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Arts & Culture

Humanities Center Supports Four Spring 2024 Fellows

Thursday, February 29, 2024, By Caroline K. Reff

Humanities practitioners put current issues and events into perspective by encouraging critical thinking and analysis, challenging beliefs and values, sparking creativity and encouraging global citizenship and immersing in history. In an effort to further a world that is healthier, hopeful…

Campus & Community

History Professor David Bennett’s ’56 Ties to Men’s Basketball Program Span Generations

Thursday, February 29, 2024, By John Boccacino

When Adrian Autry ’94 led the Syracuse University men’s basketball team into action against the University of New Hampshire to open the 2023-24 season, there were many familiar faces in the stands inside the JMA Wireless Dome cheering on the…

Campus & Community

Champion of Free Speech and Journalism Margaret Talev Leads Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (Podcast)

Wednesday, February 28, 2024, By John Boccacino

Margaret Talev can vividly recall the specific moment she knew journalism had failed to properly inform and educate a large portion of the American voting electorate. It was Jan. 6, 2021. More than 1,000 citizens were protesting at the U.S….

Media Tip Sheets

Whitman School Retail Experts React to Macy’s Shake-Ups

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, By Daryl Lovell

Macy’s is downsizing. The legacy retail company announced plans to close 150 stores over the next several years to focus on its more successful stores and ventures. According to reports, the department store chain has not disclosed exact locations that…

Veterans

Veteran Eric Watson’s ’91 Journey From Marine Corps Aviator to Information Technology Manager

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, By Charlie Poag

Eric Watson ’91 wasn’t envisioning himself as a U.S. Marine Corps aviator when he first came to Syracuse University. The Washington D.C., native originally intended on studying computer science, but as is the case with many college students, Watson realized…

Health & Society

Researchers Invite Students to Take Anonymous Survey on Well-Being; Chance to Win Gift Card

Monday, February 26, 2024, By Cort Ruddy

As part of ongoing efforts to support student well-being at Syracuse University, researchers from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the School of Education and the Barnes Center at The Arch invite students to participate in a brief…

Veterans

Generosity of Soldiers Inspired Benetta Dousuah G’25 to Enlist in the Army

Monday, February 26, 2024, By Charlie Poag

U.S. Army veteran Benetta Dousuah G’25, currently a graduate student in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, vividly recalls her family’s escape from Liberia during the back-to-back civil wars that ravaged the nation between 1989 and 2003. Initially…

Campus & Community

Jessamyn Neuhaus Named Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Monday, February 26, 2024, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Jessamyn Neuhaus, an experienced academic and higher education administrator with a track record of innovation and collaboration, has been named the next director of Syracuse University’s Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, effective Aug. 1. The announcement was made today…

Syracuse University Impact

Student, University Volunteers Build 44 Beds for Community Children in Need

Monday, February 26, 2024, By Diane Stirling

The number 44 holds a special significance on the Syracuse University campus, and in true University fashion, 44 children in the City of Syracuse will soon receive new beds and bedding—some for the first time—through a project that has touched…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Announces First Phase of University’s New Strategic Housing Plan

Monday, February 26, 2024, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced details of the first phase of the University’s new strategic housing plan. This strategy follows approval from the Board of Trustees. Today’s announcement of the strategic housing plan follows the completion of a comprehensive, three-year…