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The Libraries’ Resources: A Staff and Faculty Benefit
Syracuse University Libraries is a critical asset to student success and faculty research and teaching. But Syracuse University staff may not realize that all the collections, services and spaces available through the Libraries are also available for staff use. Anyone…
Libraries Innovation Scholar Launches Utopia, a Transparent Beauty Brand
Trey Augliano ’27, a rising junior in the Whitman School of Management majoring in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises and marketing management, recently launched Utopia Beauty, a science-driven beauty retailer that promises to bring transparency and trust to the personal care…
Blackstone LaunchPad Founders Circle Welcomes New Members
Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad welcomed 34 graduates of the Class of 2025 as new members of the Founders Circle. They were selected in recognition of launching or leading ventures at the University while students, as well as contributing to…
Syracuse University Libraries’ Information Literacy Scholars Produce Information Literacy Collab Journal
Earlier this month, Syracuse University Libraries’ Information Literacy Scholars published their first open access information literacy journal, Information Literacy Collab (ILC). It is available on SURFACE, the University’s open access institutional repository. ILC is a diamond open-access publication by and…
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…