voices Off, Hands Up!’ Popular American Sign Language Program Expands With New 200-Level Courses

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, By Martin Walls

When professor Corrine Occhino took the helm of the School of Education’s American Sign Language (ASL) program in fall 2021, three sections of ASL 101 and one section of ASL 102 were offered. Since then, ASL has been added to…

Veterans

Khloe Gage ’25 Named University’s Newest Lyons Scholar

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, By Charlie Poag

Established in 1986, the Month of the Military Child is observed each April to honor and celebrate the children of service members from all branches of the Department of Defense. Khloe Gage ’25, a military-connected student studying economics in the…

Campus & Community

Raising Awareness to End Caste Discrimination

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

In 2015, a group of civil rights activists from India marched across 16 cities in North America to raise awareness about an issue many Americans may not be familiar with – caste discrimination. Originating in ancient India, caste is a…