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An Inside Look at the New Quantum Technology Lab in ECS

Friday, March 1, 2024, By Kwami Maranga

Two-dimensional (2D) materials are the thinnest nanomaterials known to exist. Being only a single or few layers of atoms thick, these delicate sheets have found many applications in electronic devices, quantum optics and photovoltaic technology. Pankaj K. Jha, assistant professor…

Campus & Community

The Breedlove Readers Announces Its Spring 2024 Book Club

Friday, January 19, 2024, By Martin Walls

Applications are now open for the spring 2024 edition of The Breedlove Readers, a book club that encourages middle- and high-school girls throughout Central New York to celebrate Black girl stories through reading, writing and creating. This year, the book…

Media, Law & Policy

Stress Less: Newhouse Student’s Mindfulness Book for Teens Is Rooted in Family Ties

Tuesday, December 19, 2023, By Genaro Armas

The idea for a new book about mindfulness by Adam Avin ’26, a sophomore in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, is rooted in the days he spent with his great grandparents growing up in Florida. “Stress Less: Mindfulness for…

Campus & Community

Give Back in 2024: Volunteer to Be a Book Buddy

Monday, December 18, 2023, By News Staff

Early literacy is paramount to a child’s future success, but recent research [PDF] from The Education Trust-New York shows the state is facing a “literacy crisis that has the potential to limit the future success of students, families, schools and…

Campus & Community

‘Cooking With Joy’: Italian Chef Jacopo Tendi Visits Falk College for Christy Lecture Series

Thursday, November 9, 2023, By Matt Michael

This past spring, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics nutrition students in the Mediterranean Food and Culture class had the unique opportunity to cook in the Tuscany home of renowned Italian Chef Jacopo Tendi. And in late October, Chef…

Campus & Community

Look Back. Act Forward. The Profound Impact of the Remembrance Scholars Cohort (Podcast)

Thursday, October 19, 2023, By John Boccacino

Julie Friend ’92 was a sophomore studying speech communication in the College of Visual and Performing Arts when Pan Am Flight 103 went down over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. Friend and her roommate, Beth, were sitting in Cosmo’s…

Campus & Community

Whitman School’s Balancing the Books Celebrates 25 Years

Friday, October 6, 2023, By News Staff

Launching its 25th year, Balancing the Books (BTB) is celebrating a milestone reflective of substantial achievement as a long-running literacy initiative. BTB is a collaboration among the Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public Community Service, the Martin J. Whitman School…

Campus & Community

Roundup: Must-Follow Social Accounts and Helpful Websites to Bookmark

Tuesday, August 29, 2023, By News Staff

We get it, there is often an abundance of information, resources, email and must-do tasks communicated at the beginning of the semester. One easy way to stay connected with news, campus happenings and need-to-know information is to follow Syracuse-affiliated accounts…

Campus & Community

‘Service-Minded and Entrepreneurial’: Scott Shablak G’73 Looks Back on 45 Years of OPRD

Wednesday, August 23, 2023, By Martin Walls

As a young person and then a college student, Scott Shablak G’73 says he absorbed two lessons that later served him well as director of the School of Education’s (SOE) Office of Professional Research and Development (OPRD), a position he…

STEM

National Science Foundation Renews Funding for Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program

Tuesday, August 1, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Funding for operating the Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) program has been renewed, permitting Syracuse University to continue leading a seven-institution initiative to broaden educational opportunities for students from underrepresented communities to study and pursue careers in…