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Campus & Community

Syracuse City High School Students Among Those Experiencing College Life

Friday, August 9, 2019, By Eileen Jevis

Twenty-four Syracuse City School District high school students were awarded scholarships to attend Syracuse University’s Summer College Program. The scholarships were a partnership between Syracuse University and the Syracuse City School District and were awarded based on academic achievement or…

Campus & Community

Whitman Staff Member Heads to Thailand Representing Team USA in Dragon Boat Racing

Wednesday, August 7, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Ben Schlimmer’s agility and passion for paddling watersports was most certainly passed down from his father and grandfather. A son of a canoe enthusiast and grandson of a Boy Scout troop leader who led adventurous water excursions, Schlimmer has adeptly…

STEM

Research Paper Wins ‘Best Methods’ Social Media Conference Award

Friday, August 2, 2019, By Diane Stirling

School of Information Studies Associate Professor Lu Xiao has been recognized for research that employs multiple methodologies to examine the factors surrounding a comment’s persuasive power on social media, and the ability of those comments to change viewpoints that have…

Health & Society

City High School’s Summer Bridge Program Connects to Syracuse University

Friday, August 2, 2019, By Jennifer Russo

Fifteen rising ninth graders are on the Syracuse University campus this week as part of a developing program to encourage students from the Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central high school (ITC) to seek pathways to college and careers in…

Campus & Community

Paving of East Adams Street Scheduled for Next Two Weekends

Thursday, July 25, 2019, By News Staff

The City of Syracuse is planning to complete milling, asphalt paving and striping on East Adams Street over the next two weekends. During the work, East Adams Street will be closed but each intersection and the corresponding cross streets will…

Campus & Community

HEOP Celebrates 50 Years of Helping Students; Receives $9.5 Million in Funding

Thursday, July 25, 2019, By Eileen Jevis

Kessia Garnett ’19 graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the College of Arts and Sciences. She was a dean’s list student and a HEOP Scholar of Distinction. Garnett says the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) gave…

Campus & Community

150 Years of Tradition Showcased at Syracuse University Exhibition

Monday, July 22, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

In celebration of Syracuse University’s sesquicentennial, Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) will host the exhibition “150 Years of Tradition at Syracuse University” on the sixth floor of Bird Library from Sept. 5 through spring 2020. Curated by…

Veterans

Student Veterans Prepare for Success at Fifth Annual Warrior-Scholar Project

Monday, July 22, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

Last week, for the fifth year in a row, Syracuse University hosted the esteemed Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP), a no-cost academic boot camp for first-year student veterans. Hosted at just 18 institutions nationwide, the WSP empowers enlisted military veterans by providing…

STEM

Murphy, White Named Astronaut Scholars

Tuesday, July 16, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

For the first time, two Syracuse University students have been named in one year as Astronaut Scholars. Syracuse is one of two universities nationwide with multiple recipients of the Astronaut Scholarship this year. Bethany Murphy, a senior environmental engineering major…

Democrat & Chronicle

The Impact of New Farm Worker Rights on New Yorkers

Friday, July 12, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Rick Welsh, Falk Family Endowed Professor in Falk College, was quoted in the Democrat and Chronicle article “Five ways a new bill of rights for farm workers will impact New Yorkers.” In the article, Welsh called the recently passed legislation…