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Award-Winning Jacques Safari Mwayaona G’22 Embraces AI for Learning—With Caution

Thursday, February 1, 2024, By Martin Walls

Combining his background in instructional design with an understanding of diversity and inclusion, Universal Design for Learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Jacques Safari Mwayaona G’22 is making a name for himself in the field of educational development. A Faculty Development…

Campus & Community

SCRC to Feature Pop-Up Exhibition of Frederick Douglass Materials

Monday, January 22, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

In honor of Douglass Day, Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is hosting a pop-up exhibition, “I’m Still a Radical Abolitionist,” showcasing materials by and about Frederick Douglass on Wednesday, Feb. 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. in…

Campus & Community

Megan Myers Appointed Assistant Dean of Advancement in Falk College

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, By News Staff

Megan Myers has been named the Falk College’s assistant dean of advancement effective March 1. Myers will report to Dean Jeremy Jordan and lead all Falk College advancement efforts working closely with the University’s Office of Advancement and External Affairs…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel to Ring in the Season With ‘Horns and Harmonies’ Dec. 17

Friday, December 1, 2023, By News Staff

“Horns and Harmonies” returns to Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. with a festive program of songs, carols and instrumental classics. Free and open to the public, the concert features the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble…

Media, Law & Policy

University to Host Conference that Addresses Legal and Theological Theory of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery

Monday, November 13, 2023, By Renée K. Gadoua

A series of 15th- and 16th-century papal edicts continues to shape policies that include land usage and mineral extraction across the globe and undergird notions of white supremacy and religious extremism. In 1823, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the edicts,…

Campus & Community

Women in Leadership Initiative to Host Lunch and Leadership Event with Barnard College President Laura Rosenbury Nov. 30

Friday, November 10, 2023, By News Staff

On Nov. 30, the University’s Women in Leadership Initiative (WiL) will host a Lunch and Leadership Presentation with Laura Rosenbury, Barnard College’s ninth president and a leading feminist legal theorist. The presentation and networking opportunity, a continuation of WiL’s mission…

Campus & Community

Psychology Professor Named New Associate Dean of Research

Tuesday, October 24, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Stephen Maisto, research professor and professor emeritus of psychology, has been named the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) associate dean of research. In that role, he will help advance the mission of the college by working with faculty to…

STEM

Aiming for the Stars: Aerospace Engineering Student Meets NASA Administrator

Friday, October 20, 2023, By Kwami Maranga

Growing up, Greg Slodysko ’24 had a deep fascination with space exploration. Games like Kerbal Space Program, which challenged players to design spacecraft for different missions, and movies like October Sky inspired him to create his own model rockets and…

Campus & Community

Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Scholar Convocation to Be Held Friday

Monday, October 16, 2023, By News Staff

The annual Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The convocation will be preceded by the annual Rose-Laying Ceremony at 2:03 p.m….

STEM

5 NSF Grants Fund Syracuse University Researchers’ Work With Cosmic Explorer

Thursday, October 12, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

Billions of years ago in a distant galaxy, two black holes collided sparking one of the universe’s most extreme cosmic events. The occurrence was so powerful that it bent the fabric of spacetime, sending out ripples called gravitational waves. These…