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Campus & Community

Professor Goode’s Tolley Professorship Focus: Creating Climate Change Teaching Materials, Partnerships

Tuesday, June 28, 2022, By Diane Stirling

The Humanities play an instrumental role in shaping thinking about the past, present and future of environmental and climate change issues. Scientists can present hard data about the climate crisis and other ecological challenges. But it is humanists who are…

Veterans

Vice Chancellor Haynie Testifies on Capitol Hill on the Need for Pathways for Veteran Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, June 14, 2022, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

J. Michael Haynie, Syracuse University’s vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and executive director of the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), told lawmakers on Capitol Hill last week that veterans separating from military service have a…

Campus & Community

Stay Alert: Hawk Chicks Fledging Their Bowne Hall Nest

Tuesday, June 14, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

If you have walked around campus lately, you may have noticed four hawk chicks perched on their nest in the north-facing archway of Bowne Hall. Their parents, SU-Sue and Otto, are the mated hawk pair who have called the Syracuse…

STEM

Graduate Students Bring Physics to Local Classrooms With Outreach Program

Friday, May 27, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

“When am I ever going to use this in real life?” That is the oft-heard refrain from middle- and high-school science students, struggling through labs and formulas that feel as far removed from their day-to-day as, well, space travel. Sarthak…

Health & Society

NBA Player Shares Personal Experience With Stuttering With CSD Students

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Students walking into Grant Auditorium for CSD 450/650 Clinical Seminar last semester saw a celebrity instead of their usual professor. National Basketball Association (NBA) player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was visiting the class to give the students a unique perspective on both…

STEM

Biology and Earth and Environmental Sciences Departments Come Together on Diversity and Engagement Initiatives

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, By News Staff

In 1948, Professor James Hope Birnie became Syracuse University’s first African American faculty member in biology, teaching here until 1951. He was also one of its first biology faculty members to be supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)….

Campus & Community

Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising Team Helps Match Students With Unique Experiences That Enhance Their Studies

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, By Jen Plummer

When it comes to applying for nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships, the team at the Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA) offers a wealth of knowledge and resources for undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni. Located on the…

Campus & Community

5 New Members Elected to University’s Board of Trustees

Monday, May 16, 2022, By News Staff

Syracuse University has announced the election of five new members to its Board of Trustees, all with extraordinary backgrounds in business and philanthropy. Individually and collectively, these new trustees have already enhanced the student experience and advanced the University’s mission…

Campus & Community

She Shoots, She Scores: Sarah Thompson’s ‘Sticks Together’ Project Brings Street Hockey to Children in Argentina

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, By Matt Michael

On Comfrey Crescent in Orléans, a suburb of Ottawa, there was one thing that always brought the children out of their yards and houses and onto the street. No, not the ice cream truck. Instead, Sarah Thompson would come out…

Media Tip Sheets

Architecture Expert and Researcher of Abortion Clinics On the Future of Access

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

Last week, a draft decision for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked from the Supreme Court and shows that five justices are preparing a judgment that would strike down Roe v. Wade. For reporters covering this ongoing story,…