Campus & Community
Advocate and Friend: Falk College Remembers Professor Emeritus Alejandro Garcia
Alejandro Garcia, professor emeritus of social work in Falk College, died Nov. 17, 2023. He was 83. A professor of social work at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ since 1978, Garcia is known as an exceptionally generous and engaged colleague, teacher and scholar…
How the Center for Online and Digital Learning Is Redefining Online Education
The Center for Online and Digital Learning at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ celebrated a new chapter of innovative online education at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 9. Founded in 2017 as a signature “One University” initiative within the College of Professional Studies,…
And … Action! Newhouse Students Get a Taste of What It’s Like Developing a Hollywood Movie Script
Students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications are getting a taste of what it’s like to take a script for a Hollywood movie from the development stage to the big screen. A new immersive learning opportunity lets television,…
Lender Center D.C. Conversation Expands Partnerships, Ideas to Reduce Racial Wealth Gap
Economic experts, federal policymakers and human services administrators joined researchers from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and other academic institutions recently in Washington, D.C., to examine factors that contribute to a growing racial wealth gap in America. They also looked at how academic…
Hendricks Chapel Plans Annual Pan Am 103 Memorial Service Dec. 21 Â
Hendricks Chapel will hold the annual Pan Am Flight 103 memorial service on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 2:03 p.m. EST. The service will begin in the chapel’s Noble Room, with attendees then processing to the Place of Remembrance. The service…
Kessler Scholars Program Champions First-Generation Students
The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Kessler Scholars Program supports transforming the undergraduate experience for first-generation college students through a powerful network of first-generation leaders, connected across multiple institutions throughout their college experience and beyond. Carlota Deseda-Coon, Intercultural Collective Kessler Scholars Program director,…
College of Professional Studies Announces Municipal Government and Community College Employees Tuition Incentive Program
The College of Professional Studies is pleased to announce a new tuition incentive program for municipal government and community college employees. The municipal government and community college employees tuition incentive program is open to any employee of a county, town,…
Arts and Sciences Names Gwendolyn Pough Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
Gwendolyn D. Pough, Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and professor of women’s and gender studies (WGS), has been named the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S’) associate dean of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA). In that role, she will…
Applications Open for SOURCE Explore, an Undergraduate Short-Term Research Experience
The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (SOURCE) is offering a short-term research experience for first- and second-year undergraduate students, SOURCE Explore, on four Fridays from January through March. SOURCE Explore introduces curious students with no prior research…
Innovation Fund at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈCoE Awards $40,000 to Local Climate Tech Companies
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems has awarded grants to four New York State companies through its Innovation Fund. Since 2014, the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈCoE Innovation Fund has helped companies overcome barriers to the commercialization of potentially transformative products…