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University Community, Sleep in Heavenly Peace Build 88 Beds for Local Children

Thursday, February 27, 2025, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Last year, the Syracuse University Volunteer Organization (SUVO) took on its first bed build event on campus. The organization teamed up with the local chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) to build 44 beds for children in the community….

Arts & Culture

Books by Acclaimed Author George Saunders G’88 and 3 Other A&S Faculty Appear on New York Times ‘Best of’ List

Sunday, August 11, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Not one, not two, but three books by bestselling author and professor of English George Saunders were included in The New York Times list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Saunders, who teaches in the creative writing…

Media, Law & Policy

NBC’s Voice of the Olympics Mike Tirico ’88: Memorable Olympic Moments and a Love for All Things Orange (Podcast)

Tuesday, July 16, 2024, By Keith Kobland

When the Olympic Games begin later this month, one of the University’s best-known alums will be front and center. In many ways it’s a role Mike Tirico ’88 knew he wanted at an early age. “My mom will tell you,…

Campus & Community

Patrick Murphy ’88 Announced as Keynote Speaker for College of Engineering and Computer Science Convocation

Tuesday, April 25, 2023, By Alex Dunbar

The College of Engineering and Computer Science is excited to announce that Patrick Murphy ’88 will be the keynote speaker at the College’s 2023 convocation held in the Lally Athletics Complex at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 13. Murphy is…

Campus & Community

Remembrance Week Lecture on Trauma, Identity, Community and the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing

Tuesday, October 11, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives, part of the Special Collections Research Center, is sponsoring a public lecture on Friday, Oct. 21, from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library,…

Campus & Community

Maxwell Prepared Mike Tirico ’88 for His ‘Most Challenging Assignment’

Monday, May 16, 2022, By Jessica Youngman

A bachelor’s degree from the Maxwell School and the College of Arts and Sciences helped prepare famed sports broadcaster Mike Tirico ’88 to take on one of the toughest assignments of his storied career: the 2022 Winter Olympics in Bejing,…

Arts & Culture

Innovator Lorrie Vogel ’88 to Deliver 2022 VPA Convocation Address

Monday, May 9, 2022, By Erica Blust

Innovator Lorrie Vogel ’88 will deliver the 2022 convocation address to bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) at the college’s convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the stadium….

Campus & Community

Mike Tirico ’88 to Deliver Alumni Address at A&S | Maxwell Undergraduate Convocation

Thursday, April 28, 2022, By Jessica Smith

Celebrated broadcaster Mike Tirico, one of the most recognizable faces and voices in television sports coverage, will deliver the alumni keynote address at the 2022 College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) | Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Undergraduate…

Campus & Community

Mike Tirico ’88 Returns to Broadcast Booth for NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’

Tuesday, April 19, 2022, By John Boccacino

The Super Bowl. The Summer and Winter Olympics. Golf’s U.S. Open and the Ryder Cup. Triple Crown horse racing. The Indianapolis 500. The Stanley Cup. Mike Tirico ’88 has seen and called it all during a decorated and award-winning sports…

Arts & Culture

Marla Aaron ’88 Proves Jewelry Can be Beautiful, Functional and Life-Changing

Thursday, March 24, 2022, By John Boccacino

Growing up, Marla Aaron ’88 had a keen eye for jewelry and a penchant for handcrafting wearable works of art for her friends out of fish hooks and other assorted parts. But Aaron harbored no hopes of entering the jewelry-making…