Campus & Community
2024 Student Entrepreneur Impact Prize Winners
Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) announced the winners of the 2024 Impact Prize competition for social entrepreneurship, held on Nov. 13 at Bird Library. Student teams pitched their respective social impact ventures for a chance to win a total…
First Year Seminar Peer Leaders: They’re the Connectors in an Innovative Program
When members of the Class of 2025 graduate in May, many will have spent four years as instrumental components of a unique program designed to acclimate new students to life at Syracuse University. These seniors have been involved as students…
Office of the Chief Financial Officer Releases Updated Travel Policy
The University has updated its policy governing University travel, including new guidance around hotel and meals reimbursement, allowing for trip insurance as a reimbursable expense, and encouraging travelers to New York City to utilize the University’s Joseph I. Lubin House…
Orange Innovation Fund Fall 2024 Awardees Announced
Syracuse University Libraries announced the seven award recipients for the Fall 2024 Orange Innovation Fund grant. Each of the following will receive a $5,000 grant to pursue research initiatives emerging from campus innovation programs. Recipients are: Angelo Niforatos G’25 (Martin…
Women in Leadership Initiative Announces Members of Cohort 4 Experience
Twenty-eight women from across Syracuse University earned selection to the University’s Women in Leadership (WiL) Diane Lyden Murphy Cohort 4 Experience, an immersive learning experience uniquely designed to advance women leaders in higher education. The cohort engages women in faculty…
Faculty and Staff: Don’t Miss These Important Benefit Deadlines
The Office of Human Resources wants to remind faculty and staff about important information and benefit application deadlines that are approaching: Reduced Health Plan Contributions Faculty and staff are encouraged to carefully review the expanded eligibility guidelines for 2025 that…
Scam Warning: Imposters Looking to Defraud U.S.-Based Chinese Community
Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), wants to let Chinese students know of a scam being perpetrated across the country where scammers impersonate Chinese police officers with the intent of defrauding members…
Cultivating Community Through Augmentative Communication
Verbal communication is one of the most common and fundamental forms of interaction for humans. Whether it’s conversing with colleagues at work, or chatting with family members around the dinner table, on average, a person speaks around 16,000 words a…
2024 Holiday Giving Opportunities in the Syracuse Community
As the holiday season approaches, there are several ways for members of the Syracuse University community to make the season brighter within the City of Syracuse and greater Central New York communities. Some giving opportunities include: PEACE, Inc. People’s Equal…
Hendricks Chaplains Offer Ways to Find and Express Gratitude
During the holidays, we come together with family and friends to celebrate. The end of another year is also an opportunity to reflect on the year that has passed and the meaning of the people and events that were part…