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David Seaman to Continue Tenure as Libraries Dean, University Librarian
David Seaman, who has served as dean of Syracuse University Libraries and University Librarian since 2015, has been reappointed for a third five-year term. The announcement, made by Interim Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Lois Agnew, follows a…
Blackstone LaunchPad Student Start-Ups Win in the 2025 New York Business Plan Competition
Three Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) student start-up teams won prizes in the finals of the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC), powered by Upstate Capital Association of NY, held in Albany on April 24. Carolyn Fernandes G’25 (College…
Libraries Supports Students During Spring 2025 Finals
Syracuse University Libraries is offering extended hours during Spring 2025 finals week: Bird Library Monday, April 28-Thursday, May 8: Bird Library will be open 24 hours a day The Libraries is also offering the following wellness initiatives at Bird Library during finals:…
Libraries Accepting Applications for Student Library Advisory Board
Syracuse University Libraries is accepting undergraduate and graduate applications for its Student Library Advisory Board for the Fall 2025 semester. Applications from active students in good standing, regardless of year or discipline, are due by May 6. Selected students who…
Innovative Student Group Designs Inclusive Clothing for Neurodivergent Community
Carolyn Fernandes ’25 remembers walking out of an interview for a design internship that she ended up not getting. She wondered if fidgeting with her nails—a common, repetitive expression of her nervous energy every day—was misconstrued as a sign of…
Donate Food to Reduce Your Libraries’ Fines
Once again the Libraries is offering an opportunity for members of the campus community to reduce their library fines at the end of the semester while doing good for others. “Food for Fines” will run from Friday, April 25, through…
2025 Hult Prize Campus Qualifier Competition
On Feb. 21, five student teams from Syracuse University competed in the 2025 Hult Prize campus qualifier at Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad for a chance to pitch at the Hult Prize national qualifier at the Hult International Business School in Boston,…
University to Host TEDx Event Featuring Thought Leaders and Innovators
University will host an exciting TEDx event on April 9, 2025 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Tan Auditorium of the National Veterans Resource Center, 101 Waverly Avenue, on the theme “Changing the Narrative.” The free event is open…
Special Collections Research Center Now Accepting Proposals for 2026-27 Faculty Fellows Program
Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is accepting proposals now through May 25, 2025, for two Faculty Fellows for the 2026-2027 academic year. The SCRC Faculty Fellows Program provides a $5,000 fellowship payment, pedagogical guidance in centering archival…
Jennifer Hain Teper Presenting at the 2025 Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation
Jennifer Hain Teper, Velde Professor and Preservation Librarian at the University of Illinois Libraries, will present at Syracuse University Libraries’ annual Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation. Hain Teper’s hybrid lecture, titled “Historic Scrapbooks in Libraries and Archives…