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Several students and recent alumni were awarded scholarships by the Fulbright Student Program during the 2015-16 academic year to pursue their interests at destinations around the world in the coming year. Read more at SU News.

This spring, Syracuse University’s chapter of the Society of Asian Engineers (SASE) hosted a STEM exploration outreach event for Henninger High School students with an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The event provided 40 high school students with an understanding of the college application process, career outcomes of STEM, a tour of campus, introductions to… continue reading.

From determining the toxicity of certain chemicals in Onondaga Lake to the architecture of learning environments to a film about cross-cultural adoption, students in the Renée Crown Honors Program are going deep into their fields for their capstone projects and exploring… read more.

During her first year on campus, Alexis Peña ’16 got a disappointing grade on a math test. She texted her Wellslink academic consultant, Jessica Santana ’11, G’13, to tell her the news.

“That same day she picked me up and we went out to eat and went thrift shopping,” says Peña, a biomedical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. “She knew exactly what I needed.”

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When John G. Thomas G’69 was completing his Ph.D. at Syracuse University, the last place he thought he would end up was an Army base in San Antonio. Read more at SU News.

This spring, Syracuse University’s chapter of the Society of Asian Engineers (SASE) hosted a STEM exploration outreach event for Henninger High School students with an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The event provided 40 high school students with an understanding of the college application process, career outcomes of STEM, a tour of campus, introductions to new technologies, and a hands-on activity. Read the full article.

What started as a pilot program for student staff in the residence halls, Conversations about Race and Ethnicity (C.A.R.E.) is now a staple Student Affairs program that has engaged more than 1,000 campus community members in important and critical dialogue.

With the successful implementation of for-credit dialogue circle classes occurring at Syracuse University, the Division of Student Affairs, Office of Academic Affairs and Community Wide Dialogue to End Racism collaborated to institute a co-curricular option.

“Through previous collaborations with Academic Affairs, Student Affairs was focused on producing educational outcomes within our co-curricular programs. With that philosophical approach in mind, it made sense to me and my colleagues to have a co-curricular dialogue option to offer students,” says Barry L. Wells who served as senior vice president and dean of student affairs when the program was initiated and currently serves as a special assistant to Chancellor Kent Syverud.  “With existing diversity education already happening with our staff throughout the division, expanding our programming to include C.A.R.E. helped to educate our students about diversity issues where they lived.”

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In early April, the campus held the spring “It’s On Us” National Week of Action, part of the White House’s “It’s On Us” campaign aimed at ending sexual assault on college campuses. The campaign is one of the many ways Syracuse University has continued to advance how it addresses sexual and relationship violence. Other efforts include the work of the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy; the formation of the Chancellor’s Task Forceon Sexual and Relationship Violence; the early endorsement of the Enough is Enough legislation and the University’s decision to be the first private university to sign onto the Campus Accountability and Safety Act.

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