Lender Center for Social Justice

Scholars, Community Leaders Examine the Racial Wealth Gap at Lender Center Symposium in Atlanta

Nationally noted author, activist and philanthropic strategy advisor Edgar Villaneuva joined Syracuse University faculty and Atlanta community, business and government leaders June 4 for the
Diane Stirling June 17, 2024
Scholars, Community Leaders Examine the Racial Wealth Gap at Lender Center Symposium in Atlanta

Lender Center Postdoctoral Fellow Examines the Impact of Gentrification and Displacement in Western and Central New York

Growing up in Rochester and attending the University of Buffalo, Lender Center for Social Justice Postdoctoral Fellow J Coley saw firsthand how gentrification and displacement
Diane Stirling April 16, 2024
Lender Center Postdoctoral Fellow Examines the Impact of Gentrification and Displacement in Western and Central New York

Racial Wealth Gap Research Presented at MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Event

The U.S. racial wealth gap was the focus of a symposium hosted by the Lender Center for Social Justice last week. “Interrogating the Racial Wealth
Diane Stirling April 3, 2024
Racial Wealth Gap Research Presented at MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Event

Doctoral Students’ Research Leads to New Conclusions About AI and Society

Today’s discussions of artificial intelligence (AI) tend to focus on its most visible presence, such as the chatbot ChatGPT. Yet, as two doctoral students discovered
Diane Stirling March 19, 2024
Doctoral Students’ Research Leads to New Conclusions About AI and Society

Artificial Intelligence in Syracuse: Lender Center Fellows Research Talk March 22

Mona Bhan is the Lender Center for Social Justice faculty fellow for 2022-2024. As Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies and professor of anthropology in
Diane Stirling March 18, 2024
Artificial Intelligence in Syracuse: Lender Center Fellows Research Talk March 22

9 Projects Awarded MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Racial Wealth Gap Grants

The Lender Center for Social Justice has awarded nine grants for new faculty research projects that study issues contributing to or helping alleviate the racial wealth
Diane Stirling March 11, 2024
9 Projects Awarded MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Racial Wealth Gap Grants

Lender Center Faculty Fellowship Application Period Now Open

The Lender Center for Social Justice is accepting applications for a two-year faculty research fellowship focused on a contemporary social issue and ideas and pathways
Diane Stirling Jan. 18, 2024
Lender Center Faculty Fellowship Application Period Now Open

Lender Center D.C. Conversation Expands Partnerships, Ideas to Reduce Racial Wealth Gap

Economic experts, federal policymakers and human services administrators joined researchers from Syracuse University and other academic institutions recently in Washington, D.C., to examine factors that
Diane Stirling Dec. 13, 2023
Lender Center D.C. Conversation Expands Partnerships, Ideas to Reduce Racial Wealth Gap

Lender Center for Social Justice Names 5 2023-25 Student Fellows

Five students have been selected as Lender Center for Social Justice student fellows and will work on a research project that examines American news media
Diane Stirling Nov. 7, 2023
Lender Center for Social Justice Names 5 2023-25 Student Fellows

Racial Wealth Gap the Focus of Oct. 30 Lender Center Event in Washington

In Washington, D.C., the population is booming, but rent and housing costs are spiking and wages for working-class and lower-income workers are stagnating. Those factors
Diane Stirling Oct. 17, 2023
Racial Wealth Gap the Focus of Oct. 30 Lender Center Event in Washington

‘Family Pictures Syracuse’ Brings City’s Marginalized Histories Into Focus

If a picture paints a thousand words, what new Syracuse community portrait will emerge to illustrate the past and present stories of individuals and families
Diane Stirling Oct. 9, 2023
‘Family Pictures Syracuse’ Brings City’s Marginalized Histories Into Focus

‘This Is an Exciting Time for Labor’ Says Syracuse Sociology Professor and Labor Studies Expert

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers went on strike on Oct. 4, making it one of the largest in the healthcare industry in U.S. history.
Daryl Lovell Oct. 5, 2023
‘This Is an Exciting Time for Labor’ Says Syracuse Sociology Professor and Labor Studies Expert

Phillips Appointed Interim Director at Lender Center for Social Justice; Director Search Committee Named

The Lender Center for Social Justice has familiar leadership for the 2023-24 academic year while a renewed search for a permanent director is conducted. Kendall
Diane Stirling Sept. 12, 2023
Phillips Appointed Interim Director at Lender Center for Social Justice; Director Search Committee Named

Lender Center for Social Justice Awards 5 Grants for Racial Wealth Gap Studies

Five faculty research projects that identify and address issues contributing to or helping alleviate the racial wealth gap in the United States have received grants
Diane Stirling Sept. 6, 2023
Lender Center for Social Justice Awards 5 Grants for Racial Wealth Gap Studies

Lender Center for Social Justice Seeking Student Fellowship Applicants

Students from all academic disciplines are invited to apply to the 2023-25 Lender Center for Social Justice Student Fellowship Program. The program will be led by
Diane Stirling Aug. 24, 2023
Lender Center for Social Justice Seeking Student Fellowship Applicants

Professors Theoharis and George Awarded Lender Center Grant to Study Schools’ DEI Policies

George Theoharis, professor of educational leadership and inclusive elementary/early childhood education, and Leela George, associate teaching professor of educational leadership, both in the School of
Martin Walls July 31, 2023
Professors Theoharis and George Awarded Lender Center Grant to Study Schools’ DEI Policies

School of Architecture, SUNY ESF Faculty Awarded Funding for Research on Racial Wealth Gap

School of Architecture Associate Dean for Research Eliana Abu-Hamdi and Assistant Professor Iman Fayyad, along with Daniel Cronan, assistant professor of landscape architecture at SUNY
Julie Sharkey July 25, 2023
School of Architecture, SUNY ESF Faculty Awarded Funding for Research on Racial Wealth Gap

Newhouse School Assistant Professor Named 2023-25 Lender Center Faculty Fellow

Nausheen Husain, whose work examines media coverage of Muslim people and communities and the impact of that coverage, has been selected as the 2023-25 Lender
Diane Stirling July 10, 2023
Newhouse School Assistant Professor Named 2023-25 Lender Center Faculty Fellow