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Syracuse University Institute Launches Focus Group Project to Gain Insights on Key Voting Blocs in 2024 Campaign
Syracuse University’s Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC) is launching The Deciders Focus Groups project, a partnership initiative looking to gain insights from key voting blocs in 2024 presidential election battleground states. NBC News plans to report findings each month,…
Helping Address Hiring Crises, the Baldanza Fellows Program Expands to Syracuse City Schools
Teacher shortages and a predominantly white teaching force are two persistent hiring trends that continue to challenge public schools nationwide. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 90% of school districts reported difficulties hiring teachers for the 2023-24…
Humanitarian Work in Water Systems
From the drylands of Kenya to the rainforests of Suriname, civil and environmental engineering professor John Trimmer in the College of Engineering and Computer Science has dedicated his career to making a difference. After a service-learning trip to Nicaragua, where…
Deep-Energy Retrofits Research Yields Promising Cost Savings, Human Well-Being Outcomes
Modifying and upgrading building enclosures and mechanical systems in older, multi-family apartment buildings can achieve net-zero energy-use efficiencies and help inhabitants lower energy costs, breathe better air and live more comfortably—changes that have wide application for state and national climate-change…
Building Bridges to Inclusive Schools: 20 Years of Helping Educators Find Their ‘Teaching Voice’ in NYC
“Growth” and “perspective” are the top gains School of Education (SOE) alumni note when reflecting on a semester spent student teaching in New York City. While the Bridge to the City program is an accelerated immersive experience—two placements in the…
Give Back in 2024: Volunteer to Be a Book Buddy
Early literacy is paramount to a child’s future success, but recent research [PDF] from The Education Trust-New York shows the state is facing a “literacy crisis that has the potential to limit the future success of students, families, schools and…
Hendricks Chapel Brings Students Together for Interfaith Service Opportunity
On a recent Sunday afternoon, students from a range of religious and spiritual identities and traditions gathered at Hendricks Chapel to break bread. Following a meal and time for interfaith conversation, the students traveled to the East Syracuse headquarters of…
More Than 3,900 Students Enjoy an Engaged First Year Seminar Shared Experience Week
A wave of first-year and transfer students in the University’s First Year Seminar 101 (FYS101) recently rolled across campus and into the greater Syracuse area to actively learn about campus, the local community and how they fit into their new…
Grants from the Engaged Humanities Network Support 11 Community-Oriented Projects
Sports teams that succeed are those that feature athletes who work well together and bring different skills to the field. Humanities scholarship is no different. When College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) Dean’s Professor of Community Engagement Brice Nordquist founded the Engaged…
‘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 who have long been neglected in the public memory? Organizers of the community photographic project,…