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Guidelines for New Student Convocation

Monday, August 23, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Campus Community: Each year, we mark the start of a new academic year with the New Student Convocation academic ceremony, bringing our campus community together to welcome and celebrate the newest members of the Orange family….

Campus & Community

Small Equipment Grants Program Funds 29 Proposals in 2021

Monday, August 23, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The Office of Research has announced the Small Equipment Grants Program has funded 29 proposals for 2021. The program is designed to strengthen research capacity and capability at Syracuse University. These awards are intended to bridge the gap between major…

Campus & Community

Five Questions for First-Year Seminar Interim Director Chandice Haste-Jackson

Monday, August 23, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Chandice Haste-Jackson was appointed interim director of the First-Year Seminar program in February, 2021.  Since then, she has been working alongside colleagues from across the University to completely redesign the required course for all first-year students. It is part of…

Veterans

Outgoing Chair of the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs Reflects on His Support of Student Veterans

Friday, August 20, 2021, By Brandon Dyer

Since 2016, cadets in Syracuse University’s Reserve Officer Training Program have been eligible to receive the annual Dottle Family ROTC Cadet Scholarship award. The scholarship is awarded to future leaders who participate in the University’s Army and Air Force ROTC…

Campus & Community

Center on Disability and Inclusion Launches Program to Support Degree-Seeking Autistic Students

Friday, August 20, 2021, By News Staff

Funded by a contribution from Karen Colapietro Seybold G’92, a pilot project in the Center on Disability and Inclusion will create research opportunities and direct support for matriculated autistic students at Syracuse University. Seybold graduated from the School of Education…

Campus & Community

Managing COVID in the Classroom

Friday, August 20, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues: As a follow-up to Chancellor Syverud’s most recent message, I am writing to address a handful of questions I have received from some of you in recent days regarding masking—inside and outside of the classroom—and faculty teaching space….

STEM

Syracuse University One of 10 Institutions Selected for AAC&U Institute

Friday, August 20, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

July 27-30, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) held an Institute on Reframing Institutional Transformation to Include Non-Tenure-Track STEM Faculty. Syracuse University was one of 10 institutions to participate in the Institute, which AAC&U developed in collaboration with…

Campus & Community

Orange Academy Returns in Fall 2021 With Seven Courses and Discount for Alumni, Faculty and Staff

Friday, August 20, 2021, By Lyndy McLaughlin

Syracuse University’s College of Professional Studies announces online noncredit course offerings in two sessions for fall 2021 as part of Orange Academy, which launched in 2020. The cost of each four-week course is $244, with a discounted rate of $195…

Campus & Community

Fall Construction Updates

Friday, August 20, 2021, By News Staff

While summer brought a slower pace to the Syracuse University campus, teams from Campus Planning, Design and Construction (CPDC) were hard at work on improvements to campus buildings and infrastructure to enhance the spaces where members of the University community…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Students With Disabilities Could Sue Their Schools to Require Masks’

Friday, August 20, 2021, By News Staff

Doron Dorfman, associate professor in the College of Law, co-wrote commentary for The Washington Post titled “Students with disabilities could sue their schools to require masks.” Professor Dorfman studies the intersections of health, law and social science to understand perceptions…