Human Thriving

Setting the Standard and Ensuring Justice

Everyone knows DNA plays a crucial role in solving crimes—but what happens when the evidence is of low quantity, degraded or comes from multiple individuals?
Dan Bernardi July 3, 2025
Setting the Standard and Ensuring Justice

A Winning Edge in Health and Wellness

With climate change and severe weather expected to intensify in the coming years, developing strategies for a resilient food supply is crucial. This involves understanding
Dan Bernardi April 9, 2025
A Winning Edge in Health and Wellness

Improving Quality of Life for Post-Stroke Patients

A painless and non-invasive pulse of electrical stimulation to specific brain areas can ease some symptoms of post-stroke patients, though how it works remains a
News Staff April 1, 2025

Life Together Initiative to Host ‘Decoding Deception’ Lecture March 26

On March 26, members of the University community will come together in an interactive lecture session to explore how to confront mis- and disinformation to
News Staff March 20, 2025
Life Together Initiative to Host ‘Decoding Deception’ Lecture March 26

Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact Celebrates 50 Years of Artistic and Literary Exploration

  For half a century, Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact (POC) has served the University and local communities as a hub for artistic and literary
Wendy S. Loughlin March 18, 2025
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact Celebrates 50 Years of Artistic and Literary Exploration

First Year Seminar Earns Collaborative Excellence Award

Syracuse University’s First Year Seminar (FYS): Shared Experience Week was honored with the Collaborative Excellence Award at the ACPA–College Student Educators International conference last month
Wendy S. Loughlin March 5, 2025
First Year Seminar Earns Collaborative Excellence Award

Psychology Professor Publishes Study on How Optimism and Pessimism Influence Well-Being

Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? If you rewind to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, chances are you experienced
Dan Bernardi March 5, 2025
Psychology Professor Publishes Study on How Optimism and Pessimism Influence Well-Being

Students Helping Children’s Hospital Patients Through Play Sessions

Jonida Konjufca was not sure what she wanted to do professionally before she enrolled in the Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS), but
Cathleen O'Hare March 3, 2025
Students Helping Children’s Hospital Patients Through Play Sessions

Record Number of Students Honored at Success Scholars Reception

Nearly 1,300 first-year students and transfer students in their first year were honored at the University’s Success Scholars reception last week. The Success Scholars program
Wendy S. Loughlin Feb. 27, 2025
Record Number of Students Honored at Success Scholars Reception

Falk’s Miriam Mutambudzi Furthers Research on Health Disparities Among Older, Vulnerable Populations

From late 2007 until mid-2009, economies around the world plunged into a market decline known as the Great Recession–the most severe economic crisis since the
Matt Michael Feb. 11, 2025

Orange Mentor Connect Relaunch: Transforming Student Success Through Mentorship

To strengthen student success and foster a culture of support, Syracuse University is re-launching Orange Mentor Connect in partnership with Mentor Collective, an online mentoring
News Staff Feb. 10, 2025
Orange Mentor Connect Relaunch: Transforming Student Success Through Mentorship

Social Workers United Donation Drive to Benefit We Rise Above The Streets

“If it was not for you Al-amin Muhammad I would not be alive and I would have not been in my own apartment for a
Matt Michael Feb. 5, 2025
Social Workers United Donation Drive to Benefit We Rise Above The Streets

Faculty, Students, City and Community Advocates Form Unique Accessibility Collaboration

In disability advocacy circles, the City of Syracuse has gained a national reputation as one of the most progressive cities in the U.S. for incorporating
Diane Stirling Jan. 14, 2025
Faculty, Students, City and Community Advocates Form Unique Accessibility Collaboration

Maxwell Sociologist’s New Documentary Reveals Plight of Syracuse Tenants

A standing room audience gathered in the community room at the Salt City Market in the City of Syracuse on a recent evening for the
News Staff Jan. 14, 2025
Maxwell Sociologist’s New Documentary Reveals Plight of Syracuse Tenants

Life Together Initiative to Expand in the Spring 2025 Semester

The “Life Together: Seeking the Common Good in a Diverse Democracy” initiative will expand in the Spring 2025 semester, building on the success of its
Kelly Homan Rodoski Jan. 13, 2025
Life Together Initiative to Expand in the Spring 2025 Semester

From Marine to Mentor: Jackson Capenos Champions Veteran Success at Syracuse University

For Jackson Capenos, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and the University’s newest school certifying official with the Office of Veteran Success, life has been a
Charlie Poag Dec. 20, 2024

National Conference Highlights Synergies Between Marriage and Family Therapy and Human Dynamics and Family Science

In mid-November, as part of the go-forward plan for the human dynamics programs in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Syracuse University announced
Matt Michael Dec. 16, 2024
National Conference Highlights Synergies Between Marriage and Family Therapy and Human Dynamics and Family Science

Exercise Science Professor Kylie Harmon Investigates Ability to Preserve Muscle Mass and Strength During Immobilization

Mind over matter. Kylie Harmon, an assistant professor in the Department of Exercise Science in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, has always
Matt Michael Dec. 11, 2024
Exercise Science Professor Kylie Harmon Investigates Ability to Preserve Muscle Mass and Strength During Immobilization