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FYS Students, Staff to Assist in Rescue Mission Telethon Dec. 8
Every year, Syracuse University students positively impact Central New York through community-engaged learning and volunteer service. This is especially true for students participating in First Year Seminar (FYS), a required one-credit course for all first-year and transfer students. FYS program…
Operation Orange Warmup Winter Coat Collection Now Underway
To support individuals on our campus and in the community, the University is hosting Operation Orange Warmup to collect winter coats. The collection to assist students in need is happening on campus now through Friday, Dec. 6. “There is a…
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 local Office for the Aging (OFA) as part of a collaborative project between SUNY Upstate…
Fans Encouraged to Bring Non-Perishable Items to Friday’s Football Game
On Friday, Sept. 20, before the Orange football team takes on Stanford at 7:30 p.m. in the JMA Wireless Dome, the Office of Community Engagement and the Salvation Army will host a food drive to collect non-perishable food items for…
Support K-3 Literacy in Central New York: Become a United Way Book Buddy
Looking for an easy and rewarding way to give back to the local community this school year? Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to volunteer with Book Buddies, an in-person tutoring program focused on building literacy skills for kindergarten through…
SyracuseCoE Awards Nearly $200K for 11 New Faculty Fellow Projects Supporting Research and Innovation
The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems at Syracuse University (SyracuseCoE) has awarded $198,851 in 2024 SyracuseCoE Faculty Fellow awards to support 11 research and innovation projects led by faculty members from Syracuse University and SUNY College…
Social Workers United Collecting School Supplies for Children in Liberia
The West African nation of Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Seven out of 10 children live in extreme poverty and the educational system has faced many challenges, including a lack of learning materials and school…
Jim Stone’s Falk College Legacy: Service to the Advisory Board and Legislative Policy Day
When Jim Stone started his first year at Syracuse University in 1958, he had every intention of following in his parents’ footsteps and becoming a teacher. In his junior year in the University’s School of Education, Stone was required to…
Mindfully Growing Program Teaching Healthy Eating Habits to Pre-K Children
Do you like broccoli? “I touched broccoli with my feet.” You like eating watermelon, what does it smell like? “Snow.” What does snow taste like? “Broccoli.” Welcome to a Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Age 4 classroom at Elbridge Elementary School in…
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera to Kick Off ‘Cruel April’ Poetry Series
As a “natural wonderer, dreamer, traveler… mega listener…and only child,” poet Juan Felipe Herrera grew up in California’s San Joaquín and Salinas Valleys “listening to everything and everyone,” he says, and those habits led him “to the magical lands of…