Lender Center for Social Justice

Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium Examines Causes, Outcomes of Racial Wealth Gap

Across hundreds of years, American society and institutions have contributed in numerous ways to creating a racial wealth gap that continues to have negative impacts
Diane Stirling April 19, 2023
Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium Examines Causes, Outcomes of Racial Wealth Gap

Iona Volynets Selected as 2023 Truman Scholar

  Syracuse University junior Iona Volynets has been named as a 2023 recipient of the Truman Scholarship. Volynets, of Washington, D.C., is a history and
Kelly Homan Rodoski April 12, 2023
Iona Volynets Selected as 2023 Truman Scholar

Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium, Supported by MetLife Foundation, Focuses on Racial Wealth Gap

What are the structural and systemic factors in American society that contribute to an ongoing and widening racial wealth gap? What steps can organizations take
Diane Stirling March 23, 2023
Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium, Supported by MetLife Foundation, Focuses on Racial Wealth Gap

Lender Center Symposium Examines Complexity of Launching Neighborhood Women’s Wellness Program

The disparities between well-intentioned plans for a women-only wellness center on the City of Syracuse’s North Side area and the challenges of providing wellness programming
Diane Stirling March 15, 2023
Lender Center Symposium Examines Complexity of Launching Neighborhood Women’s Wellness Program

School of Education Announces Annual Atrocity Studies Lecture on ‘Gathering Evidence of Atrocities’

The 2023 Atrocity Studies annual lecture—presented by the Syracuse University School of Education—will address how war crimes, crimes against humanity and other atrocities are documented
Martin Walls March 13, 2023
School of Education Announces Annual Atrocity Studies Lecture on ‘Gathering Evidence of Atrocities’

Applications Being Accepted for Lender Center for Social Justice Faculty Fellow

Applications are now being accepted for the position of 2023-25 Lender Center for Social Justice Faculty Fellow. The deadline for applications is Monday, April 10,
Diane Stirling Feb. 15, 2023
Applications Being Accepted for Lender Center for Social Justice Faculty Fellow

Lender Center Student Fellows Researching Social Justice Implications of Artificial Intelligence Weaponry

These days, it’s hard to go anywhere without encountering artificial intelligence (AI). Predictive text offers to finish our web searches and our text messages. AI
John Boccacino Feb. 13, 2023
Lender Center Student Fellows Researching Social Justice Implications of Artificial Intelligence Weaponry

Grants Available for Scholarly Projects on Racial Wealth Gap

Grant funding is available to Syracuse University Ph.D. (or equivalent) scholars who have compelling projects that examine the issue of the racial wealth gap in
Diane Stirling Jan. 18, 2023
Grants Available for Scholarly Projects on Racial Wealth Gap

Information Session Jan. 18 on MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Symposium Research Submissions

A virtual information session will be held Wednesday, Jan. 18, to offer information and a forum for questions for researchers wanting to submit proposals for
Diane Stirling Jan. 11, 2023
Information Session Jan. 18 on MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Symposium Research Submissions

Sociology Professor, Labor Expert Reacts to NYC Nurses Strike

More than 7,000 nurses of the New York State Nurses Association are on strike today at hospitals in the Bronx and in Harlem. The activity
Daryl Lovell Jan. 9, 2023

Lender Center for Social Justice Granted $2.7M From MetLife Foundation for Research Initiatives to Help Address Racial Wealth Gap

Syracuse University’s Lender Center for Social Justice has been awarded a $2.7 million grant from MetLife Foundation to launch several new research initiatives to accelerate
Diane Stirling Nov. 3, 2022
Lender Center for Social Justice Granted $2.7M From MetLife Foundation for Research Initiatives to Help Address Racial Wealth Gap

Lender Center Brings Labor Movement Leaders to Campus to Discuss the Fight for Workers’ Rights

The revitalization of the American labor movement and the struggle for racial and economic justice were the central topics of a Lender Center Conversation held
Jen Plummer Nov. 1, 2022
Lender Center Brings Labor Movement Leaders to Campus to Discuss the Fight for Workers’ Rights

Join the Lender Center for Social Justice for a Conversation With National Organizers on Labor’s Revival on Oct. 24

After decades of decline, the labor movement in the United States is once again on the rise as workers turn to collective action to address
News Staff Oct. 12, 2022
Join the Lender Center for Social Justice for a Conversation With National Organizers on Labor’s Revival on Oct. 24

The Lender Center for Social Justice Seeks Applicants for Student Fellows

The Lender Center for Social Justice is seeking students from all academic disciplines to apply as a 2022-24 Lender Student Fellow. The center welcomes students who
Maria Damiano Oct. 5, 2022
The Lender Center for Social Justice Seeks Applicants for Student Fellows

Lender Faculty Fellow Bhan Examining Social Justice Implications of Artificial Intelligence Weaponry

How do artificial intelligence weapons systems transform war and surveillance activities and accentuate the social and political vulnerabilities of humans to violence? That is the
Diane Stirling Sept. 26, 2022
Lender Faculty Fellow Bhan Examining Social Justice Implications of Artificial Intelligence Weaponry

Marvin ’63 and Helaine ’65 Lender Establish Multidisciplinary Center for Social Justice with $5 Million Gift

Syracuse University alumnus Marvin Lender ’63 and his wife Helaine (Gold) ’65 have turned their lifelong commitment to social justice and greater understanding among people
News Staff Sept. 4, 2018
Marvin ’63 and Helaine ’65 Lender Establish Multidisciplinary Center for Social Justice with $5 Million Gift