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STEM

‘Seeing Possibility For Myself’: SUSTAIN Program Continues to Cultivate, Support STEM Talent

Sunday, April 10, 2022, By News Staff

In 2017, John Tillotson, associate professor and department chair of the Department of Science Teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), set out to improve upon the country’s retention rate of college science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors among underrepresented…

Campus & Community

Internship Helps Falk College Students Consider a More Sustainable Campus and World

Wednesday, March 30, 2022, By Matt Michael

Before they graduate and make an impact in the world, Falk College seniors Claire Rein, Tucker Kopp and Caroline King made their impact on campus as interns with the University’s Sustainability Management team. Rein, Kopp and King interned in the…

Campus & Community

The Present Family Legacy of Love: A Forever Orange Story

Tuesday, March 22, 2022, By Eileen Korey

Just a few days after Jane Werner Present ’56 died, students at Syracuse University received a gift from her … in the form of a reading by New York Times bestselling author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah G’16, the Jane and Daniel…

Campus & Community

Long Awaited Victories for Orange Experience Synchronized Skating Club Team

Monday, February 28, 2022, By Gabrielle Lake

After returning with silver from the 2020 Open Collegiate Eastern Sectional Synchronized Skating Championships, the Orange Experience Synchronized Skating Club Team faced a sudden and unexpected freeze. The COVID-19 pandemic cancelled all additional competitions, no new members tried out and…

The New York Times

“The Evolution of Friendship and FOMO”

Friday, February 25, 2022, By Lily Datz

Sylvia Sierra, assistant professor of communications and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was quoted in The New York Times story “The Evolution of Friendship and FOMO.” Sierra, a linguist who studies millennial culture, explained the…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Adds 4 New Board of Advisors Members

Thursday, February 17, 2022, By Robert Conrad

Syracuse University College of Law has appointed four new Board of Advisors members: Peter Carmen L’91, Prashanth (PJ) Jayachandran G’98, L’98, Benita Miller L’96 and David Wales L’95. These appointments reflect the heft of the College of Law’s alumni and…

Health & Society

Falk Professor Roopnarine Leads International Discussion on Benefit of Childhood Play

Friday, February 11, 2022, By Matt Michael

Born into poverty in Guyana, a country roughly the size of Idaho in the northeastern corner of South America, Jaipaul Roopnarine had to contend with hunger, neighborhood violence and other adverse early childhood experiences. As a way of escaping this…

Elephant Magazine

“The Trite Stuff: The Rise and Fall of ‘Live, Laugh, Love'”

Wednesday, February 9, 2022, By Lily Datz

Sylvia Sierra, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was quoted in the Elephant Magazine story “The Trite Stuff: The Rise and Fall of ‘Live, Laugh, Love.’” Sierra, an expert on popular…

Health & Society

Exercise Science Majors Hit the Ground Running, Prepare for Careers in Physical Therapy

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By Valerie Pietra

Future physical therapists Julia Geronimo ’24 and Ally Krevolin ’23 are jumpstarting their careers with a foundation in exercise science. As exercise science majors, they each complete over 270 hours of internships and field placements, such as shadowing, observation and…

Campus & Community

In Memoriam: Charles V. Willie G’57, H’92, A Champion for Social Justice

Tuesday, January 18, 2022, By Eileen Korey

The legacy of Syracuse University alumnus Charles Vert Willie G’57, H’92 will forever be tied to that of his friend Martin Luther King Jr., making Willie’s passing a week before MLK Day 2022 especially poignant. Willie, who died on Jan….