Human Thriving

A&S Offers More Community Learning Pathways for Arts and Sciences Undergraduates

As the popular adage goes, "Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." An essential step in
Dan Bernardi Nov. 26, 2024
A&S Offers More Community Learning Pathways for Arts and Sciences Undergraduates

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
Diane Stirling Nov. 25, 2024
First Year Seminar Peer Leaders: They’re the Connectors in an Innovative Program

What Does Seventh-Generation Thinking Mean?

When Haudenosaunee gather for a meal or event, they begin with the Thanksgiving Address. “Today we have gathered and we see that the cycles of
Renée K. Gadoua Nov. 20, 2024
What Does Seventh-Generation Thinking Mean?

Lender Center Postdoctoral Researcher Studies Entrepreneur Attributes, Racial Wealth Gap Concerns

Determining what drives entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups is the focus of Yolanda Christophe’s research. Christophe is one of three Lender Center for Social Justice postdoctoral
Diane Stirling Nov. 13, 2024
Lender Center Postdoctoral Researcher Studies Entrepreneur Attributes, Racial Wealth Gap Concerns

A $2.5M Challenge to Build Futures for People With Disabilities

How do you inspire people to open their hearts and provide the support to raise the hefty sum of $2.5 million? Just ask retired U.S.
Eileen Korey Nov. 8, 2024
A $2.5M Challenge to Build Futures for People With Disabilities

Katarina Sako ’24 Works to Help Older Adults Age Well

Growing up in Buffalo, New York, Katarina Sako ’24 was very close to her grandparents. “Spending time with my grandparents was really an important part
Katarina Sako ’24 Works to Help Older Adults Age Well

Lender Center Student Fellows Named, Will Work on Public Health Research Project

Five students will soon begin a two-year research project examining the potential social justice and public health impacts of living in neighborhoods that have experienced
Diane Stirling Oct. 31, 2024
Lender Center Student Fellows Named, Will Work on Public Health Research Project

Unbreakable Bond Fuels Brothers Luke ’26 and Mark Radel ’28

When do children learn empathy? How do they know that someone is in pain or having a bad day? From an early age, Mark Radel
John Boccacino Oct. 21, 2024
Unbreakable Bond Fuels Brothers Luke ’26 and Mark Radel ’28

Syracuse University, Upstate Collaborate to Bring Memory Screenings to Area Offices for the Aging

Residents over the age of 60 in seven Central New York counties­—Cayuga, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Oswego and Tompkins—can receive free memory screenings from their
News Staff Oct. 17, 2024
Syracuse University, Upstate Collaborate to Bring Memory Screenings to Area Offices for the Aging

University and Community Partners Help WCNY Form New Spanish-Language Radio Station

An important resource never before available to the greater Central New York and Mohawk Valley region—a Spanish-language radio station—has come to fruition through an initiative
Diane Stirling Oct. 16, 2024
University and Community Partners Help WCNY Form New Spanish-Language Radio Station

Making Higher Education Accessible to All: The Global Impact of InclusiveU

Original air date: Oct. 7, 2024 For many adolescent students with developmental disabilities, the pursuit of higher education is filled with roadblocks and can be
John Boccacino Oct. 6, 2024
Making Higher Education Accessible to All: The Global Impact of InclusiveU

NSF Grant to Engage Refugee and Immigrant Youth in Immersive STEM Storytelling

School of Education Professor Xiaoxia "Silvie" Huang has been awarded a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for an Innovative Technology Experiences for
News Staff Oct. 3, 2024
NSF Grant to Engage Refugee and Immigrant Youth in Immersive STEM Storytelling

‘College of Opportunity’: Falk Connections Help Take Livia McQuade from Syracuse to Paris

For sport management major Livia McQuade ’25, the path from the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics to Paris for the Paralympic Games went
Matt Michael Sept. 30, 2024
‘College of Opportunity’: Falk Connections Help Take Livia McQuade from Syracuse to Paris

Creating STEM Career Pathways for Local High Schoolers

Thanks to a new National Science Foundation grant, Syracuse University’s physics department doubles the number of Syracuse-area high school participants in their paid summer internship
Dan Bernardi Sept. 11, 2024
Creating STEM Career Pathways for Local High Schoolers

Student Inventors Develop New Way to Secure Wheelchairs in Moving Vehicles

Former Syracuse University student Jim DaRin is one of many wheelchair users who rely on adapted vehicles to drive. These vehicles are equipped with a docking system
Kwami Maranga Sept. 5, 2024
Student Inventors Develop New Way to Secure Wheelchairs in Moving Vehicles

Miriam Mutambudzi Chosen as 2024-26 Lender Center Faculty Fellow

A public health professor whose research focuses on social determinants of health has been selected as the 2024-26 Lender Center for Social Justice faculty fellow.
Diane Stirling Aug. 16, 2024
Miriam Mutambudzi Chosen as 2024-26 Lender Center Faculty Fellow

Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Shows History’s Views on Intellectual Disability

Graduate students in the School of Education turned to primary source documents and artifacts at Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) to discover
Diane Stirling Aug. 7, 2024
Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Shows History’s Views on Intellectual Disability

Haudenosaunee Welcome Gathering: An Invitation to Celebrate on Sacred Land

Diane Schenandoah ’11, Honwadiyenawa'sek ("One who helps them"), will host a Haudenosaunee Welcome Gathering on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle on Monday, Aug. 26, from
Dara Harper Aug. 6, 2024
Haudenosaunee Welcome Gathering: An Invitation to Celebrate on Sacred Land