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Students and Alumna Earn National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
Four Syracuse University students have been awarded prestigious graduate research fellowships through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), and two students were recognized with Honorable Mentions. The fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are…
Humanities Center Fellowships and Grants Support Graduate Student Research in the Humanities
Since opening its doors in 2008, the Syracuse University Humanities Center has supported faculty and graduate student research that highlights the humanities’ relevance within and beyond the academy. Graduate students may apply for competitive Dissertation Fellowships and Humanities New York Public Humanities…
Trailblazing Women’s Lacrosse Standout Katie (Rowan) Thomson ’09, G’10 Reflects on Jersey Retirement, Teaching Next Generation of Lacrosse Standouts
Katie (Rowan) Thomson ’09, G’10 helped grow the Syracuse University women’s lacrosse program into a perennial power during her four years on campus, and in the process, she rewrote the Orange’s record books while taking the women’s lacrosse team to…
Bellot, Geiss Named Class of 2023 Senior Class Marshals
Simone Bellot and Michael “MP” Geiss have been named the University’s Class of 2023 Senior Class Marshals. Bellot and Geiss will represent their graduating class and lead the student procession during the 2023 Commencement ceremony. Throughout their senior year, Bellot…
In Memoriam: Life Trustee Anthony Y.C. Yeh G’49, an Innovator at the Intersection of Engineering and Business
After earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Anthony Y.C. Yeh G’49 returned to his native country determined to help the throngs of refugees fleeing into Hong Kong from mainland China. He…
Social Differences, Social Justice Cluster Hosts Inaugural Research Symposium
On March 31, the Social Differences, Social Justice research cluster hosted its inaugural symposium, crossing interdisciplinary boundaries to showcase student and faculty research related to equity, social justice and global transformation. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Humanities…
A&S Biologists Observe Molecular ‘Hand-off’ That Plays Key Role in Reproduction
Everyone considers sperm to be made exclusively by males. But did you know that females also make sperm? Well, it turns out that females also contribute to what makes a sperm a sperm. Nearly 20 percent of couples in the…
Ph.D. Student Andrew Ridgeway Wins Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award
Andrew Ridgeway, a third-year Ph.D. student in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) composition and cultural rhetoric program, was selected as the 2022 winner of the prestigious Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award for his piece “Conspiracy Theories, Jouissance, and…
‘Seeing Possibility For Myself’: SUSTAIN Program Continues to Cultivate, Support STEM Talent
In 2017, John Tillotson, associate professor and department chair of the Department of Science Teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), set out to improve upon the country’s retention rate of college science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors among underrepresented…
Junior Madison Tyler Named as a 2022 Beinecke Scholar
Madison Tyler ’23, a junior double major in African American studies and English (film and screen studies track) in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a recipient of a 2022 Beinecke Scholarship. A Coronat Scholar and member…