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Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel’s Mindfulness Certification Program Offers Direction and Reduces Stress

Monday, May 6, 2024, By Dara Harper

When Sensei JoAnn Cooke began as a Buddhist chaplain at Hendricks Chapel, she had no idea of the coming global pandemic and the impact it would have at Syracuse University and throughout the world. While Cooke and fellow Buddhist Chaplain…

Health & Society

Saraswati Dhakal G’24 Embraces Role as Mental Health Counselor and Advocate

Monday, May 6, 2024, By John Boccacino

Before pursuing a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from the School of Education, Saraswati Dhakal G’24 served as a transplant coordinator and operation theatre nurse at the Human Organ Transplant Centre in Bhaktapur, Nepal. In that role, Dhakal…

Business & Economy

Engaged and Accomplished Alumni Honored With Maxwell Centennial Awards

Friday, May 3, 2024, By Jessica Youngman

A longtime city manager committed to cultivating future public servants. A retired managing director dedicated to volunteerism and philanthropy. A public health pioneer who has improved the lives of millions. An accomplished executive and entrepreneur committed to advancing sustainability. In…

Campus & Community

Jim Stone’s Falk College Legacy: Service to the Advisory Board and Legislative Policy Day  

Friday, May 3, 2024, By Matt Michael

When Jim Stone started his first year at Syracuse University in 1958, he had every intention of following in his parents’ footsteps and becoming a teacher. In his junior year in the University’s School of Education, Stone was required to…

Campus & Community

Heather Stauffer Joins SU Press as Editor-in-Chief

Friday, May 3, 2024, By Lisa Kuerbis

Heather E. Stauffer recently joined Syracuse University Press (SU Press) as the new editor-in-chief. Prior to that, Stauffer was a legal writer at Brown Immigration Law and spent a dozen years at University of Nebraska Press, progressing in her career…

Campus & Community

Record Number Receive Awards Through Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Friday, May 3, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Fourteen Syracuse University students and alumni have been named as 2024 recipients of awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Five students were also chosen as alternates. This is the largest number of U.S. Student Fulbright recipients that Syracuse University…

STEM

Breaking Into Male-Dominated Fields: How 3 Talented Students Are Blazing a Trail

Thursday, May 2, 2024, By John Boccacino

Women have traditionally found themselves outnumbered by their male counterparts when it comes to jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, as only 21% of engineering majors and 19% of computer and information science majors are women, according…

Health & Society

Study: Pandemic Policies Linked to Overdose Spike

Thursday, May 2, 2024, By Daryl Lovell

Drug overdose rates skyrocketed in the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 92,000 people died due to overdose in 2020. Public health experts worried early in the…

Campus & Community

Maxwell’s Emily Thorson Receives Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research

Thursday, May 2, 2024, By News Staff

Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received the 2024 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research, the highest honor the Maxwell School offers to untenured faculty. The award…

Campus & Community

Looking to Land Your First Job? Turn to Career Services to Find Success

Thursday, May 2, 2024, By John Boccacino

Patience is a virtue, especially when it comes to those soon-to-be Syracuse University graduates who are searching for their first professional jobs after graduating. With Commencement rapidly approaching, it’s only natural for members of the Class of 2024 to feel…