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Hendricks Chapel Sponsors Student-Led Organ and Choral Music Workshop in Accra, Ghana
Through support from Hendricks Chapel, students and faculty from Syracuse University, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Brooklyn College will travel to Accra, Ghana, this August to participate in a weeklong workshop on organ and choral music alongside Ghanaian…
Portable Splint Device, Tremor Assist Cup Take Top Prizes at 2019 Invent@SU Session in NYC
They saw a problem and wanted to do something about it. Maxwell Boise ’21 and Emmett Burns ’21 had an idea for an easy to carry, portable splint device—and the six week Invent@SU program in New York City gave them…
Generous Gift from University Trustee Rob Light ’78 and Wife Shelly Will Advance Academic Opportunity for Underrepresented Students
The generosity of Syracuse University Trustee Rob Light ’78 and his wife Shelly will support scholarships for historically underrepresented students pursuing studies in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, its Bandier Program in Recording and Entertainment Industries, and the…
Admissions Counselor Tammy Bluewolf-Kennedy Helps Recruit a Diverse Student Community
During the annual Native American student orientation in the fall or the Indigenous Student Graduation Reception around Commencement, you’ll probably see Tammy Bluewolf-Kennedy with her camera or cell phone at the ready. Bluewolf-Kennedy ’04, G’10, admissions counselor and Native American…
University Trustee Christine Larsen Funds Local Immigrant, Refugee Study
Beginning this summer, the Maxwell School’s Community Geography Program will conduct a comprehensive assessment of community needs and assets among immigrants and refugees in the Syracuse area. That study is being funded by a gift of more than $110,000 from…
Newhouse Junior Selected for Bustle Diversity Internship
Shannon Stubbs, a junior in the magazine, newspaper and digital journalism (MND) program, has been selected for an internship created via a partnership between the Newhouse School and Bustle Digital Group to provide opportunities in publishing for students of color. The…
Eight Will Make Impacts around the Globe through Fulbright Grants
This fall, Grace Gugerty ’19 will head to Thailand through a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award. There, she will serve in a primary or secondary school in a rural area, and hopes to implement a project involving the National Scouting…
InclusiveU Students Continue Advocacy Work for Inclusive Higher Education
Students in Syracuse University’s InclusiveU program spent this year advocating for inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities beginning with a visit to Capitol Hill last fall and ending with a visit to campus from U.S. Representative John Katko….
Students Partner with Industry on Wearable Cooling Device
While many people work in climate-controlled buildings, certain jobs require workers to toil in oppressive heat. Military personnel, firefighters, construction workers and many others don’t have many good options for keeping cool in their line of work. This spring, a…
Students Take Home Five Prizes in NY Business Plan Competition; Law Student Earns Top Tech Prize
Syracuse University student teams won five prizes in the 10th annual New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) organized by the Upstate Capital Association of New York on April 26 in Albany. Syracuse University teams won the most of any university…