Syracuse University News

The SOURCE (Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement) announces a new grant and changes to existing student award programs, effective for the 2024-25 academic year. “Ba...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/24/source-announces-award-opportunities-for-2024-25/

Rodney Paul, the director of the sport analytics program in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, says two of the key cornerstones of the program are research and competition. “Our stud...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/24/falk-college-sport-analytics-students-shine-in-nationwide-competitions/

Graduate students and educators enrolled in the School of Education course, Significant Disabilities: Shifts in Paradigms and Practices, will provide a showcase of their work on May 8 from 4:30 t...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/24/graduate-student-educators-showcase-of-work-on-disabilities/

Ringing in the end of the academic year and welcoming spring is the University Union annual tradition of Block Party. Throughout the afternoon and evening, the 2024 celebration will be hosted Fri...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/23/university-union-celebrates-block-party-april-26/

Forty-eight emerging leaders from across Syracuse University were honored on April 12 as the Women in Leadership (WiL) initiative celebrated its two cohorts for the 2023-24 academic year. The coh...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/23/women-in-leadership-initiative-recognizes-48-rising-leaders-from-2-successful-cohort-experiences/

Throughout the 2023-24 academic year, the Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction (CPDC) has undertaken over a dozen projects spread across campus in support of the initiatives of the ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/23/campus-planning-design-and-construction-makes-progress-on-creating-more-accessible-and-equitable-campus/

The Student Experience Division has announced the selection of Mark Nzasi and Yifan “Ivan” Shen as the 2025 Senior Class Marshals. In this honorable role, Nzasi and Shen will lead their gradu...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/23/nzasi-shen-named-2025-senior-class-marshals/

Are you feeling stressed or overwhelmed? With the last day of classes just under a week away, on Monday, April 29, and during Stress Awareness Month, now is the time to remind yourself what stres...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/23/how-to-combat-finals-week-stress/

Five exceptional alumni and a milestone anniversary will be celebrated during an upcoming event in the heart of the nation. The Maxwell School centennial celebration will be held Friday, May 31, ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/23/maxwell-to-honor-alumni-celebrate-100th-anniversary-at-centennial-celebration-in-dc/

If you are in need of an expert for your story ahead of the Senate vote on foreign aid to Ukraine, please review our Syracuse University faculty experts below. If you’d like to schedule an inte...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/23/faculty-available-for-interviews-on-ukraine-aid/

Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) Professor Qinru Qiu has been named a distinguished professor by the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS). Qiu previously received t...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/22/professor-qinru-qiu-named-distinguished-professor/

Thomas M. Keck, professor of political science and Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, has been named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow. Keck was included among a diverse class rec...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/22/thomas-m-keck-named-a-2024-guggenheim-fellow/

Oliver Fernandez ’08 graduated with a civil engineering degree and played for the Syracuse University football team. He now lives in Washington D.C. with his wife, Leah, and their two children....

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/22/real-estate-developer-entrepreneur-oliver-fernandez-08-to-be-ecs-convocation-keynote-speaker/

The development of a new pathway program for community college students interested in engineering recently got a boost from a $100,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) planning grant. The pathwa...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/22/nsf-grant-advances-planning-for-community-college-engineering-pathway-program/

When students in the College of Arts and Sciences enroll in Associate Professor Patrick Berry’s class on writing and rhetoric, they likely think, correctly, that they will learn the foundations...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/22/creating-identity-and-building-community-through-writing/

The School of Architecture has announced that world-renowned engineer Albert Williamson-Taylor, director and co-founder of international engineering firm AKT II, will address graduates at the 202...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/21/albert-williamson-taylor-named-school-of-architecture-convocation-speaker/

Boris Sanchez ’09, an award-winning journalist and nationally recognized cable news anchor, will deliver the alumni keynote address at the 2024 College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) | Maxwell Scho...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/21/cnn-anchor-boris-sanchez-09-named-2024-as-maxwell-convocation-speaker/

Genealogy websites like Ancestry.com are a popular way for individuals to trace and preserve their family histories. Before this information was widely accessible via the web, people would often ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/21/professor-receives-fulbright-award-to-teach-and-research-in-slovakia/

Erin McCarthy ’23, physics summa cum laude, is a rarity among young scientists. As an undergraduate researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics, she guided a study t...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/21/undergraduate-spearheads-study-using-physics-to-understand-how-cells-self-sort/

At the 2023 Syracuse WorkForce Run/Walk/Roll (formerly the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge), Syracuse University held the distinction of being the largest employer represented among dozens of loc...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/19/faculty-and-staff-join-your-colleagues-at-the-syracuse-workforce-run-walk-roll-for-food-fitness-and-fun/

An award-winning journalist, a hall of fame basketball coach, a nationally recognized library conservationist, a global financial executive and a renowned computer scientist will be recognized wi...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/19/5-honorary-degrees-to-be-presented-at-2024-commencement/

Every year, the second week of April marks National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW), a time dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the dedication, service and sacrifices of public ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/19/behind-the-scenes-heroes-the-impactful-role-of-public-safety-dispatchers/

Plastics. They’re lightweight, durable, flexible, inexpensive. They’re moldable, extrudable, pressable. They’re colored and clear; they’re dinnerware, jewelry, vinyl siding, military supp...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/19/libraries-earth-day-events-highlight-plastic-collection-materials/

The Syracuse University Department of Drama concludes the 2023-24 season with “The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre),” by Meg Miroshnik. Directed by Celia Madeoy, performances...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/18/the-droll-or-a-stage-play-about-the-end-of-theatre-closes-out-department-of-drama-2023-24-season/

A Syracuse native, Chef Ilana (Ih-lah-nah) Cahill’s culinary journey began at one of the city’s most iconic restaurants: Dinosaur BBQ. She spent nine years there, starting out as the hostess ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/18/auxiliary-services-welcomes-new-executive-chef-for-campus-dining/

Beginning at the start of the Fall 2024 semester, all Syracuse University Campus Dining and Campus Store locations will operate on a fully cashless basis, joining many other campus departments, i...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/18/campus-dining-and-stores-to-become-fully-cashless-fall-2024/

Thank you, Professor Reed. Can we all clap for the professor? Twenty-five days to Commencement. It’s hard to believe and package it. Today I’m going to be very brief. I do want to note with g...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/18/chancellor-syverud-provides-updates-to-university-senate-on-shared-governance-related-to-honorary-degrees-benefits-sustainability-and-athletics/

Despite advances in cybersecurity, even the most protected networks are vulnerable to cyberattacks due to software bugs or security flaws. Though vulnerability detection methods such as fuzzing c...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/18/professor-receives-nsf-career-award-to-research-context-sensitive-fuzzing-for-networked-systems/

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) in collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, is currently conducting an online survey to learn from campus community members ab...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/18/department-of-public-safety-seeking-community-feedback/

This semester, five University students working at the Couri Hatchery Student Business Incubator at the Whitman School of Management made it through the regional level of the New York State Busin...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/17/5-students-use-couri-hatchery-to-prepare-for-new-york-business-plan-competition/

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a decorated veteran of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq after a lengthy legal battle with the government regarding 12 months of G.I. Bill educational bene...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/17/victory-for-veterans-law-expert-reacts-to-supreme-court-decision/

Tesla announced significant layoffs and the departure of two senior executives on Monday, signaling increasing challenges amid rising competition and falling sales. Two Syracuse University facult...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/17/experts-weigh-in-on-tesla-layoffs/

Thirty-five students have been chosen as the 2024-25 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships, now in their 35th year, were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/17/university-names-2024-25-remembrance-scholars/

Philosopher Immanuel Kant’s 1795 essay “Toward Perpetual Peace” still holds significant relevance even now more than two centuries after it was first published. With ongoing wars across the...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/17/symposium-to-explore-significance-of-18th-century-philosophers-essay-on-perpetual-peace-in-todays-world/

Wanting to both give back to the surrounding community and help train the next generation of soccer players, the Syracuse University men’s soccer team is pleased to offer a spring break soccer ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/17/mens-soccer-hosting-spring-break-camp-for-local-children/

Hitting another record milestone, the Barnes Center at The Arch welcomed its 2 millionth visitor to the recreation and fitness area during the first few weeks of 2024. Opening in Fall 2019, the B...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/16/barnes-center-at-the-arch-celebrates-2-millionth-recreation-visitor/

Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Advancement has received the prestigious 2024 Alumni Association Inclusive Excellence Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine. This award brings...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/16/office-of-multicultural-advancement-wins-national-recognition-for-inclusive-excellence/

Teaching assistants are essential to the educational enterprise at Syracuse University. To recognize their critical role and their valuable contributions to undergraduate and graduate education, ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/16/graduate-school-presents-39-outstanding-teaching-assistant-awards/

Legal Analysis of the Trump Hush Money Case By Gregory Germain, Professor of Law To request an interview with Professor Germain, please contact Ellen James Mbuqe, executive director of media rela...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/16/pitch-legal-analysis-of-hush-money-trial-facing-former-president-donald-trump/

Growing up in Rochester and attending the University of Buffalo, Lender Center for Social Justice Postdoctoral Fellow J Coley saw firsthand how gentrification and displacement impacted those comm...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/16/lender-center-postdoctoral-fellow-examines-the-impact-of-gentrification-and-displacement-in-western-and-central-new-york/

On March 27 there was energy in the air for Syracuse University’s 2024 Giving Day. This year, for the first time, Hendricks Chapel partnered with the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs a...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/giving-for-a-common-good-fraternities-and-sororities-compete-for-the-inaugural-hendricks-cup/

The Mayor of Florence, Italy, Dario Nardella, will deliver Syracuse University’s 2024 Commencement address Sunday, May 12, in the JMA Wireless Dome. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. Nardell...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/dario-nardella-mayor-of-florence-italy-to-address-syracuse-university-graduates-during-2024-commencement/

Syracuse University Libraries recently signed its 12th ‘read and publish’ open access agreement, this time with major academic publisher Springer, expanding the reach of researchers’ schol...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/libraries-read-and-publish-agreement-with-springer-allows-easier-open-access-for-researchers/

Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, recently gave an address for the State of Arizona Research Library’s 2024 Arizo...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/maxwells-natalie-koch-speaks-on-arid-empire-for-arizona-state-library/

Graduate-level learning, research and creative activities take place in classrooms, labs and studios on the Syracuse University campus, but they also occur throughout the community as graduate st...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/for-many-graduate-students-community-engaged-scholarship-gives-extra-meaning-to-the-educational-experience/

Graduate School marshal Andrew Ridgeway, a doctoral student and graduate teaching assistant in the College of Arts and Sciences’ composition and cultural rhetoric program (CCR), is no stranger ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/graduate-school-marshal-takes-community-engaged-approach-to-scholarship/

Seventy-one scholars are the recipients of dissertation and pre-dissertation fellowship awards through The Graduate School’s Summer Funding Competition. The $4,500 awards are given annually to ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/graduate-school-summer-funding-competition-awards-announced/

Five Syracuse University students have been selected as recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), through which they will immerse themselves in intensive language study this summer. ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/five-students-receive-prestigious-critical-language-scholarship/

A University initiative that aims to provide Syracuse-area high school students with experience in emerging technologies has been awarded nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation (N...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/national-science-foundation-funds-physics-internship-program-for-syracuse-high-school-students/

Two decades after the launch of its sport management program, Syracuse University today announced that as a result of its significant growth and academic excellence, the David B. Falk College of ...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/syracuse-university-to-transform-falk-college-into-first-of-its-kind-college-of-sport-launch-strategic-planning-to-advance-excellence-in-human-dynamics-programs/

Creating an elevator pitch from information gleaned through years of specialized research takes clear thinking, precise wording and a flair for presenting to an audience. Just ask the participant...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/annual-three-minute-thesis-competition-provides-research-capsule-talks/

The College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) welcomes Alex K. Jones as the Klaus Schroder Endowed Professor for Engineering and chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Comp...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/15/alex-k-jones-is-new-eecs-chair-in-the-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science/

Each year, the Graduate School honors outstanding professors with the Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award. The student-driven award acknowledges faculty who have had a sign...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/12/nine-faculty-honored-for-excellence-in-graduate-education/

Exhibits of comic book and film art, along with dance, music and song performances, will highlight the talents and creativity of young artists at this year’s Young Art/Arte Joven showcase at La...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/12/lacasita-hosting-youth-arts-education-program-showcase-april-19/

Since childhood, Marco Campos has carved his own path, one that took him from poverty to great success. Today, Campos, together with his sister, Deanna Campos-Miller, are committed to creating op...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/12/2-15m-forever-orange-campaign-gift-will-establish-new-student-center-for-the-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science/

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is offering staff members the opportunity to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility on campus through a fellowship opportunity. The ODI...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/12/office-of-diversity-and-inclusion-accepting-applications-for-administrative-fellowship/

Kayleigh Sandford and Stephanie Spicciati have worked so long and so closely together that they almost finish each other’s sentences. Central New York school districts are lucky to be able to t...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/11/the-mid-state-regional-partnership-center-supporting-those-who-support-students-with-disabilities/

Glass slippers, world champions, missing love letters and many, many Mai Tais add up to a remarkable 24/25 season at Syracuse Stage, featuring a beloved Broadway musical, comedic dramas and unexp...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/11/syracuse-stage-announces-2024-2025-season/

When Keegan Slattery ’13 looks at LinkedIn and other networking sites, he sees a recurring theme—a lot of people have bad photos that don’t represent themselves or their companies well. Rec...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/11/need-a-better-headshot-ischool-alumnus-has-new-ai-tool-to-help/

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence presents a number of challenges for educators. A recent report from the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) looks at how teachers are balancing AI’...

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/04/11/navigating-the-intersection-of-ai-and-academic-integrity-education-expert-weighs-in/