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Graduate Dean’s Award Recipients Embody Research, Creative Excellence

Monday, February 24, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Eight graduate students will be honored with the Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work at an annual ceremony hosted by the Graduate School on Wednesday, March 5. The event will also include brief presentations from the…

Campus & Community

Blackstone LaunchPad Announces 2025 Afropreneurship Business Competition Winners

Friday, February 21, 2025, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad awarded prizes to several student teams as part of its fourth annual Afropreneurship Celebration and Business Competition, held in Bird Library on Feb. 7. Among the winning team awards: $1,500 to Olutosin Alabi G’25 (Martin…

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Experts Available: NY Prison Strikes; National Guard Deployment

Wednesday, February 19, 2025, By Vanessa Marquette

With New York’s prison guard strike leading to Governor Hochul deploying the National Guard and a tentative deal now in place, questions remain about the broader implications for incarcerated individuals, corrections policy, and labor rights. I have three Syracuse University…

Campus & Community

The Life-Changing Benefits of a Fall Study Abroad Experience (Podcast)

Wednesday, February 19, 2025, By John Boccacino

As part its academic strategic plan, “Leading With Distinction,” the University is committed to removing barriers and creating opportunities so that all undergraduates can study abroad or away before they graduate. More than 50% of students explore the world through…

Campus & Community

Qualitative Data Repository: A National Resource for Managing Qualitative Data Across the Social Sciences

Tuesday, February 18, 2025, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University is home to the only data repository in the nation dedicated to the archiving, storage and sharing of digital data collected through qualitative and multi-method research in the social sciences and related disciplines. The Qualitative Data Repository (QDR),…

Health & Society

Falk’s Miriam Mutambudzi Furthers Research on Health Disparities Among Older, Vulnerable Populations

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, By Matt Michael

From late 2007 until mid-2009, economies around the world plunged into a market decline known as the Great Recession–the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s. In the United States, unemployment rates skyrocketed, housing prices and…

Campus & Community

Career Readiness Through Local Immersions

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, By Dan Bernardi

A common question for college students nearing graduation is, “What’s next?” According to a May 2024 Student Voice survey by Inside Higher Ed and Generation Lab, 68% of college students feel at least “somewhat” apprehensive about life after graduation. To help ease…

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As COVID-19 Pandemic Approaches Fifth Anniversary, What’s Next?

Monday, February 10, 2025, By Daryl Lovell

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic after more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries. As we approach the five-year anniversary of the global public health emergency, there are still many uncertainties about how prepared…

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Syracuse University Experts Available to Discuss Tariffs

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, By Ellen Mbuqe

For reporters looking for experts to offer insight on tariffs, please see comments from Syracuse University faculty who are available to speak with media. To arrange interviews, contact Ellen James Mbuqe, executive director of media relations, ejmbuq@syr.edu. Tariffs and the…

Health & Society

Lamis Abdelaaty, Collaborators Awarded $2M in ERC Funds for Refugee Law Research

Wednesday, January 29, 2025, By News Staff

Lamis Abdelaaty, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies for the political science department in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences, is a co-principal investigator on a project that has received a…