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Researchers Reject 30-Year-Old Paradigm: Emergence of Forests Did Not Reduce CO2 in Atmosphere
It’s hard to imagine our planet without trees. From providing wildlife habitat to reducing erosion and absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, trees play an important role in maintaining a livable environment. But trees haven’t been around forever. Over…
For Children’s Author Rob Buyea ’99, G’00, Writing Is Both ‘Humbling and Rewarding’
When Rob Buyea ’99, G’00 first began teaching, he remembers talking to his students about writing and challenging them in their skills—but he wasn’t doing that himself. “Simply put, that didn’t sit well with me, so I got started. I…
Community Folk Art Center Celebrates 50 Years of Community, Service and Collaboration with Award Ceremony and Ailey II Performance
The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC), a unit of the Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, continued its 50th anniversary celebration recently by honoring its community and supporters and highlighting the creative arts with a…
College of Professional Studies Celebrates 30 Years of Meaningful Partnership With Tokai University
Arigato gozaimasu! This Japanese expression of gratitude reflects how the students and leadership of Tokai University have felt about the English Language Institute (ELI) at Syracuse University’s College of Professional Studies for the past three decades. “Syracuse University has always…
Community Folk Art Center Celebrates 50 Years
Habibatou Traore ’24 was in her first weeks at Syracuse University when she heard African drumming during an activities fair for new students last fall. She followed their sound to Joshua Williams, who teaches West African dance and drumming at…
Reminiscing on 50 Years of Bird Library With Architectural Librarian Barbara Opar ’73, G’74
In the fall of 1972, Syracuse University took a bold step to shape the future of libraries on campus when the Ernest Stevenson Bird Library opened. Up to that point, libraries were dark spaces where students conducted their research or…
How Democrats Might Reverse the “Midterm Election Curse” in This Year’s U.S. Midterm Elections
Shana Kushner Gadarian, professor and chair of political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the article “US midterm elections: Are the Democrats about to make a comeback?” The article analyzes the possibility of the Democrat party winning the…
Syracuse Symposium Kicks Off 19th Year of Programming
The Syracuse University Humanities Center celebrates Syracuse Symposium’s 19th year with a diverse selection of public events exploring “repair” in the context of medicine, religion, the environment and more. Through a lineup that includes a film festival, lectures, workshops, exhibitions…
Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years
The Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF) celebrates 20 years of programming with outstanding films about human rights and social justice from around the world. SUHRFF takes place Sept. 22-24, and is part of Syracuse Symposium 2022-23: REPAIR. It…
Fulbright Scholars Return to Syracuse University In-Person After 2 Years
They never intended to meet. Daniela Orozco Poveda was from Colombia, while Jonato Xavier was from Timor-Leste, a nation located on the island of Timor between Indonesia and Australia. While they were once strangers living oceans apart, the world suddenly…