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First Year Seminar Earns Collaborative Excellence Award
Syracuse University’s First Year Seminar (FYS): Shared Experience Week was honored with the Collaborative Excellence Award at the ACPA–College Student Educators International conference last month in Long Beach, California. The award recognizes programs that represent strong partnerships between academic and…
Psychology Professor Publishes Study on How Optimism and Pessimism Influence Well-Being
Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? If you rewind to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, chances are you experienced some level of pessimism. And who could blame you? With social isolation, health concerns and…
Students Helping Children’s Hospital Patients Through Play Sessions
Jonida Konjufca was not sure what she wanted to do professionally before she enrolled in the Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS), but her professors and coursework soon opened her eyes. “I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else. HDFS…
Record Number of Students Honored at Success Scholars Reception
Nearly 1,300 first-year students and transfer students in their first year were honored at the University’s Success Scholars reception last week. The Success Scholars program recognizes new students who earned a GPA of 3.75 or higher in their first semester,…
Falk’s Miriam Mutambudzi Furthers Research on Health Disparities Among Older, Vulnerable Populations
From late 2007 until mid-2009, economies around the world plunged into a market decline known as the Great Recession–the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s. In the United States, unemployment rates skyrocketed, housing prices and…
Social Workers United Donation Drive to Benefit We Rise Above The Streets
“If it was not for you Al-amin Muhammad I would not be alive and I would have not been in my own apartment for a year and three months.” – Social media post from a client to We Rise Above…
Faculty, Students, City and Community Advocates Form Unique Accessibility Collaboration
In disability advocacy circles, the City of Syracuse has gained a national reputation as one of the most progressive cities in the U.S. for incorporating the ideas and feedback of users with disabilities when creating new handicapped-accessible spaces, according to…
Maxwell Sociologist’s New Documentary Reveals Plight of Syracuse Tenants
A standing room audience gathered in the community room at the Salt City Market in the City of Syracuse on a recent evening for the first public screening of a new documentary film written and directed by Maxwell School sociologist…
Life Together Initiative to Expand in the Spring 2025 Semester
The “Life Together: Seeking the Common Good in a Diverse Democracy” initiative will expand in the Spring 2025 semester, building on the success of its October 2024 facilitated community conversation. The initiative focuses on developing essential skills for civil dialogue…
From Marine to Mentor: Jackson Capenos Champions Veteran Success at Syracuse University
For Jackson Capenos, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and the University’s newest school certifying official with the Office of Veteran Success, life has been a journey shaped by resilience, hard work and an unwavering commitment to service. Hailing from Central…