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Message to the Orange Community
Dear Orange Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, Families, and Friends: As a new academic year begins, I’ve been thinking a lot about what lies ahead—not just for our University, but for me personally and professionally. After much reflection, I’ve decided that…
Harnessing Sport Fandom for Character Development: Grant Supports Innovative Initiative
An innovative initiative focusing on the power of sport fandom for character development has been awarded more than $800,000 in funding through a 2025 Institutional Impact Grant from the Educating Character Initiative, part of Wake Forest University’s Program for Leadership…
What’s New at Campus Dining in Fall 2025?
As students, faculty and staff are welcomed back to campus for the fall semester, Campus Dining is celebrating upgrades at several of its retail locations and introducing a new, health-forward station at Ernie Davis, responding to student feedback about dietary…
Libraries Announces Fall 2025 Workshops
Syracuse University Libraries is hosting workshops for the Fall 2025 semester. All events are free and open to attend for all Syracuse University students, faculty and staff. Registration is required. For more information on the fall workshops, visit Learn! At…
Maxwell’s Baobao Zhang Awarded NSF CAREER Grant to Study Generative AI in the Workplace
Baobao Zhang, associate professor of political science and Maxwell Dean Associate Professor of the Politics of AI, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for $567,491 to support her project, “Future of Generative Artificial Intelligence…
Discovering How and When Stuff Fails Leads to NSF Grant
When materials are forced into new shapes, a tipping point can shift them from flexibility and resilience to failing or breaking. Understanding that tipping point is at the core of Jani Onninen’s research. He has received a three-year grant from…
Course Redesign Institute Offers Tools, Tactics to Boost Student Outcomes
The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) recently hosted the Course Redesign Institute (CRI), guiding 20 faculty members in best practices to assess how they teach, changes to make a course more enjoyable and more effective, and high-impact tactics that…
Expert Available: 80th Anniversary of V-J Day
September 2, 1945, marks the formal surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay—known as V-J Day—a pivotal moment that not only ended WWII but also shaped America’s role in the Pacific for generations to come. Retired Vice Admiral…
Please Review Carefully: Important Information From Dean of Students Sheriah Dixon
Dear Students: It is my pleasure to welcome you to campus for the 2025-26 academic year. I enjoyed meeting many of you and your families during our Welcome Week activities. As dean of students, I want you to know we…
A&S Scientists Explore Protein Droplets as a New Way to Understand Disease
When we are young and healthy, our cells successfully monitor and manage our worn-out or damaged proteins, keeping things working properly. But as we age, this cleanup system can falter, leading to protein clumps linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as…