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Lois Agnew Appointed Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost

Friday, June 21, 2024, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of Lois Agnew to the position of interim vice chancellor and provost. Agnew, who has served as associate provost for academic programs since July 2023, will assume her new responsibilities effective July 1….

Arts & Culture

CRS Professor Wins Distinguished Service Award From the Rhetoric Society of America 

Wednesday, June 5, 2024, By News Staff

Kendall Phillips, professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) and interim director of Syracuse University’s Lender Center for Social Justice, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 George E….

Health & Society

$1.25M Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Humanities-Oriented Project Focused on Pandemic Backlash and Public Health

Tuesday, June 4, 2024, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A project that uses humanities methods to document and explore pandemic backlash and the experiences of public health officials has received $1.25 million in funding from the Mellon Foundation. The multi-university effort involves historians and public health scholars based at…

Campus & Community

School of Architecture Faculty Receive 2024 Graham Foundation Grants

Tuesday, June 4, 2024, By Julie Sharkey

As part of their 2024 grant cycle funding ideas to expand architecture and design, the Chicago-based Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts recently announced 56 new grants, totaling $519,500, to individuals, including two School of Architecture faculty,…

Campus & Community

‘Syracuse Statement’ Working Group Completes Work, Endorses and Delivers Final Statement

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced that the working group charged with drafting and delivering the “Syracuse Statement” has completed its work. Following four months of engagement, which included nine forums and an all-campus survey, the working group has unanimously endorsed, signed…

STEM

A&S Biologist Calls for Protection and More Studies of Natural Time Capsules of Climate Change

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, By News Staff

Packrats, also known as woodrats, are the original hoarders, collecting materials from their environment to make their nests, called middens. In deserts throughout western North America, for instance, packrat middens can preserve plants, insects, bones and other specimens for more…

Campus & Community

New Student Representatives to the Board of Trustees Named

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, By News Staff

The Board of Trustees welcomes four new undergraduate, graduate and law student representatives to the board. All have been deeply engaged in student activities while pursuing diverse career paths and will bring new insights to the governance process. The undergraduate…

Campus & Community

New Residence Hall Security Model to Begin in Fall 2024

Monday, May 20, 2024, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced a new model for residence hall security that includes a strategic reallocation of public safety resources to enhance overall campus safety while providing appropriate coverage in many of the University’s most populated residence halls. Today’s announcement…

STEM

Syracuse University, Onondaga County Make Combined $20M Investment to Launch the Syracuse University Center for Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing

Thursday, May 16, 2024, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced its plans to launch the Syracuse University Center for Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, an interdisciplinary center that will bring together expertise in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, manufacturing processes, optimization and robotics to advance the science of semiconductor…

Campus & Community

Blackstone LaunchPad Student Start-Ups Place in the Finals of the 2024 New York Business Plan Competition

Wednesday, May 8, 2024, By Cristina Hatem

Two Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) student start-up teams placed in the finals of the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC), powered by Upstate Capital, held in Albany on April 25. Natasha Brao ’22, (College of Visual and Performing…