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Promoting Access to Equitable Health Care for Refugees in Central New York
Resettled refugees, also called new Americans, encounter myriad challenges from being displaced, ranging from financial stress to difficulties finding employment to lack of access to resources. These hurdles are magnified for new Americans who, in addition to possibly learning a…
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…
4 Times the Fun: Capdeville Quadruplets Experience All Syracuse Has to Offer, Together
Imagine making the decision to attend a university nearly 2,000 miles away from your home in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Imagine your father is a passionate alum of that university: You grew up watching its sports, wearing its colors and…
‘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,…
University’s ‘Exemplary Efforts’ Showcased During Inaugural D.E.I.A. Symposium
During a time when diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) efforts are under attack on college campuses across the country, the University’s depth and breadth of DEIA efforts were showcased at Tuesday’s inaugural event, The D.E.I.A. Symposium. Titled “Spark Diversity,…
Roundtable: 3 School of Education Alumni Define ‘Human Thriving’ in the Context of Global Diversity
“Human thriving” is among the areas of distinctive excellence enumerated in the University’s 2023 Academic Strategic Plan. This concept is inspired by the words of Chancellor Erastus Haven. In 1871, he charged Syracuse students “to thrive here, to learn here,…
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Attends UN Session on Reducing Plastic Pollution
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Svetoslava Todorova attended the second session of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee on Plastics this summer in Paris, France. Todorova was invited as an academic expert based on her research on the environment,…
VPA Sophomore Wins Fellowship, Plans Film on the Mental Health of Refugee Youth
Rayan Mohamed, a sophomore film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been selected as a 2023-2024 Imagining America/Joy of Giving Something Fellow. The program aims to elevate photography and digital media as pathways for undergraduate students…
Students Practice English, Make Friends and Build Community Within English Conversation Groups
Traveling the world during his time in the military, Antonio Herrera ’24 understood what it meant to be somewhere and not speak the native language. So when he heard about the English Conversation Group through the Center for International Services,…
New Partnership Provides Seamless Admissions Pathway to Syracuse University for Onondaga Community College Graduates
Graduates of Onondaga Community College (OCC) can take advantage of a seamless pathway to undergraduate study at Syracuse University, thanks to a new agreement between the two institutions. The Direct Transfer Admission Program Agreement guarantees eligible OCC graduates admission to…