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Trey Augliano 鈥�27, a rising junior in the 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 industry.

As a student leader engaged in innovation initiatives, Augliano is no stranger to the startup world. As an Orange Innovation Scholar and Intelligence++ Scholar, he has worked behind the scenes at the Libraries mentoring student founders and helping commercialize emerging technologies through the .

Now, he鈥檚 stepping into the spotlight with听, a direct-to-consumer retailer offering high-performance products backed by independent, third-party clinical research. From skincare and makeup to candles and luxury body sprays, the brand debuted with a curated collection of 50-60 rigorously vetted products, all validated by clinical labs in the U.S. and Europe.

Trey Augliano

鈥淚 wanted to create something that cut through the noise,鈥� Augliano says. 鈥淭here are too many beauty products making bold claims without data to back them up. Utopia Beauty stands for a future where science meets self-care.鈥�

Utopia鈥檚 business model reflects Augliano鈥檚 broader vision for e-commerce which includes drop shipping to keep overhead low, free U.S. shipping and a loyalty program that rewards customers for supporting evidence-based wellness. The target audience? Discerning consumers, especially women, who demand transparency, sustainable sourcing and premium quality.

Augliano鈥檚 path to launching Utopia Beauty has been anything but conventional. A Watertown, New York, native, he began experimenting with business ideas in middle school and filed his first provisional patent by age 12. During high school, he taught himself e-commerce, launched several online stores and began sourcing products directly from international manufacturers. Those early experiences gave him a global mindset and framework for operational detail.

His decision to attend 黑料不打烊 was sealed the day he visited the Blackstone LaunchPad at Bird Library. Finding the center empty that day because staff and students were engaged in a big business plan competition, he left a sticky note on the founding director鈥檚 computer expressing his interest. That single gesture led to a lasting mentorship and his early integration into the University’s entrepreneurship ecosystem鈥攅ven before officially enrolling.

鈥淭rey embodies the spirit of 黑料不打烊 Libraries and the community we built here with the help of students scholars and innovators like him. It is entrepreneurial, collaborative and deeply driven,鈥� says Linda Dickerson-Hartsock, founder and retired director of Blackstone LaunchPad. 鈥淣ow he鈥檚 launching a company that could set a new standard in the beauty industry.鈥�

For Augliano, the intersection of wellness, entrepreneurship and science is more than just a brand. It鈥檚 personal. 鈥淚鈥檝e always loved building things that have a purpose,鈥� he says. 鈥満诹喜淮蜢� gave me the platform, the mentors and the community to do that at a higher level.鈥�

Story by Linda Dickerson Hartsock, strategic initiatives advisor, 黑料不打烊 Libraries

黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥� Blackstone LaunchPad welcomed new members of the Founders Circle from the Class of 2025.

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 building the Blackstone LaunchPad. The Founders Circle is a group of dedicated LaunchPad alumni entrepreneurs and innovation professionals, who plan to continue to be mentors and role models for current students. They exemplify the University鈥檚 spirit of entrepreneurship.

鈥淭his group of LaunchPad graduates were unbelievably driven and proactively looked for and leveraged every opportunity and connection to move the needle forward with their respective ventures,鈥� says Traci Geisler, director of the LaunchPad. 鈥淏y the time they graduated, some of these students had ventures in market generating revenue, some started their next venture, some raised thousands of dollars in capital and some have hired employees. We鈥檙e excited to see what鈥檚 next for them and how they will continue to change their communities for the better.鈥�

• Adam Thomson, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Aditee Malviya G鈥�25, College of Engineering and Computer Science
• Adya Parida, College of Engineering and Computer Science
• Aidan R Turner, School of Architecture
• Alie Savane, College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
• Anjaneya Padwal G鈥�25, School of Information Studies
• Anthony Smith, Newhouse School
• Anthony Thomas, School of Information Studies
• Asha Breedlove, Newhouse School
• Bakary Darboe, Maxwell School
• Bryson Carter, Newhouse School
• Cesar Sassoon, School of Information Studies
• Dhwani Vora G鈥�25, School of Information Studies
• Dominique Camp G鈥�25, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
• Donovan Capdeville, College of Visual and Performing Arts
• Elizabeth Paulin, College of Arts and Sciences
• Emily Santiago, School of Information Studies
• Fatim Batrou Cisse G鈥�25, Falk College
• Grace听 Conturso, School of Information Studies
• Julie Gross, College of Visual and Performing Arts
• Kathryn Kelley, Newhouse School
• Lindy Truitt, College of Visual and Performing Arts
• Megan Kane, Newhouse School
• Mian Hamid, School of Information Studies
• Nicholas Panetta, Martin J. Whitman School of Management
• Oliver Raycroft, College of Engineering and Computer Science
• Paula Ibelings, College of Engineering and Computer Science
• Skylar Takac, Whitman School and Newhouse School
• Stacy Collier, Newhouse School
• Sydney Moore G25, Whitman School
• Thomas O’Brien, College of Visual and Performing Arts
• Tosin Alabi G鈥�25, Whitman School
• Tyler Marma G鈥�25, Newhouse School
• Waqar Hussain G鈥�25, Whitman School

ILC is a diamond open-access publication by and for students and early career professionals that fosters critical conversations about reflective and ethical information practices within a variety of learning environments. Diamond open-access is a publication model in which journals and platforms do not charge fees to either authors or readers. Student involvement is one of the Information Literacy Scholars鈥� strongest guiding values, so ILC encourages submissions by current students and early career professionals in the field of library and information science to develop their skills in scholarly communications and open access publishing.

The first issue includes the following:

• Welcome from the Information Literacy Librarian, by Kelly Delevan
• Letter from the First and Second Editors-in-Chief, by Olivia Russo Haven and Emily Warfield
• Reflection Experience as a New Information Literacy Instructor, by Joel Carpenter
• Interview with Early Career Librarians Marianne Donley and Rebecca Johnston, by Grace Suhadolnik
• Interview with Early Career Librarian Seyvion Scott, by Rebecca McCall

鈥淲hen we began the IL Scholars program in 2019, we wanted to focus primarily on training graduate students to become strong library instructors,鈥� says Kelly Delevan, information literacy librarian and head of information literacy at 黑料不打烊 Libraries. 鈥淚n 2023, two of our colleagues at the SU Libraries, Dylan Mohr, open scholarship librarian, and Grace Swinnerton, digital project librarian (and a former information literacy scholar) suggested that a journal on information literacy could be a great project for the IL Scholars to work on. Fast forward to today, and we are delighted to publish the first issue.鈥�

Submissions will be accepted each fall and can include informational studies, instructional lessons, traditional academic papers, case studies, book reviews, editorials and literature reviews. For more information, visit .

鈥淒ean Seaman is a committed leader with a strong, modern vision for the Libraries,鈥� Provost Agnew says. 鈥淒uring his time as dean, he has fostered a positive culture and high staff morale, raised resources and served as a capable advocate for the Libraries on campus.鈥�

David Seaman

Under Seaman鈥檚 leadership, the Libraries has become a driver of discovery and research excellence, with well-curated that align with the needs of University researchers and expert library staff who are engaged broadly across campus. Use of Libraries facilities has also been transformed, with interdisciplinary spaces like the and .

Seaman鈥檚 term as dean also saw the Libraries鈥� Association of Research Libraries ranking rise from 83 to 56 (out of 118 North American research libraries). Additionally, the Libraries was awarded Insight Into Diversity magazine鈥檚 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity Award, and the U.S. Government Publishing Office recognized the Libraries for the best website in the Federal Depository Library Program in 2024.

Seaman鈥檚 outreach and representation of the Libraries has served to raise awareness, expand collaborative partnerships on and off campus, drive fundraising, increase innovation and showcase the key role the Libraries plays in the life of the University.

鈥淚 am delighted to be reappointed as dean and to continue to ensure that the Libraries are a core element of the 黑料不打烊 student experience, a driver of discovery and research excellence and a communal hub for innovation,鈥� Seaman says.听鈥淚 am fortunate to work on a campus that values its libraries, and to have such wonderful library colleagues who are committed to our shared mission to catalyze collaborations, foster curiosity and create spaces and services that are welcoming to all.鈥�

Seaman came to 黑料不打烊 following library leadership positions at Dartmouth College, the Digital Library Federation and the University of Virginia. He has lectured and published extensively in the fields of humanities computing and digital libraries, and for many years taught a summer course at the University of Virginia鈥檚 Rare Book School.

Participants in the New York Business Plan Competition, back row left to right, were Anja Padwal, Tosin Alabi, Jonathan “J” Wess, Jack Venerus, Lindy Truitt and student from University of Buffalo. Front row, Carolyn Fernandes and Tony Goncalves.

Carolyn Fernandes G鈥�25 (College of Visual and Performing Arts), founder of Solace, won $2,000 as second prize winner in the Products and Hardware category. Solace designs fidget products into clothing for neurodivergent people.

Lindy Elizabeth Truitt 鈥�25 (College of Visual and Performing Arts) and Anjaneya Sanjay Padwal G鈥�25 (School of Information Studies), founders of SipSafe+, also won a $2,000 second place prize in the Food and AgTech track. SipSafe+ uses a ring or stir stick that glows when drinks have been spiked with drugs.

Jack Venerus 鈥�27 (School of Information Studies), founder of WingStat, won a $500 concept stage award. WingStat helps airplane brokers have reliable data about the aircraft they are buying or selling.

黑料不打烊 teams received the most awards of any single school in the statewide competition. The NYBPC attracts some of New York state鈥檚 best student entrepreneurs. The competition promotes entrepreneurial opportunities for college students from across the state who pitch their business plans to seasoned investors. They also receive the opportunity to engage with mentors and judges from the business community. The finals event connects students with business professionals, provides experiential learning opportunities through competitions, connects entrepreneurs with resources at the Entrepreneurship Expo, and awards up to $100,000 in cash prizes to help seed new ventures.

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  • Monday, April 28-Thursday, May 8:听Bird Library will be open 24 hours a day

The Libraries is also offering the following at Bird Library during finals:

• Monday, April 28: Donuts with the Dean on the first floor from 4 to 5 p.m.
• Monday, April 28-Tuesday, May 6: Positivity station on the first floor where students can pick up study goody bags containing notes of encouragement, candy, coloring pages and snacks.
• Tuesday, April 29: Reading Day in the Libraries Wellness Room (Room 114) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Students can participate in coloring, Zen boards, guided meditation, chair massage pillows and board games.
• As a reminder, the Libraries’ also have two MindSpa available for reservations, in addition to various .

The Student Library Advisory Board is an opportunity for students to share their ideas, needs and feedback to improve the Libraries鈥� services, resources, spaces and programming. Members will participate in user experience activities during once-a-month Friday meetings and will serve as ambassadors for the Libraries among their peers.

Members will also gain leadership and skill-building experience, including in areas of information literacy, communication, civic responsibility, research and creative thinking, while helping to improve the Libraries through fun and interactive engagement. Applicants can anticipate a commitment of approximately 3 hours per month. Current library student employees are ineligible to participate.

The Student Library Advisory Board is supported, in part, through a collaboration with . Those with questions can contact sscott17@syr.edu.

Students wearing garments from SOLACE Collective’s new line of clothing for neurodivergent individuals.

Carolyn Fernandes 鈥�25 remembers walking out of an interview for a design internship that she ended up not getting. She wondered if fidgeting with her nails鈥攁 common, repetitive expression of her nervous energy every day鈥攚as misconstrued as a sign of not paying attention and a reason for her not getting the position.

Carolyn Fernandes

Fernandes is part of the 20% of people worldwide who are neurodivergent and live with neurological differences like autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, bipolar disorder and social anxiety.

Stories like the one above motivated Fernandes and fellow students Lucas d鈥橭elsnitz 鈥�25, Aphrodite Gioulekas 鈥�25 and Aidan Turner 鈥�25 to create , which aims to provide everyone, especially neurodivergent individuals, with comfortable garments that alleviate anxiety, increase confidence and reduce distractions by providing opportunities for fidgeting discreetly or openly.

鈥淧eople like me need to fidget to cope and feel comfortable, so I started researching ways clothing could be made to help neurodiverse people like myself feel more comfortable,鈥� Fernandes says.

After an inspiring conversation with Linda Dickerson Hartsock鈥攖he retired founder and executive director of 鈥攁nd after taking an class focused on inclusive product design, Turner came up with the idea for SOLACE 鈥渢o meet the needs of a huge portion of the population that is currently underserved,鈥� says Turner.

Going All-In to Solve an Important Social Issue

Aidan Turner

In October, Turner set about assembling what he proudly refers to as his team of Avengers to turn concept into reality. As part of the group, Turner, a fifth-year architecture student in the , recruited Fernandes, who is studying industrial design in the (VPA) and Spanish and environmental geoscience in the ; d鈥橭elsnitz, who is studying finance and entrepreneurship in the ; Gioulekas, a fashion design major in VPA; Maria-Camila Molina 鈥�25, a fashion design major in VPA; Christine Ianniello 鈥�25, a biology major in Arts and Sciences; Bobby Anzaldua 鈥�25, an economics major in the ; Bella Tabak 鈥�25, a magazine, news and digital journalism in the ; and Francine听Tongol 鈥�24, a communications design major in VPA.

Lucas d鈥橭elsnitz

After sharing their personal experiences with uncomfortable clothing with each other, Turner pitched creating the neurodivergent clothing line. The project鈥檚 potential impact immediately resonated with d鈥橭elsnitz. At Whitman, d鈥橭elsnitz does a lot of idea pitching but always struggles to control his fidgeting. After one of his first pitches before his peers, d鈥橭elsnitz nearly passed out because, unable to rely on his usual coping mechanisms like playing with his rings, he felt anxious and light-headed.

鈥淩ealizing this is something I would wear motivated me to go all-in on this project because this is not just a clothing brand; it鈥檚 solving an important social issue,鈥� says d’Oelsnitz, who has ADHD and bouts of anxiety.

Meeting the Unique Needs of Neurodiverse Individuals

The team set out to collect data on how SOLACE could better meet the needs of neurodiverse individuals, beginning with a wardrobe analysis and personal interviews to determine what types of clothing neurodivergent people liked or didn鈥檛 like鈥攊ncluding textures and how a garment feels.

Lucas d鈥橭elsnitz (right) discusses SOLACE Collective’s line of clothing with a student during one of 10 on-campus events where students could try on the clothes and provide feedback.

For the next step, Fernandes conducted a survey of 430 people ages 5 to 91 and discovered that 95% of respondents, including 97% of neurodiverse people, experienced discomfort from their clothing.

Incorporating the feedback and relying on sketches, Turner created a visual design brief that served as the blueprint for the first line of clothing, and Fernandes and others on the team used sewing machines to create prototypes from fabric samples collected from their closets and local thrift shops.

Currently there are four prototypes consisting of a matching sweatshirt or hoodie and sweatpants of assorted colors, fabrics and designs:

• Concealed fidgeting: A sweatsuit featuring textured cargo pockets with hidden interior fabrics for discreet sensory engagement
• Participatory fidgeting: A distressed, double-layered top and bottom set with tactile cutouts for visible fidgeting鈥攖urning a need into a confident form of self-expression
• Airy and light: A minimal-stitched, ultra-breathable sweat set built for those sensitive to seams and pressure, offering a loose and calming fit
• Clasp cuffs: A crewneck set with subtly exposed, adjustable elastic cuffs that let wearers control tightness for customized comfort

The clothes are tagless (product details and cleaning instructions are screen-printed on the outside), with many of the items providing its wearer a sense of grounded-ness thanks to the use of heavy fabric, while others rely on light and airy fabrics.

鈥淥ur product line serves to confirm to a lot of neurodivergent people that what they鈥檙e doing is okay and that they can be normal,鈥� says Fernandes, who serves as SOLACE鈥檚 industrial designer. 鈥淎nd it鈥檚 not just neurodivergent people that want this clothing. If everyone is wearing it, then no one is going to feel like they鈥檙e sticking out like a sore thumb while they fidget.鈥�

Aidan Turner (far right) talks with students during one of SOLACE Collective’s on-campus feedback events.

Transforming Vision into Reality

鈥淲e try to achieve a grounded feeling while providing warmth and the reassurance that you鈥檙e safe. We鈥檙e trying to find a sustainable way to produce items of clothing for everyone, no matter how your neurodiversity presents,鈥� says d’Oelsnitz, SOLACE鈥檚 project coordinator.

The group has received more than $32,000 in startup investment money through entrepreneurial competitions held on campus and through grants, including the听2025 School of Information Studies鈥� Raymond von Dran Fund for Student Entrepreneurship iPrize competition. Earlier this semester, they held 10 events on campus for students to try on the clothes and provide feedback.

After running a marketing campaign, including the launch of a website and social media channels, they hope to start accepting pre-orders in late June, with items being distributed to customers by the end of the summer. Knowing how well-received their casual prototypes have been, Turner, Fernandes and d鈥橭elsnitz next want to expand into business casual clothing.

鈥淚 have a passion for designing fashion, for retail and for entrepreneurship, and I was introduced to the lack of solutions that exist for neurodivergent individuals,鈥� says Turner, SOLACE鈥檚 team coordinator. 鈥淭here are a lot of opportunities for us to give this overlooked community reassurance and warmth through our clothing, and I鈥檓 proud of what this wonderful team has accomplished so far.鈥�

Members of the campus community learn about the SOLACE Collective’s line of clothing for neurodivergent individuals.

All Libraries’ patrons with overdue circulation fines can reduce their fines by donating healthy, nonperishable food and hygiene items. Donations will be accepted at the circulation desks of Bird, Carnegie, Law, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and King + King Architecture Libraries. All collected items will be donated to the . Fine reductions exclude interlibrary loan and lost book fees. Contributions from people without current fines will also be accepted.

Fines will be reduced by 50 cents for single serve items, and $1 per item for toilet paper, rice, pasta, canned vegetables and beans and single serving oatmeal. Fines will be reduced by $2 per item for liquid soap,听 toothbrushes, canned fruit, canned meats/fish, canned soup, cereal, lip balm and pasta sauce. Fines will be reduced by $3 per item for baked beans, multi-packs of hot chocolate, multi-packs of oatmeal, peanut butter, ramen noodles, shampoo/conditioner, tea and toothpaste. Fines will be reduced by $4 for granola, jelly and lotion. And fines will be reduced by $5 for coffee and deodorant. Contributions should not be open or expired.

For more information about 鈥淔ood for Fines,鈥� contact Nick Olivieri at naolivie@syr.edu.

Lindy Truitt and Anjaneya Padwal, founders of SipSafe+, at the Hult Prize National Qualifier in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lindy Truitt ’25 (College of Visual and Performing Arts) and Anjaneya Padwal G’25 (School of Information Studies), founders of SipSafe+, won the campus qualifier and moved on to compete at the nationals in Boston. Although they did not move on to the final round, they received rave reviews from the judges for both their idea and pitch.

Besides Truitt and Padwal, the following students competed in the campus qualifier:

• Alie Savane 鈥�25 (College of Arts and Sciences), founder of Beta Kola;
• Carolina Aguayo Pl谩 鈥�28 (School of Information Studies and Martin J. Whitman School of Management), founder of Frutecho;
• Anthony H. Smith Jr. G鈥�25 (S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications), Bryson Carter G鈥�25 (Newhouse School), Asha Breedlove G鈥�25 (Newhouse School) and Stacey Collier G鈥�25 (Newhouse School), founders of HBeatzCU;
• Aidan Turner 鈥�25 (School of Architecture), Lucas d鈥橭elsnitz 鈥�26 (Martin J. Whitman School of Management), Carolyn Fernandes 鈥�25 (College of Visual and Performing Arts) and Aphrodite Gioulekas 鈥�25 (Visual and Performing Arts), founders of Solace.

听is a prestigious global business competition started by a partnership between the听听and the听. The competition inspires student entrepreneurs to solve the world鈥檚 biggest challenges through innovative social enterprises with positive global impact.听Since its inception, over one million students from more than 120 countries have participated in their programs, working to create high-impact startups that address the annual challenge in alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Finalists pitch their businesses to a panel of expert judges, and the winning team receives $1 million in funding to make their idea a reality.

This year鈥檚 Hult Prize Competition qualifier was (College of Engineering and Computer Science).

The theme of this year’s TEDx 黑料不打烊 event invites both speakers and attendees to challenge conventional stories and reshape the way we think about the world. In a time where narratives鈥攚hether personal, cultural, or global鈥攐ften influence perceptions and drive actions, the power to change the narrative holds the potential to unlock transformative change. At its core, changing the narrative is about creating spaces for voices to be heard and sharing stories that shape our lives, our communities and our futures. Five featured speakers will delve into their personal journeys and inspire attendees to take ownership of their own stories as they think critically about how they, too, can be part of changing the narrative in meaningful and positive ways. Attendees can also network, share ideas and engage with 黑料不打烊鈥檚 TEDx community.

Ryan Nkongnyu

Co-sponsored by 黑料不打烊 Libraries and the Office of Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, the event is being coordinated by (College of Visual and Performing Arts), who is majoring in Communications and Rhetorical Studies. Nkongnyu is an Our Time Has Come Scholar, as well as finance board member of the 黑料不打烊 Student Association, vice president of the Black Student Union, Mentor for JUMP Nation, and event coordinator for the Black Honors Society. He is also a writer for the Daily Orange and reporter for Citrus TV.

鈥淚n today’s world, our media and the messages we share have established narratives that affect the lens through which we all see our society,鈥� notes Nkongnyu. “Changing the Narrative is meant to emphasize the role we all have as catalysts for positive change. Using our voices and platforms to positively influence, we can educate, empower and inspire others with our research, innovation and activism messages.鈥�

Featured speakers and talk titles include:

• ’24, G’25: 鈥淏reaking Cycles, Not Ourselves鈥濃€�
• ’25: 鈥淩edefine Your Life鈥�
• faculty, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications: 鈥淏e A Creator鈥�
• ’24: 鈥淭he Danger of A Single Narrative Story鈥�
• ’10: 鈥淗ow Teaching Kids Emotional Intelligence Can Change the World鈥�

鈥淪U Libraries is pleased to sponsor TEDx at 黑料不打烊, and we hope it will spark thoughtful conversations and connections that will continue long after the event ends,鈥� says David Seaman, dean of 黑料不打烊 Libraries and University Librarian.

For more information about the event, or if special accommodations are needed, please contact Ryan Nkongnyu, rnkongny@syr.edu

黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥� Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is accepting for the 2026-2027 academic year. The SCRC Faculty Fellows Program provides a $5,000 fellowship payment, pedagogical guidance in centering archival and special collections, and ongoing class support for those interested in providing students with an experiential learning opportunity by incorporating primary source materials as central to their course. Applications are being accepted for the development or revision of a three-credit course to be taught in the Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 semester from any discipline on campus.

黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥� SCRC Faculty Fellows Program aims to support innovative curriculum development and foster new ideas about how to transform the role of special collections and archival research in university instruction. During the four-week summer residency, each Fellow receives expert guidance through workshops and training sessions on handling special collections materials, teaching students how to research within and across collections and designing hands-on, individualized, creative and critically minded assignments with rare materials.

SCRC鈥檚 primary sources span over 4,000 years鈥揻rom the 21st century BCE to the 21st century CE鈥揳nd represent an array of topics, perspectives relevant to the study of human culture and knowledge. They include various formats, including written and printed material, art, architecture and design and music and recorded sound. Engaging with SCRC鈥檚 rare and archival collections allows students, faculty and researchers to explore and question historical evidence and testimonies while connecting with the innovative and enduring ways people have communicated, documented their experiences and recorded personal memories throughout history.

For questions or additional information about the SCRC Faculty Fellows Program, contact Jana Rosinski, SCRC Instruction and Education Librarian, at jrosinsk@syr.edu. See .

George Bain G’06, a member of the Library Associates, and William F. Gaske 鈥�72, a member of the Libraries Advisory Board, provided generous gift funding towards the SCRC Faculty Fellows Program. The original funding for the program was made possible through the generosity of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, which promotes the advancement and perpetuation of humanistic inquiry and artistic creativity by encouraging excellence in scholarship and in the performing arts, and by supporting research libraries and other institutions that transmit our cultural heritage. For more information about how to financially support a faculty fellow for the upcoming academic year and beyond, contact Ron Thiele Assistant Dean for Advancement for the Libraries, at rlthiele@syr.edu or 315.560.9419.

Jennifer Hain Teper

Hain Teper鈥檚 hybrid lecture, titled “,” will be held on Wednesday, April 2, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Bird Library’s Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (Room 114) and on Zoom. is required for the Zoom webinar and is encouraged for in-person attendees.

A hands-on workshop, titled “,” will occur on Thursday, April 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 6^th floor of Bird Library in the Antje Bultmann Lemke Seminar Room and the Joan Breier Brodsky 鈥�67, G鈥�68 Conservation Lab. The workshop is limited to 15 people and advance registration is required. To register, email Max Wagh, Special Collections Research Center administrative coordinator, at mlwagh@syr.edu.

All events are free to attend and open to the public.

The annual is endowed through a generous gift by William J. 鈥�65, G鈥� 68 and Joan 鈥�67, G鈥�68 Brodsky. Celebrating its 20^th year in 2025, the endowment has been used to sponsor programs featuring prominent library conservators that promote and advance knowledge of library conservation theory, practice and application among wide audiences, both on campus and in the region.

Antonio (Tony) Goncalves 鈥�27, College of Engineering and Computer Science, used his fall 2024 Orange Innovation Fund grant to build a prototype for his tech startup, Gymin, an IoT device to track gym equipment usage, optimizing operations for health.

黑料不打烊 Libraries is accepting spring applications from graduate and undergraduate students for the听听grant now through Friday, March 28, 2025, at 5 p.m. Interested applicants can access the听听online or e-mail听OrangeInnovation@syr.edu听to request an application package.

Grants up to $5,000 per award will be made, with a total of up to $50,000 per academic year based on the merit of applications. The Orange Innovation Fund supports student research initiatives emerging from campus innovation programs. The grant 鈥榗oncept to commercialization鈥� fund is designed to help move student research or scholarly projects from ideation to proof of concept to commercialization. Initial funding from the program came from a gift to the Libraries from Raj-Ann Rekhi Gill 鈥�98, a member of the University Board of Trustees.

The program is administered through 黑料不打烊 Libraries, in collaboration with the University鈥檚 research and commercialization programs such as the 黑料不打烊 Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (SOURCE), the Blackstone LaunchPad, Couri Hatchery, Invent@SU, NEXIS, the Innovation Law Center, the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program at 黑料不打烊, Intelligence ++, 黑料不打烊 Center of Excellence in Environmental Energy Systems, the Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering at 黑料不打烊 (NYSTAR designated Center for Advanced Technology), the Startup Garage at the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, and the D鈥橝niello Institute for Veterans and Military Families. Applicants can also come directly through research classes, labs or independent study programs across the University.

Student applicants must identify specific tangible needs related to the product, service or technology they are developing. Grants will support defined projects over a clear period with identified outcomes that will help move a research project or innovative venture toward proof of concept toward commercialization.

Linda Dickerson Hartsock, advisor, Strategic Initiatives, is available to help coach applicants through the process and can be scheduled for sessions on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons by emailing听ldhart01@syr.edu.

An interdisciplinary team of research faculty and alumni experts will review applications. Following the review process, announcements and award letters will be made in mid-April.

Seven students teams were the听Fall 2024 winners of Orange Innovation Fund awards.听Nine student teams were the听

Among the winning team awards:

• $1,500 to Olutosin Alabi G鈥�25 (Martin J. Whitman School of Management), founder of Diabetech;
• $1,500 to Anthony H. Smith Jr. G鈥�25 (S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications), Bryson Carter G鈥�25 (Newhouse School), Asha Breedlove G鈥�25 (Newhouse School) and Stacey Collier G鈥�25 (Newhouse School), founders of HBeatzCU;
• $1,000 to Sydney Moore G鈥�25 (Whitman School), founder of Thrive Insights;
• $1,000 to Lindy Truitt 鈥�25 (College of Visual and Performing Arts) and Anjaneya Padwal G鈥�25 (School of Information Studies), founders of Safe Sip;
• $500 to Tony Goncalves 鈥�27 (College of Engineering and Computer Science) and Armani Isonguyo 鈥�24 (Engineering and Computer Science), founders of GymIn;
• $500 to Jasmine Mayers 鈥�26 (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs), founder of Pressed;
• $500 to Elizabeth Paulin 鈥�24 (College of Arts and Sciences), founder of Paulin Capital;
• $500 to Swathi Jacob G鈥�25 (Whitman School); and
• $250 to Maven Kavan 鈥�28 (Visual and Performing Arts).

A group photo of the 2025 Afropreneurship Celebration and Business Competition award winners

During “The Ideas Exchange,” students eager to explore the frontiers of innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity can engage with experts and resources.

is more than just a networking event鈥攊t鈥檚 an incubator for ideas, where students can find inspiration, seek guidance and connect with the right resources to bring their projects to life. The event features two simultaneous components: The Resource Emporium and Ask the Experts. Sponsored by SU Libraries, the 黑料不打烊 NSF I-Corps and the Orange Innovation Team, this event is for aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators and those simply curious about the creative and startup ecosystem on campus.

At the heart of The Idea Exchange is the Orange Innovation Team, including Orange Innovation Scholars Ava Lubekmann, Jair Espinoza, Aidan Turner and Thomas O鈥橞rien and Intelligence ++ Scholars Isaac Munce and Trey Augliano. These student leaders have curated an experience that fosters collaboration, encourages curiosity and provides direct access to some of the most valuable resources available on campus.

The Resource Emporium: Your Gateway to Innovation

On the first floor of Bird Library, a diverse lineup of organizations will host information tables to provide students with resources to help develop their ideas, start businesses and enhance their creative projects. Whether students are looking to create a prototype, launch a creative idea, secure funding for an idea or learn more about innovation on campus, The Resource Emporium will offer access to the right tools and people to take their ambitions further. Participating groups include:

• Blackstone LaunchPad鈥揅ampus hub for entrepreneurship
• CASE鈥揅enter for Advanced Systems and Engineering
• Couri Hatchery鈥揝tudent venture incubation
• D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families
• E-Club鈥揈ntrepreneurship student organization
• FADS鈥揊ashion and design society
• Innovation Law Center鈥揕egal guidance for startups
• Intelligence ++鈥揑nclusive design and assistive technology
• Invent@SU鈥揜apid prototyping and invention resources
• Maker Space鈥揌ands-on creative workshops and prototyping
• NEXIS鈥揈merging technology research
• NSF I-Corps at 黑料不打烊
• The 黑料不打烊 Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (SOURCE)鈥揢ndergraduate research support
• Startup Garage鈥揈arly-stage startup mentoring
• 黑料不打烊 Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems
• TEDx 黑料不打烊鈥揚latform for innovative ideas and storytelling
• WISE鈥揥omen Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship

Ask the Experts: Conversations That Ignite Ideas

In a format inspired by 鈥淗uman Library鈥� events, the听Ask the Experts听session will feature more than听20 confirmed peer specialists听and professionals across various fields engaging in small-group conversations. These sessions, held in the听Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (Room 114 in Bird Library), will provide students with the chance to ask questions from student and alumni thought leaders, receive tailored advice and gain valuable insights into the skills needed to thrive in innovation, creation and entrepreneurship.

Each discussion will be an opportunity to learn from expert peers and experienced professionals while sparking innovative ideas through engaging conversations. The curated topics and expert insights are designed to empower students with practical knowledge and the confidence to move forward with their ventures.

The expert insights will be in the areas of content creation, pitching, brand development and many more.

Mix It Up: Networking and Refreshments

To wrap up the event, attendees can mingle and network from 4:30 to 5 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons. Light refreshments will be provided, creating a casual and welcoming environment for students to connect with peers, experts, and resource representatives.

Why Attend The Idea Exchange?

The Idea Exchange presents an unparalleled opportunity for students to tap into the University鈥檚 vast network of innovation resources. Whether you have a business idea, a research project, or a creative endeavor, this event will help you take the next step by:

• Gaining access to key innovation resources: Meet representatives from leading campus programs.
• Engage with experts: Learn from professionals who can provide real-world insights.
• Build your network: Connect with fellow students who share your passion for innovation.
• Find inspiration: Discover ideas and opportunities to explore.

For more information, visit Bird Library 123, home of 鈥淭he IDEA Studio,鈥� or email OrangeInnovation@syr.edu.

Coral Silver

Silver is a second-year graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in art history and works as a graduate student associate in the Special Collections Research Center with 黑料不打烊 Libraries. Their research often revolves around sculpture across several periods and locations, including the Ancient Mediterranean, the European Middle Ages and the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Europe and the United States. In addition, they are interested in the relationship between archaeology and art history, an interest which resulted from their summer spent in southern Turkey at the Antiochia ad Cragum Archaeological Research Project.

As the Palitz Art Scholar, Silver will study two works by Italian artist Ferdinando Vichi in the 黑料不打烊 Art Museum collection. They will mainly concentrate their research on Vichi鈥檚 “Bust of Venus” to investigate the reason for its titling and the point during Vichi鈥檚 career when the sculpture was created to situate it within his oeuvre (body of work). This research will be included in their larger capstone research project, advised by Art History Associate Professor Romita Ray, investigating Antonio Canova’s “Funerary Monument to Maria Christina of Austria” from 1805.

The symposium aims to share Indigenous matrilineal knowledge as a powerful framework for addressing critical social and environmental issues. It features a keynote panel discussion with New York Times bestselling author and Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer and Mohawk Bear Clan member Kawenn谩here Devery Jacobs, filmmaker and actor in “Reservation Dogs” and Marvel鈥檚 “What If鈥� Kahhori Reshaped the World” episode.

The symposium鈥檚 keynote event will be hosted by Oneida Nation Wolf Clan member Michelle Schenandoah G鈥�19, founder and executive lead of Rematriation.

Panelists also include traditional Haudenosaunee Confederacy leaders, Mohawk Bear Clan Mother 鈥淢ommabear鈥� Louise Herne and Onondaga Hawk Clan Chief Ohsgo帽:da’ Spencer Lyons. The evening includes a special presentation on the celestial worldview embedded in Haudenosaunee astronomy by Oneida Nation Wolf Clan member Samantha Doxtator.

鈥淎rising out of seven years of foundational work by Rematriation, the symposium presents Haudenosaunee and Indigenous matrilineal knowledge as a praxis to address critical global challenges,” says Schenandoah. 鈥淭his is a precious opportunity to engage with Indigenous knowledge holders and allies to understand how Indigenous knowledge can provide sustainable pathways for all peoples and future generations.鈥�

Nicolette Dobrowolski, director of the SCRC, says听 鈥淲e look forward to the symposium inspiring deeper reflection, meaningful discussion and innovative research, scholarship and action related to the significance of matrilineality across the 黑料不打烊 campus and broader communities. SCRC is truly honored to partner with Rematriation in helping to amplify the voices, stories and influence of Haudenosaunee and Indigenous women.鈥�

For those unable to attend the three-day symposium, the keynote event on Saturday, March 1, from 6 to 10 p.m. is a stand-alone event open to all. To purchase tickets for the keynote event, click .

For more information and to register for the symposium, visit .

Alexander N. Charters

Alexander N. Charters (1916-2018) was an internationally recognized expert in the field of adult and continuing education. Libraries has assembled historical documents and University records, including manuscript, print, visual and media materials related to adult education since 1949.

This material is known collectively as the Alexander N. Charters Library for Educators of Adults, in recognition of Charters鈥� efforts to promote and expand SCRC鈥檚 adult education holdings. Through the generosity of Charters, SCRC offers annual grants to one or more scholars or practitioners wishing to do research using SCRC鈥檚 adult education collections with the amount of the award dependent on the scope of the research outlined in the applicant鈥檚 proposal.

The panel discussion will be held from 4 to 5:15 pm. Panelists include:

• Brian Brege, Associate Professor, History, 黑料不打烊
• Anna Siebach-Larsen, Director of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library and Koller-Collins Center for English Studies, University of Rochester
• Juilee Decker, Director of the Museum Studies program, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Irene Malfatto, Independent Scholar and Bookseller at Bruce McKittrick Rare Books (Philadelphia)
• Moderators: Samantha Herrick, Associate Professor, History, 黑料不打烊 and Irina Savinetskaya, Curator of Early to Pre-20th Century, Special Collections Research Center

Lisa Fagin Davis

The keynote lecture by Lisa Fagin Davis and Q&A will take place from 5:45 to 7 p.m.

鈥淎ll Western European medieval manuscripts on this continent had to travel thousands of miles to get here. Bringing together experts from academia, libraries, museums, and antiquarian bookselling, the interdisciplinary conference Collecting the Medieval Book in America explores who has been collecting Western medieval manuscripts on this continent and why, and what the past and current collecting practices reveal about the broader perceptions of the Middle Ages in North America,鈥� said Irina Savinetskaya.

The conference is hosted by the Special Collections Research Center in conjunction with the SCRC Spring 2025 exhibition, 鈥淭he Making of the Medieval Book鈥� and is organized by 鈥淐urating the Middle Ages,鈥� a CNY Humanities Working Group. The event is co-sponsored by CNY Humanities Corridor and the Bibliographical Society of America, with additional support from the Department of History, Department of Art History and the Global Premodern Studies Faculty Working Group.

Communication Access Realtime Translation will be provided. If you require an accommodation, use English as a second language, or have dietary needs, please email Max Wagh by February 12 at mlwagh@syr.edu.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to provide feedback on the value of the resources and services offered by the Libraries.

is conducting two awareness and perception surveys: one directed to all 听and one directed to .听 The surveys, launched on Jan. 15, will remain open through Feb. 10.

Both surveys will allow the Libraries to benchmark against results and feedback received in 2020, when similar surveys were implemented. The surveys, which take about 10 minutes to complete, provide a gauge of the University community鈥檚 perception of the value of various resources and services offered by the Libraries, and an opportunity to gather open-ended responses about ways the Libraries can meet the changing needs of its users.

Information gathered from the surveys will be shared with the Libraries鈥� leadership and staff and will inform strategic direction.

鈥淭his award is a testament to the Libraries鈥� and the University鈥檚 commitment to creating an environment that is welcoming to all. We are committed to ensuring that our services and resources are inclusive and accessible. This includes our campus surveys that inform our strategy to expand our collections and exhibitions to include previously excluded or underrepresented voices. Such efforts expose Libraries鈥� users to a multiplicity of life experiences, cultures and viewpoints, and encourages the use of inclusive curricular materials across campus. Receiving this award is external acknowledgement that our actions听 align with our ethos and goals,鈥� says David Seaman, dean of Libraries and University Librarian.

Lenore Pearlstein, owner and publisher of Insight Into Diversity magazine, says 鈥淲e are proud to honor these college and university libraries as role models for other institutions of higher education.鈥�

Kenny will meet with students participating in the and the听 for an informal chat about how neurodiversity is a creative superpower. He will also speak to the broader campus community about his experience growing up in 黑料不打烊, connecting with like-minded creatives and his career trajectory.

Kenny, an award-winning voice actor, has also appeared on HBO’s “Mr. Show with Bob and David,” and has voiced characters on animated shows like “Rocko鈥檚 Modern Life,” “The Powerpuff Girls” and “CatDog.” He will share his experience on the skills needed to embark on an entrepreneurial journey and how to find your own creative voice, inspiring a new generation to learn more about content creation, storytelling and audience engagement.

The schedule for the day is as follows:

• 9:30-10:45 a.m.: Visit with Intelligence ++ Class and InclusiveU students. Location: Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, Bird Library. Media may listen to class discussion (please contact media@syr.edu to schedule).
• 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Informal discussion and Q&A (open to the campus community and the media) on 鈥淐reative Entrepreneurial Journey,” featuring Tom Kenny and moderated by Oscar Arce (founder of Los Angeles-based Master Talent Agency) and Paul Kozlowski (writer, actor, artist, comedian and founder of the FAKE Gallery in Hollywood and the AKE Gallery in Cortland, New York). Location: Martin J. Whitman School of Management Grand Flaum Hall.

Kenny鈥檚 visit is being sponsored by , the Intelligence++ Program, the Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education (InclusiveU), the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

The Libraries now offer fifteen read and publish agreements, which expand the reach of researchers鈥� scholarly contributions by enabling all University-affiliated authors to publish their work open access at no charge to the authors. Open access allows for anyone to use these scholarly works, free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions for further use, thereby exponentially increasing the reach and impact of the University authors鈥� works.

• the agreement with Taylor & Francis enables University-affiliated authors to publish their work open in hybrid and fully open access journals, including Routledge titles;
• the agreement with Elsevier allows University-affiliated authors to publish openly in all eligible Core Hybrid journals;
• the agreement with De Gruyter allows University-affiliated authors to publish openly in hybrid, gold open access and subscribe to open titles.

鈥淭he expanded disciplinary coverage of these agreements ensures that cutting-edge research across the humanities, sciences and social sciences reaches a global audience, bolstering 黑料不打烊 Libraries’ commitment to advancing open scholarship and maximizing the global impact of scholarship produced at SU,鈥� said Dylan Mohr, open scholarship librarian.

More information and instructions on how authors can take advantage of these agreements can be found in the .

• Bird Library (open to all 黑料不打烊 and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry affiliates with a valid user ID):
  • Monday through Thursday: 24 hours
  • Friday: Closes at 10 p.m.
  • Saturday: Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Sunday: Reopens at 10 a.m.
• The Special Collections Research Center (located on the sixth floor):
  • Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours Wednesday until 7 p.m.

• The Libraries will operate under reduced hours during Spring Break week (March 8-15) and extended hours during final exams (May 2-4).

As a congressionally designated depository for U.S. government documents, Bird Library is open to the public on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on weekends beginning at 10 a.m.

Yage Huang

Huang recently obtained her doctor of juridical science (SJD) degree from Indiana University Bloomington and holds a master of law degree from China University of Political Science and Law.

Her research interests include criminal procedure law, evidence and human rights. In her position at the Law Library, Huang will provide legal research support, assist with researching and developing law collections, liaise with faculty and provide research instruction to law students, and promote library services to alumni and the local bar.

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  • Monday, March 17, 5-6:30 p.m., in Bird Library, Room 114
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  • Tuesday, March 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m., in Bird Library, Room 114
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  • Wednesday, April 2, 5:30-7:30 p.m., in Bird Library, Room 114
  • Panelists include , associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs; , associate professor of communications in the Newhouse School of Public Communications; , assistant teaching professor in the College of Arts and Sciences
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Sydney Moore

The Blackstone LaunchPad at 黑料不打烊 Libraries has awarded one $2,500 Student Start-Up Fund grant, formerly the Innovation Fund, for the Spring 2025 semester. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis to undergraduate and graduate students who need help moving an idea from concept to commercialization.

Sydney Moore G鈥�25 (Martin J. Whitman School of Management), founder of Thrive Insights, received the grant. Thrive Insights hosts that informs and supports student-athletes with honest and engaging conversations about student-athlete issues. Sydney Moore, a Division 1 volleyball player, is the host. The podcast launched on all platforms on Dec. 9, 2024. The grant was used to help Moore incorporate the business.

Fund applicants define their need with identified outcomes within a set time. Initial money in the fund was provided by Jeffrey Rich L鈥�67, a partner at Rich Michaelson Magaliff LLP, and a member of the 黑料不打烊 Libraries Advisory Board. Rich provided a multi-year pledge of $25,000 per year for five years from 2020 to 2025.

鈥淚 wanted to contribute in a way that directly supports student new ventures and removes any obstacles to startup development,鈥� says Jeffrey Rich.

Curated by Irina Savinetskaya, curator of early to pre-20th century, the exhibition showcases SCRC鈥檚 collection of predominantly Western European medieval manuscripts from the 13^th to the 16^th centuries, alongside examples of bookmaking from Persia, Japan and Ethiopia. The exhibition also features early printed and modern books inspired by the medieval book.

Medieval manuscripts have long fascinated the public with their hand-painted illuminations and decorated bindings. Often viewed as esoteric, precious works of art, they can seem largely inaccessible to all but specialists. Much more than treasures to be gazed upon, medieval manuscripts are dynamic and unique objects that hold a variety of stories, including about the natural and animal worlds, trade, religious movements and the everyday lives of their makers and owners. By examining how medieval books were made, used and reused by various individuals and communities, along with their place in modern imagination and book design, the exhibition explores the storied history behind the making of the medieval book.

The exhibition’s opening reception is on Thursday, Feb. 6 from 4:30-6 p.m. on the 6^th floor of Bird Library. Those interested in attending the reception can . Communication Access Realtime Translation will be provided at the reception. Those requiring other accommodations can email mlwagh@syr.edu by Jan. 20.

Marianne Donley

Marianne Donley recently joined 黑料不打烊 Libraries as the Physical Sciences Librarian in the Department of Research and Scholarship. In this role, Donley will be subject librarian for chemistry, forensic sciences, mathematics, and physics and astronomy.

Prior to joining 黑料不打烊 Libraries, Donley worked as a health sciences library intern at Duquesne University while pursuing a master鈥檚 in library and information science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Donley received a bachelor鈥檚 degree in chemistry from Villanova University and worked as a research and development scientist at Covestro LLC.

Kelly Delevan, at right, information literacy librarian and recipient of the 2024 Libraries’ Distinguished Service Award, is pictured with David Seaman, dean of Libraries and University librarian.

The award is a three-decade tradition recognizing Libraries’ staff who have made a significant contribution to both the Libraries and the broader University community. A cross-departmental panel of Libraries’ staff judged nomination entries and selected the recipient based on outstanding service to Libraries鈥� users, excellence in professional skills and significant contributions to the Libraries鈥� community. The Distinguished Service Award, which is open to all Libraries employees, allows peer recognition based on nominations, a recommendation from the person鈥檚 supervisor and recommendations from at least two members of the University community.

Delevan was selected as this year鈥檚 winner based on her strong and persistent commitment to excellence in education, mentorship and advancement of the field of library and information science. Delevan rebuilt and revitalized the Libraries鈥� instruction program, while championing information literacy as a shared competency for undergraduate students. She has fostered a culture of critical thinking while helping undergraduates build research skills and information fluency.

Delevan鈥檚 campus collaborations with the 黑料不打烊 Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (SOURCE) and First Year Seminar have been incredibly impactful for undergraduate students. She developed workshops for students applying for SOURCE grants that include goal setting and project planning, skills important beyond their SOURCE participation. She also created a customized library research guide for First Year Seminar students that is now has a required assignment in all 200+ sections of the course. Additionally, Delevan created an online library tutorial for more than 90 athletic tutors to complete, which helps them better prepare the University’s student athletes.

Graduate students have also benefited from the Information Literacy Scholars program Delevan created that provides School of Information Studies students with substantive experiential learning opportunities, including instructional design. To date, twenty-four graduate students have benefited directly from Delevan鈥檚 knowledge, support and encouragement. learning by example and guidance how to become successful instructors.

Beyond engaging students at all levels, Delevan created a faculty professional development program, Information Literacy and Technological Agility (ILTA), to share with faculty how to incorporate these skills into their syllabi. This successful program is co-sponsored by Academic Affairs.

Collectively, these initiatives have established Delevan as a campus leader and beyond, with her workshops, lectures and writings widely recognized in the field of library and information studies and information literacy.

A past Information Literacy Scholar summarized Delevan鈥檚 work in this way: 鈥淓verything she does for her IL Scholars, for the students they teach together, and for our library community as a whole, without any expectation of recognition, makes her the perfect candidate for this award.鈥�

The Intelligence++ program is an interdisciplinary initiative that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship to enhance the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities. It was established in 2020 in collaboration with the (InclusiveU) and the .

The program features an inclusive entrepreneurship and design curriculum open to students across disciplines which encourages participants to design and develop tangible solutions that address challenges faced by people with intellectual disabilities. Students work in teams to conceptualize and prototype innovations in a hands-on, inclusive approach that blends principles of design thinking, entrepreneurship, and social impact.

Gianfranco Zaccai 鈥�70 H鈥�09 works with students from Intelligence++ program in the Blackstone LaunchPad at 黑料不打烊 Libraries.

The program is supported by the Zaccai Foundation for Augmented Intelligence, thanks to a generous donation from Gianfranco Zaccai 鈥�70 H鈥�09. This funding underscores a commitment to translating research and creativity into real-world applications that promote accessibility and empowerment for individuals with disabilities.

鈥淔rom artificial intelligence to digital technologies and physical products, this field is positioned for rapid growth,鈥� says Zaccai, who hopes the program will attract students from diverse academic disciplines, fostering innovation in accessibility. 鈥淧articipating students can join the leading edge of innovation.鈥�

, introduced as an extension of the program, provides additional funding and resources to commercialize these ideas, enabling students to take their projects from concept to market-ready solutions. Students from all schools and colleges can apply for the Intelligence ++ Ventures fund, regardless of their participation in the original Intelligence++ course. The applications are rolling and will be reviewed as received. Applications are not limited to students in the Intelligence ++ program; however, applicants who have worked with the program can demonstrate the necessary discovery work with people in the field to validate their invention or innovation.

Applicants must submit a detailed project proposal, along with a scope and budget supported by a business commercialization plan that demonstrates a clearly identified production and sales path. Students must also demonstrate that they have a production or manufacturing partner capable of producing their innovation, and/or a technical team in place to deploy a commercial roll-out. Submissions must be beyond the concept stage and should have the potential to be deployed in the market within six months. If successfully executed, a student may apply for a second grant to introduce a new product line. A maximum of two grants may be awarded through the program.

An interdisciplinary group of faculty with expertise working in the disability field will make up the review team for proposals.

More information about Intelligence ++ is available . An Intelligence ++ application template can be requested by email or by visiting Bird Library Room 123.

Since 1954, ALLUNY has听 brought together law library staff and people interested in law libraries from Upstate New York for professional development, networking and social activities. It is comprised of academic, court and law firm librarians. ALLUNY is a chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the national organization for law libraries. While other chapters have struggled to keep members engaged, ALLUNY has seen success in participation from its members, in part, due to its compelling strategy around its meetings.

On Oct. 25, ALLUNY held its annual meeting as a hybrid event, both in person at the College of Law and online. Approximately 70 attendees participated in this year鈥檚 annual meeting. 鈥淥ffering the ALLUNY annual meeting as a hybrid event makes it more accessible for everyone,鈥� says Petitto. 鈥淲hile the dialogue and collegiality in person is important, it鈥檚 just not practical for those single practitioners who may be the only law librarian at their organization to leave for the day. This way, everyone who wants to participate is able.鈥�

In addition to making the meeting physically accessible, ALLUNY also works to keep it financially accessible. Registration to attend for members is only $30, $35 for nonmembers and $15 for students. Plus, ALLUNY offers several grants and awards to offset member costs. ALLUNY encourages all librarians and library students to attend its annual meetings. In this way, it hopes to build a pipeline for future law library professionals.

For the second year in a row, the topic of the annual meeting centered around artificial intelligence (AI). This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淧ioneering AI from Classrooms to Courtrooms.鈥� Presentations, roundtables and discussions included real-life tools, applications and ethical considerations around the use of AI in law schools, law libraries and in the practice of law. Expert speakers were professors, legal professionals and AI experts from law library resource collections. AALL Executive Board Member Andre Davison from Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library, Houston, Texas, spent several days visiting law libraries in the 黑料不打烊 area and was the keynote speaker.

This year鈥檚 annual meeting sessions included:

• 鈥�15 Ways Law Libraries Can Use Generative AI鈥� presented by Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, New York Law Institute
• 鈥淎I in Law School鈥� presented by Nina Scholtz, Cornell Law School
• 鈥淎I in the Practice of Law 鈥� a Paralegal鈥檚 View鈥� presented by Brigid Purtell, Bousquet Holstein PLLC
• 鈥淭he History of AI Ethics鈥� presented by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Campbell Public Affairs Institute in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and Mary Szto, College of Law
• Aaron Eberle from LexisNexis and Ryan Groff and Erica Mohai from Thomson Reuters also shared updates around Generative AI developments in legal databases
• 鈥淎I Roundtable鈥� led by Teresa Vadakin, Hurwitz Fine PC

鈥淎I is a tool that librarians are in a good position to help users鈥搒tudents, faculty and legal practitioners鈥� make use of in an ethical way,鈥� says Petitto. 鈥淓nsuring that our association stays abreast of trends and makes professional development accessible and affordable is important, and I was pleased that the Law Library could play an important role.鈥�

The winner of the 黑料不打烊 competition will receive an expense paid trip to compete in the ACC InVenture Prize finals at the end of March at the University of Notre Dame. The televised finals feature one team from each ACC college/university who compete for 听$30,000 in prizes. Teams with generated revenue or venture capital funding of more than $100,000 are ineligible (including funding from both institutional and non-institutional sources such as contests, grants, friends and family, bank loans, etc.).

Katy Arons 鈥�24 (School of Information Studies), founder of Continual Consent LLC, holds an oversize boarding pass for last year’s flight to the ACC InVenture competition in Florida

黑料不打烊 student startup teams or researchers are invited to submit听 of a venture idea to participate in the 黑料不打烊 campus qualifier along with a five-minute pitch video.听 All campus qualifier finalists will also be invited to apply for LaunchPad Innovation Fund grants as well as , both available through gifts to 黑料不打烊 Libraries. Competitive applications typically include technology or research that is being commercialized in areas such as agriculture, biology, life sciences, medical, climate, consumer electronics, education, finance, sports, hardware, software, artificial intelligence, augmented or virtual reality, 听big data, autonomous devices, robotics, advanced materials, Internet of Things, 5G and more. Digital platforms or services should have an underlying novel technology and ideally should be past the idea stage with some customer discovery and design drawings.

The 黑料不打烊 ACC InVenture Prize is supported by the Provost鈥檚 Office and is hosted by 黑料不打烊 Libraries and the .

• Friday, Dec. 13, through Monday, Dec. 16: Bird Library will be open 24 hours a day and Carnegie Library will be open until 11 p.m.

The Libraries is also offering the following destress activities at Bird Library during finals:

• Dec. 4-13: Positivity station on the first floor of Bird Library. Students can pick up study goodie bags, encouraging notes with candy, coloring pages and snacks.
• Tuesday, Dec. 10: Stop by Room 114 for the Libraries wellness room. Destress from finals from 4 to 6 p.m. and participate in coloring, Zen boards, guided meditation, chair massage pillows and board games.
• As a reminder, the Libraries鈥� have two MindSpa 听available to reserve.

Course Highlights

The NSF I-Corps program is nationally recognized for helping researchers bridge the gap between laboratory discoveries and commercial applications. Through hands-on activities and expert mentorship, participants will engage in the critical process of customer discovery, learning to identify the best product-market fit for their technology or research project. The program opens the door to government grant programs such as (fund investments of up to $2 million with no equity to help bring research to market), as well as private investments.

The program includes a combination of live virtual sessions and one-on-one meetings offering teams an opportunity to receive additional guidance from the course instructors and refine their discoveries.

Participants will gain:

• Firsthand experience with customer discovery
• Feedback and mentorship from NSF-trained instructors
• A clearer understanding of the product-market fit for their innovations; and
• The potential to be nominated for the NSF I-Corps Teams program, which offers additional resources and support.

Schedule

One-hour virtual class sessions are offered at convenient times for participants. Two days are scheduled for 1:1 mentoring sessions.

• Session 1: Monday, Feb, 17, 2025
• Session 2a: Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 — (1:1 mentoring meetings)
• Session 2b: Friday, Feb. 21, 2025
• Session 3: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025
• Session 4: Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 — (1:1 mentoring meetings)
• Session 5a: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
• Session 5b: Monday, March 10, 2025
• Session 6: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

NSF I-Corps programming is co-led by Linda Dickerson Hartsock, strategic initiatives advisor at the Libraries; Jeff Fuchsberg, director of the 黑料不打烊 Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE); and Cristiano Bellavitis, assistant professor of entrepreneurship in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, who serves as project research lead. Whitman Interim Dean Alex McKelvie serves as principal investigator for the University鈥檚 NSF I-Corps grant.

For more information about the upcoming NSF I-Corps course, contact Hartsock at ldhart01@syr.edu or Fuchsberg at jrfuchsb@syr.edu.

About the NSF I-Corps Program

The NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) is a program designed to help researchers in the STEM fields transition from fundamental research to the commercialization of their ideas. Through a national network of training programs and partnerships, I-Corps provides the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate the commercial potential of scientific and technological innovations.

The course is offered through 黑料不打烊 as a partner in the听, funded by the NSF, led by Cornell University, with other collaborators, including Dartmouth College, Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Buffalo, University of Pittsburgh, University of Rochester, University of Vermont and West Virginia University. The hub is part of the , connecting researchers, entrepreneurial communities and federal agencies to help commercialize research.

Contributions from people without current fines will also be accepted. Fines will be reduced by $1 per item for toilet paper, lip balm, rice, pasta, canned vegetables/fruits/beans and pasta sauce. Fines will be reduced by $2 per item for liquid soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, cereal and canned meats/fish. Fines will be reduced by $3 per item for lotion, oatmeal, canned soup/baked beans, peanut butter/jelly, tea, hot chocolate, ramen noodles and granola. And fines will be reduced by $4 per item for shampoo/conditioner, deodorant and coffee. Contributions should not be open or expired and single-use items are preferred.

For more information about 鈥淔ood for Fines,鈥� contact Nick Olivieri at naolivie@syr.edu.

Elizabeth Paulin

Student teams pitched their respective social impact ventures for a chance to win a total of $15,000 in prizes, supported by generous donations from Libraries鈥� donors. This year鈥檚 winners are:

• 1^st Place: $6,000 awarded to Elizabeth Paulin 鈥�24 () of Paulin Capital.
• 2^nd place: $4,500 awarded to Jordan Pierre 鈥�23, G’24 (), founder of Voice.
• 3^rd place: $3,000 awarded to Olutosin Alabi G鈥�25 (), founder of Diabetech.
• Runner-Ups: $500 each awarded to Ava Lubkemann 鈥�27 (), founder of ReVamped; Alie Savane 鈥�25 (Arts and Sciences), founder of Beta Kola; and Dylan Bardsley ’26 (Whitman School) and Mark Leaf 鈥�27 (Engineering and Computer Science), founders of Clarity.

The Fall 2024 Orange Innovation Fund award winners are (from left to right): Brianna Gillfillian, Waqar Hussain, Emeka Ossai, Ava Lubkemann, and Tosin Alabi.

黑料不打烊 Libraries announced the seven award recipients for the Fall 2024 grant. Each of the following will receive a $5,000 grant to pursue research initiatives emerging from campus innovation programs. Recipients are:

• Angelo Niforatos G鈥�25 (), founded Niffy Drone Solutions LLC, a drone operation and data analysis solution to improve decision-making, for its stage two prototype. 鈥淚 finally pursued what I鈥檇 been discussing for five years thanks to 黑料不打烊,” says Niforatos. “I had no idea 黑料不打烊 offered so many opportunities like the Innovation Grant to help me gain enough confidence to take that leap and chase my dream.”
• Ava Lubkemann 鈥�27 (), founded Revamped, an eco-conscious initiative reimagining thrift shopping and waste reduction through a mobile model using an upcycled school bus pop-up and donation platform. 鈥淭his funding gives me the ability to create a venture that addresses the problem of textile waste, particularly on college campuses,鈥� says Lubkemann. 鈥淚 am excited to build my proof of concept this spring and become part of the projected $82 billion secondhand retail market,听 meeting the demand for sustainable and affordable fashion.鈥�
• Brianna Gillfillian 鈥�24, G鈥�25 (Engineering and Computer Science), founded STEAMfluence, a Science Technology Engineering Art Math (STEAM) pilot summer program for students of color and students in underserved communities. 鈥淲ith the help of Orange Innovation Fund, I will be able to turn dreams into reality and take steps to make the change I aspire to see in the world,鈥� says Gillfillian. 鈥淪TEAMfluence is not just a venture, it is a pillar of hope for many young people who think they could not advance in a career in STEAM.鈥�
• Emeka Christopher Ossai G鈥�25 (Whitman), founded CampusLabs, which equips university students in developing economies with critical skills needed for entrepreneurship and work. After successfully piloting CampusLabs Nigeria incubator, Ossai is now focusing on creating a hybrid program to expand participation. 鈥淭his Orange Innovation Fund allows me to bring to life a startup accelerator that’s the first of its kind for university students in Nigeria, combining virtual learning with a direct residency鈥� now we can finally reach talented university founders who would not have had access before because of where they live,” Ossai says. “It鈥檚 a real opportunity to see how this model can work across different regions and make entrepreneurship support more accessible.”
• Tony Goncalves 鈥�27 (Engineering and Computer Science), founded GymIn, a comprehensive hardware and digital platform solution to track the use of gym equipment in real-time, optimizing usage and user experience. Goncalves is collaborating with the Barnes Center on a pilot. 鈥淕ymIn is revolutionizing the fitness industry by providing a comprehensive hardware and digital platform solution for gym owners and users,鈥� says Goncalves. 鈥淭his award will help us create our minimally viable product to test with gyms to optimize operations, reduce costs, and enhance the gym experience for members through data-driven insights.鈥�
• Tosin Alabi G鈥�25 (Whitman), founded Diabetech, a smart bandage solution for diabetes wound care. Alabi is working on a prototype that integrates an electronic sensor with mobile application and artificial intelligence analytics to detect diabetic ulcers. Alabi, who lost her father to diabetes at a young age, recently completed the NSF I-Corps program offered by 黑料不打烊 and received EB-1 visa status based on her work on Diabetech. The EB-1 visa was issued by the U.S. government to Albert Einstein to extend protections of official residence. Now referred to as the 鈥淓instein Visa,鈥� it recognizes very select researchers with extraordinary talents for their potential to contribute to the American scientific community. “When we prevent a diabetic amputation, we’re not just saving a limb, we’re keeping families walking together longer,鈥� Alabi says.
• Waqar Hussain G鈥�25 (Whitman), founded Iconnic.cloud, an artificial intelligence-driven compute pricing arbitrage platform. 鈥淎s a dedicated participant in the university鈥檚 entrepreneurial ecosystem, I am grateful for this award to help us build spot compute pricing arbitrage powered by AI,” says Hussain, a Fulbright Scholar.听We are confident that with the support of the Orange Innovation Fund we can revolutionize cloud management services for small and medium-sized businesses.鈥�

The Orange Innovation Fund, a “concept to commercialization” grant fund, is intended to help move graduate and undergraduate student research or scholarly projects from ideation to proof of concept and commercialization. Initial funding came from a gift to 黑料不打烊 Libraries from Raj-Ann Rekhi Gill ’98, a member of the 黑料不打烊 Board of Trustees. The program is administered through 黑料不打烊 Libraries, in collaboration with the University鈥檚 research and commercialization programs.

Student awardees submitted comprehensive grant proposals that outlined specific, tangible needs related to prototype development while assessing the product, service or technology they are developing. A multi-disciplinary team of University faculty and alumni founders who helped develop the concept for the fund made the award selections. Awards are tied to milestones associated with defined projects over a clear time with identified outcomes.

The spring 2025 funding round will open in winter 2025, with proposals due by March 28, 2025. For more information, email OrangeInnovation@syr.edu.

Requests received after Jan. 10 will be processed in the order they were received and are not guaranteed to be available by the first week of classes. Reserve requests can include library materials, items to be purchased or faculty鈥檚 personal copies. Course reserves are an excellent way to provide students with affordable and accessible course materials.

Libraries鈥� Collection Materials

For that require the Libraries to purchase a new item not currently in the collection, the Libraries will purchase the eBook version when available. This allows more students to use course material at the same time and provides students with easier access.

Faculty requesting a print copy in course reserves should indicate that in the notes section of the form. The Libraries may require four to six weeks to purchase and receive new physical items. All physical course reserve items will only be available at Bird Library. Please note that the Libraries does not offer course reserves for electronic articles from professional journals.

Faculty Personal Copies

Personal copies of materials on course reserve for student access should also be submitted through the Libraries鈥� . For faculty requesting that personal copies be picked up from faculty department offices, email reserves@syr.edu with faculty name, course number and number of items/books to be picked up in the email.

Accessible Files

As you compile the resources you will be putting on reserve this coming semester, please remember that these resources may need to be in a format that is accessible for students who need to use screen readers or text-to-speech software to access these resources. If you need an accessible file, please indicate that in the notes section on the or email reserve@syr.edu.

For more information about course reserves, visit the .

Transportation

has announced reduced campus shuttle services during the Thanksgiving break.听Safety escort services are available from 8 p.m.-6 a.m. from Nov. 23-Dec. 1 by using the .

For those students looking for help reaching their destinations over the break, Student Engagement provides roundtrip buses to select cities on the East Coast. The cities include: New York City; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; White Plains, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Rockaway, New Jersey. Bus tickets are $110 and seats are still available. Visit the for more information.

The University also provides complimentary roundtrip transportation to the 黑料不打烊 Hancock International Airport and the Regional Transportation Center (for buses and trains). Buses will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, with pickup from Goldstein Student Center (South Campus), College Place and the Brewster/Boland/Brockway Complex. On Sunday, Dec. 1, buses will provide return transportation from the 黑料不打烊 Airport/Regional Transportation Center from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Campus Dining

Many campus dining options will be closed or operate at limited hours over the break.听To see the hours of operation for all locations, 听. Here are some options for where to eat on campus each day.

• Saturday, Nov. 23
  • Sadler Dining Center, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
  • Orange Dining Center, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 24
  • Orange Dining Center, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Monday, Nov. 25
  • Dunkin鈥�, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
  • Gerry鈥檚 Caf茅, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Life Sciences Caf茅, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Orange Dining Center, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
  • Halal Shack, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Tavola 44, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Tuesday, Nov. 26
  • Dunkin鈥�, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
  • Gerry鈥檚 Caf茅, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Life Sciences Caf茅, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Orange Dining Center, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
  • Halal Shack, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Tavola 44, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 27
  • Dunkin鈥�, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
  • Gerry鈥檚 Caf茅, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Life Sciences Caf茅, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Orange Dining Center, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
  • Halal Shack, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Tavola 44, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 28
  • Orange Dining Center, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Friday, Nov. 29
  • Orange Dining Center, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 30
  • Sadler Dining Center, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
  • Orange Dining Center, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Sunday, Dec. 1
  • Brockway Dining Center, Ernie Davis Dining Center, Graham Dining Center, Orange Dining Center, Sadler Dining Center and Shaw Dining Center, all open standard hours.
  • Starbucks (West Campus), 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Dunkin鈥�, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
  • Greens and Grains, noon-11 p.m.
  • Otto鈥檚 Juice Box (Goldstein), noon-11 p.m.
  • Starbucks (Goldstein), noon-8 p.m.
  • CoreLife Eatery, 1-7 p.m.
  • Halal Shack, 1-7 p.m.
  • Original Orange, 4-11 p.m.
  • Southbound, 4-11 p.m.
  • Tomato Wheel, 4-11 p.m.

Barnes Center at The Arch

Barnes Center at The Arch hours for health care, mental health, recreation and other facilities over Thanksgiving break are available on the听.

Reminder: Call 315.443.8000 for 24-Hour Support

Students experiencing a mental health crisis, seeking support for sexual assault or relationship violence, or needing urgent medical consultation can receive free, confidential services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by calling 315.443.8000. Routine consultations should hold until the next business day.

Libraries

The hours for 黑料不打烊 Libraries facilities are as follows:

• Saturday, Nov. 23
  • Bird Library, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 24
  • Bird Library, noon-8 p.m.
• Monday, Nov. 25
  • Bird Library, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
  • Carnegie Library, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Law Library, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • King + King Architecture Library, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Tuesday, Nov. 26
  • Bird Library, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
  • Carnegie Library, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Law Library, 8 a.m.-5 p.m
  • King + King Architecture Library, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 27
  • Bird Library, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
  • Carnegie Library, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Law Library, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 28-Friday, Nov. 29
  • No libraries open
• Saturday, Nov. 30
  • Bird Library, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Sunday, Dec. 1
  • Bird Library, opens at 10 a.m.
  • Carnegie Library, noon-8 p.m.

Department of Public Safety

The Department of Public Safety is available to the campus community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The department can be reached at 315.443.2224 or by dialing 711 from any campus phone.

This story was written by Student Experience communications intern Chloe Langerman 鈥�25, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

The Student Library Advisory Board is an opportunity for students to share their ideas, needs and feedback to improve the Libraries鈥� services, resources, spaces and programming. Members will participate in user experience activities during once-a-month Friday meetings and will serve as ambassadors for the Libraries among their peers. Members will also gain leadership and skill-building experience, including in areas of information literacy, communication, civic responsibility, research and creative thinking, while helping to improve the Libraries through fun and interactive engagement. Applicants can anticipate a commitment of approximately three hours per month. Current library student employees are ineligible to participate.

The Student Library Advisory Board is being supported, in part, through a collaboration with . Those with questions can contact Seyvion Scott at sscott17@syr.edu.

• First place ($1,500) was awarded to Celes Buffard 鈥�27 (School of Information Studies), founder of Return 2 Reality, an entertainment company focusing on a podcast for entrepreneurs around navigating and getting past the hurdles and challenges throughout the entrepreneurial journey.
• Second place ($1,000) was awarded to Olutosin (Tosin) Alabi G鈥�25 (Whitman School of Management), founder of Diabetech, a med-tech venture for a diabetic foot ulcer wearable.
• Two third-place prizes ($500 each) were awarded to Alie Savane 鈥�25 (College of Arts and Sciences), founder of Bete Kola, a health and wellness venture focusing on kola nut food and beverage products; and Mian Hamid 鈥�26 (School of Information Studies), founder of Chai YEAH, a beverage venture offering authentic Indian chai tea to the U.S. market.

Seyvion Scott

Seyvion Scott joined 黑料不打烊 Libraries this fall as the student engagement librarian in Learning and Academic Engagement. In this role, Scott will lead user experience and student engagement activities and provide reference, instruction and outreach services.

Prior to joining the Libraries, Scott served as the first-year experience librarian at Monroe Community College in Rochester and Medaille University Library in Buffalo.

Scott received her master’s degree in information science with a concentration in library and information services from the University at Albany (SUNY Albany) and her bachelor’s degree in African and African American Studies from the University of Rochester.

The collections include:

As the has observed in 鈥淎 Guide to Documenting Latino/Hispanic History and Culture in New York State,鈥� 鈥淗istorical information is inadequately represented in the documentation of broad areas of Hispanic culture, including the fine arts, popular music and dance forms, and folk and traditional arts.鈥� 听Information pertaining to Hispanic businesses as well as the social, political and religious organizations of the community is also limited, and the historical record has poorly reflected Latine experiences related to immigration, discrimination and access to services.

These nine digital collections will begin to remedy the documentation gap relating to the 黑料不打烊 Latine community, supporting further work and study in the fields of anthropology, sociology, art, history and Latine studies. La Casita maintains both its physical and digital objects and collections with support from the Libraries, the , the and in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, as well as from community partners including the , the and other colleges and educational institutions in the region.

鈥淭he collaboration between La Casita, 黑料不打烊 Libraries, CLRC and the NY Heritage Digital Collections is a wonderful, combined effort that benefits all parties and the greater community, ensuring that these important resources are preserved and discovered by scholars, researchers and community members,鈥� says Elisa Dekaney, associate provost for strategic initiatives.

听includes over 400,000 digitized books, manuscripts, maps, letters, photographs and memorabilia. New York Heritage provides access to stories spanning the history of New York, with contributions from over 430 libraries, museums, archives and other community organizations.

鈥淚t is very exciting to see one of La Casita鈥檚 long-term goals, to make our Cultural Memory Archive accessible online, finally become a reality,鈥� says Tere Paniagua 鈥�82, executive director of the University’s Office of Cultural Engagement for the Hispanic Community. 鈥淭his is a project developed by La Casita鈥檚 Bilingual Library, one that we have been working on for over a decade. Many graduate students from the University鈥檚 have contributed to the project, and now that the platform was created for these first nine collections, we welcome more students to take on the task of building new online collections.鈥�

D茅irdre Joyce, head of digital stewardship and the Digital Library, added that 鈥渢he Digital Library Program supports library, campus and community partnerships that find creative ways to publish and express their unique, local digital output to wider digital audiences. In this case, we were delighted to leverage the Libraries鈥� membership with CLRC on behalf of La Casita, thereby making this content–and听 and the stories of this diverse, 黑料不打烊 community鈥揵roadly discoverable in New York Heritage. We look forward to continuing this important collaboration.鈥�

This is the third time the workshop is being offered, thanks to generous support from the Libraries and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. Participants will receive a $500 stipend after successful completion. The workshop is limited to 10 faculty participants and by Dec. 15.

During the workshop, librarians will assist faculty in creating new or adapting existing assignments that will allow students to demonstrate their learning in a way that aligns with the ILTA rubric. The workshop is facilitated by Kelly Delevan, information literacy librarian, and John Stawarz, online learning librarian.

鈥淭his workshop was extremely helpful in getting me to re-think this assignment as well as other assignments in this course (and other classes). I plan to incorporate more components that emphasize critical reflection on processes of research and building skills in evaluation of research,鈥� says Christopher Hanson, associate professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Faculty are encouraged to apply if they currently teach a course that has been approved for an ILTA tag, are considering adding the ILTA tag to a course that they teach or are interested in designing or redesigning an assignment that will enable their students to meet the learning outcomes as described in the ILTA rubric.

During the workshop, participants will:

• Revise or create an assignment or learning activity that can be assessed using the ILTA rubric
• Discover learning strategies and pedagogies that enable students to demonstrate their information literacy skills
• Interact with faculty members from outside their discipline to build community
• Learn how the Libraries can support them in enhancing their assignments to incorporate diverse resources
• Share their new/revised assignments to a ILTA assignment repository maintained by the Libraries
• Share what they learned with faculty in their respective departments

鈥淭he guide Kelly and John created with the rubric and resources for the ILTA competency was the most helpful aspect. I was able to incorporate the appropriate language into my course assignment and resources that address the ‘inclusivity’ item on the rubric,鈥� says Sevin莽 T眉rkkan, assistant teaching professor of writing studies, rhetoric and composition in the College of Arts and Sciences.

For more information on the workshop, contact Delevan at kkdeleva@syr.edu.

黑料不打烊 Libraries is seeking feedback from campus users on new electronic resources for possible inclusion in its collections throughout November.

On-campus users are asked to visit the explore the resources under consideration and provide feedback via the embedded form on that page. Any insight on how well the proposed resource works, the quality and relevance of information contained within the resource and how it might be useful will be helpful in the Libraries鈥� evaluation. Access is limited to members of the 黑料不打烊 community and is offered in accordance with the .

Trial resources have been selected by librarians, with a focus on responding to user requests and bringing new types of tools and content to campus for review. This year鈥檚 trials include collections related to African history and culture, public health, social work, social justice, data science, foundational business skills and decolonizing research. Additional tools on trial allow for users to interact with content in new ways via Artificial Intelligence powered search and text and data analysis.

黑料不打烊 Libraries develops collections in a broad, interdisciplinary, and systematic way to support the teaching, research and creative needs of the campus. Our strategy focuses on three tracks:

• building a core collection through the acquisition of large e-resource packages in multiple disciplines;
• fostering a responsive collection through fulfilling direct requests from faculty and students; and
• curating a specialized collection through the expertise of our subject liaison librarians who work directly with users and anticipate the teaching and research needs of the university.

This approach allows the Libraries to meet individual needs and plan for future needs while building the overall collection.

To suggest a title to explore in the future, please contact your or use the form. For questions about the trial period, contact Anne Rauh, head of collections and research services.

All week:

• Sign your graduating class’s first-generation banner at the Intercultural Collective in the Schine Student Center. The banner will be displayed during graduation season. Participants can also get free first-generation stickers.
• A poster display, 鈥淓xploring the First-Generation 黑料不打烊 Experience,鈥� featuring campus community members, will be on exhibit on the first floor of Bird Library. Learn about the history of the first-generation identity in higher education, the diverse definitions of “first-generation” and inspiring profiles of current first-generation campus members. A library research guide will offer a wide array of books and resources by and for first-generation individuals, covering themes such as cultural education, memoirs, celebrations and wellness.

Monday, Nov. 4

• • A workshop on “Crafting Your Pitch” will be offered by Career Services and the Kessler Scholars Program from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Room 104 of the Tolley Humanities Building. The workshop is tailored to the needs of first-generation students, with a special emphasis on undergraduate students. Participants will discover, practice and leave with branding and elevator pitch techniques to support their career journeys.
  • “,” will be held from 4-6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library. A diverse panel of faculty, staff, students and alumni will share their unique experiences, challenges and advice in navigating college and the professional environments. The discussion and Q&A session will include how to gather support and resources,

Tuesday, Nov. 5

• The Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS), located on the lower level of Bird Library, will hold an open house from 3:30-5:30 p.m. for first-generation students to explore the variety of individual and group academic support services available.

Wednesday, Nov. 6

• Affinity and networking pop-up space for first-generation students, faculty and staff will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Intercultural Collective office in the Schine Student Center. Meet fellow first-generation peers, share your experiences, sign your class banner and enjoy some light refreshments while building a supportive community.
• “Thriving as a First-Generation Professional: Navigating the Workforce with Confidence,” a trauma-informed workshop designed to empower first-generation college students as they prepare to enter the professional workforce, will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. in 103 Huntington Hall. Participants will explore practical strategies for overcoming challenges unique to first-generation professionals, such as navigating workplace dynamics, developing self-advocacy and managing financial independence.

• A on “Building Your Professional Network” will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Learn how to unlock life-changing conversations, mentorships, internships and jobs. Connect with members of the vast Orange community. Open to all undergraduate students, regardless of school/college affiliation.

Thursday, Nov. 7

• An open house will be held in 208 Bowne Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for participants to learn about research, fellowship and other resources and opportunities available for first-generation students with the Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA), 黑料不打烊 Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (SOURCE), Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) and the Lender Center for Social Justice.

Friday, Nov. 8

• A First-Generation Resource Fair will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Jacquet Commons in Huntington Hall. The fair will feature information from听 SOURCE, 黑料不打烊 Abroad, Blackstone Launchpad, the McNair Scholars Program, the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation and more.
• A First-Generation Celebration featuring “Living Between Two Worlds” with Tianna Faye Soto will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the听Jacquet Commons in Huntington Hall. Soto will focus on empowering first-generation students to explore their identities, celebrate intersectionality and highlight the unique strength each person holds.

The National First-Generation College Celebration is celebrated annually on Nov. 8 to mark the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The act provides equal opportunity for those from low-income and minority backgrounds. The legislation created grants and loan programs, invested in higher education institutions and started the Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) to facilitate the academic success of first-generation college students.

First-Generation College Celebration Week events are made possible by the collaboration and generous contributions of multiple individuals, offices and units on campus that believe in elevating and celebrating our first-generation community of students, faculty and staff.

New Student Programs maintains the for those who self-identify as first-generation college students. The list serves a visual representation of faculty and staff dedication to helping current first-generation college students build their personal success networks and their eagerness to help grow a campus of support. Students are encouraged to connect with faculty and staff members who can share their personal journeys, insight and support throughout this unique student experience.

The six recipients are the following:

• Dominique Camp 鈥�24 (David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics), founder of clothing brand Camp Collective, will use the funds for the organization鈥檚 first collection inventory, photo shoot and mockup designs.
  

  Dominique Camp

• Olutosin (Tosin) Alabi G鈥�25 (Martin J. Whitman School of Management), founder of Diabetech, will use the grant to develop a proof-of-concept prototype for the smart sensor/bandage for diabetic foot ulcer monitoring.
• Aidan Turner 鈥�25 (School of Architecture), founder of clothing brand Grater Things, will use the grant for legal services, including project and membership agreements and privacy policy, as well as website development and product research expenses.
• Antonio (Tony) Goncalves 鈥�27 (College of Engineering and Computer Science), founder of fitness app GymIn, will be using the grant to incorporate and other legal business processes.
• Lars Jendruschewitz 鈥�27 (Whitman School and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications), founder of Photos by Lars, will use the funds for equipment.
• Ania Kapllani 鈥�25 (College of Visual and Performing Arts), founder of Sunset Music, will use the grant to register as an LLC and to create a logo and website.

Applications must specifically define the need with identified outcomes to be achieved within a set time. Initial money in the fund was provided by Jeffrey Rich L鈥�67, partner at Rich Michaelson Magaliff LLP, and a member of the 黑料不打烊 Libraries Advisory Board. Rich provided a multi-year pledge of $25,000 per year for five years from 2020 to 2025. 鈥淚 wanted to contribute in a way that directly supports student new ventures and removes any obstacles to startup development,鈥� Rich says.

John Olson and David Seaman with the award presented to the Libraries by the GPO.

The library鈥檚 website offers a variety of topical tabs on elections, the Constitution and more for users to explore government information. In addition, the website highlights when and how the public can access government information and who to contact for further assistance.

鈥淐ongratulations to 黑料不打烊 Libraries on its fantastic website, which makes it easy for hundreds of thousands of people in Central New York to access government information,鈥� says GPO Superintendent of Documents Scott Matheson. 鈥淥n behalf of everyone at GPO, we applaud 黑料不打烊 Libraries on helping GPO deliver on its vision of an America informed.鈥�

鈥満诹喜淮蜢� Libraries is proud to be a congressionally designated depository for U.S. government documents,鈥� says David Seaman, dean of 黑料不打烊 Libraries and University librarian. 鈥淚n fact, 黑料不打烊 Libraries is the second oldest depository library in New York State and has been a part of the Federal Depository Library Program for more than 140 years. We are extremely grateful to John Olson, our government and geo-information librarian, who developed the online research guide that makes it easy for users to find these important resources, and we are honored to be recognized as the Federal Depository Library Program website of the year.鈥�

The depository collections of 黑料不打烊 Libraries serve 23,000 students, staff and faculty of 黑料不打烊 as well as the 600,000 people in the central region of New York state. The Government Documents research guide has been viewed and used more than 4,000 times in the past 18 months, more than 220 times per month.

Phloat co-founders Nathan Thor Brekke 鈥�26 (left) and Malak Aljerari 鈥�27 (right) with LaunchPad program manager J Wess (middle)

黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥� Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) hosted its annual 鈥機use Tank entrepreneurial competition on Friday, Sept. 27, during Family Weekend in Bird Library. More than 35 student entrepreneur teams from various schools and colleges across campus participated in a 鈥淪hark-Tank鈥� style business pitch to win $20,000 in cash prizes. The panel of judges consisted of University parents and affiliated family members. The judges selected two first-place teams, which each won $10,000 and two honorable mention runners-up:

• Iconnic.Cloud, founded by Waqar Hussain, G鈥�25 (Martin J. Whitman School of Management), won first place for the second year in a row. Iconnic.Cloud is a fully managed cloud hosting platform, engineered with proprietary software, that crafts tailored hosting solutions.
  

  Iconnic.Cloud founder by Waqar Hussain G鈥�25 (left) with LaunchPad program manager J Wess

• Phloat, founded by College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) students who participated in the 2024 Invent@SU program, Elijah Alexander 鈥�27, Joshua John Varkey 鈥�26, Malak Aljerari 鈥�27 and Nathan Thor Brekke 鈥�26, also tied for first place. Phloat is a phone case that has a super compact, deployable flotation feature that triggers in the event of a phone falling and sinking into deep water.
• Gym-In, another startup from Invent@SU and founded by ECS students Alexander Hamza 鈥�26, Antonio Goncalves 鈥�27, Jack Friedman 鈥�27 and Armani Isonguyo 鈥�25 tied for runner-up. Their invention provides gym users with an app to determine how full a gym is and what machines are being used in live time.
• Papa Box, co-founded by Aleks Djordjevic G鈥�25 (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs) and Amos Kiplimo Bungei G鈥�25 (College of Engineering and Computer Science) was also tied for runner-up. The company aims to provide and scale a battery-charging infrastructure through its interoperable PAPA Boxes swapping stations in transportation hot zones in Kenya.

This year鈥檚 group of “family” judges included:

• Todd Arky, executive vice president, Sharebite and co-founder/CEO of TipOff Sports
• Anthony Campagiorni 鈥�91, vice president, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Company
• Melinda Dermody, associate dean of academic success, 黑料不打烊 Libraries
• Melissa Gwilt 鈥�15, G鈥�22, director of budget and administration, 黑料不打烊 Libraries
• Corey Lieblein 鈥�93 , CEO of CP8 Capital
• Ajay Nagpal, president and COO Millenium
• Alice Villafana, retired
• Tonya Villafana, global franchise head, research and development, for Astra-Zeneca
• Mark Wassersug, former COO Intercontinental Exchange

Nearly 100 people registered to watch the competition, many of whom were attendees of Coming Back Together, the Black and Latine triennial alumni reunion on campus.

Student winners of 2024 Ideas Fest include:

• Olutosin (Tosin) Alabi G鈥�25 (Martin J. Whitman School of Management)
• Nathan Thor Brekke 鈥�26 (College of Engineering and Computer Science)
• Nicolas Philippe Courbage 鈥�26 (Whitman School)
• Mario Antonio Escobar Jr. 鈥�26 (Whitman School)
• Aphrodite Ruby Gioulekas 鈥�25 (College of Visual and Performing Arts)
• Ania Kapllani 鈥�25 (College of Visual and Performing Arts)
• Sandy Lin 鈥�25 (College of Engineering and Computer Science)
• Omar Mohammed 鈥�27 (College of Engineering and Computer Science)
• Clara Dorothy Gienapp Olson 鈥�25 (S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications)
• Emeka Christopher Ossai G鈥�25 (Whitman School)
• Elizabeth E Paulin 鈥�24 (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs)
• Briana Alexis Salas 鈥�27 (Newhouse School)
• Avery Byrd Shelley G鈥�25 (Newhouse School)
• Olivia Venezia Simons 鈥�26 (Newhouse School and Whitman School)

Ideas Fest judges included subject matter experts, many of whom were SU alumni:

• Jacqueline P. Grant 鈥�84, founder and CEO of The Management Academy, LLC and TrainTheTrades, LLC. Grant generously donated five marketing packages from The Management Academy and TrainTheTrades companies to winning student teams;
• Shade Akande, founder and CEO at OneX League;
• Joe Brooks 鈥�87, retired senior banking executive with over 25 years of experience leading sales and service teams at JP Morgan Chase Bank;
• Gina N. Brown 鈥�89, co-founder of myBKlife, a successful “hip” streetwear and lifestyle clothing brand;
• Simone Brown, CBT guest and registered nurse;
• Tyrin Fernandes 鈥�20, food entrepreneur;
• Cristina Hatem 鈥�92, director of strategic planning, marketing and communications at 黑料不打烊 Libraries;
• Natalie Hewitt 鈥�84, an independent human resources consultant;
• Kyra A. James 鈥�07, professional food educator, certified cheese professional, and former 黑料不打烊 track and field captain and student-athlete president;
• Erika L. Morant 鈥�07, Washington, D.C. area-based project management professional;
• Cydavia Patterson, specialist in cultural competency, content creation and community curation;
• Shamieka Preston 鈥�97, lead business execution consultant and vice president at Wells Fargo;
• Monica Randolph, senior director of merchandising for Barnes & Noble;
• Danielle Shavonne Reed 鈥�98, bilingual event planner, entrepreneur and publicist; and
• Kate Washington 鈥�75, managing partner of Enterprise Solutions International (ESI), a consulting firm that focuses on small and mid-cap business growth.

In addition, Frank Iannella 鈥�92 (College of Arts and Sciences) and Karen (Putney) Iannella 鈥�92 (College of Arts and Sciences and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications) of Danbury, Connecticut, recently joined the Libraries Advisory Board. Frank is chief information officer and senior vice president of digital and technology at Heineken USA. Karen recently retired as vice president, US communications and patient affairs, with Boehringer Ingelheim.

Advisory board co-chairs

Adam is a general partner with Fortify.vc, a venture capital company funding early-stage technology. He also founded concept2creation, LLC, a branding solution company. While at 黑料不打烊, Adam was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Adam ’96 and Amy Fazackerley

Amy graduated from Denison University and holds a master鈥檚 of business administration degree from Johns Hopkins University, in addition to a certificate in entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial and small operations from Babson College’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business. In her role with Lay-n-Go, Amy has been qualified as a guest host for QVC and has appeared on Good Morning America, Fox and Friends and 鈥淵our Business鈥� Elevator Pitch on MSNBC. In 2021, she was named an Enterprising Woman of the Year by Enterprising Women magazine.

鈥淲hen we asked 黑料不打烊 how we could help, we never thought our journey would have started in Bird Library. From our initial interactions with students from the Blackstone LaunchPad and the leadership at 黑料不打烊 Libraries, we knew we found a home,” the couple says. “Young entrepreneurs from every school within the University were collaborating with the resources necessary to develop their ideas. Supporting the Blackstone LaunchPad and its community at 黑料不打烊 is our way of nurturing the next generation of innovators, creators and entrepreneurs. By mentoring students, acting as a sounding board and investing in program development, we are committed to shaping the future of the library and empowering future leaders. The next decade will redefine what a library can be, and we are excited to see 黑料不打烊 lead this global transformation.鈥�

The Fazackerleys are assuming this leadership role with the Libraries Advisory Board from University Life Trustee Judith Mower 鈥�66, G鈥�73, G鈥�80, G鈥�84, who has served on the Libraries Advisory Board since 2007, when it was started, and as chair of the board since 2015. She will remain a valued member of the Libraries Advisory Board.

鈥淚 am eternally grateful for Judy Mower鈥檚 leadership and expertise,鈥� says David Seaman, dean of libraries and University Librarian. 鈥淛udy was at the helm of the Libraries Advisory Board when I was appointed to my role, providing immense counsel, support and advocacy to me and the broad organization. Through her direction and example, the Libraries has excelled. And we appreciate that she will remain an active member of our board.鈥�

鈥淚 am so excited to welcome Adam and Amy as our new co-chairs. They have proven to be dedicated and passionate about continuing to support the Libraries鈥� growth, from their enthusiasm around mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs in the Blackstone LaunchPad, to promoting and supporting the Libraries initiatives around technology, marketing and the multitude of other ways we convene, collaborate, connect and celebrate with our campus and global communities,” says Seaman. “With our strong Libraries Advisory Board, I am confident that we will continue to grow and prosper, leading the way for a 21st century R-1 research institution.鈥�

New board members

Frank and Karen (Putney) Iannella

In his role at Heineken USA, Frank is responsible for enabling digital capabilities in support of the company鈥檚 overall business strategy and direction, leveraging the full spectrum of technology services from operational support to digital products. Previously, Frank served as chief information officer at Freshpet, where he led digital transformation efforts within the supply chain. Throughout most of his career he held executive positions at PepsiCo, gaining extensive global experience in driving business results through technology. While a student, Frank was a founding member of the Italian Club at 黑料不打烊.

Karen retired in 2023 after a 25-year career at Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world鈥檚 leading research-driven pharmaceutical companies. While employed at Boehringer Ingelheim, she served in various roles in marketing, business development and ultimately led the U.S. communications function. Additionally, Karen held the role of president of the BI Cares Foundation. Karen was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, WJPZ, the Student Alumni Association and was recognized as a 1991-1992 Remembrance Scholar.

鈥淲e are honored to join the 黑料不打烊 Libraries Advisory Board and give back to an institution that shaped so much of who we are today,鈥� says Frank. 鈥淭he Libraries are at the heart of the University’s academic mission, and we look forward to contributing to its growth and innovation in meaningful ways.鈥�

鈥満诹喜淮蜢� has always been a special place for us, not only because it鈥檚 where we met, but because of the strong foundation it gave us both personally and professionally,鈥� says Karen. 鈥淲e are excited to be part of the Libraries鈥� future, supporting its role in fostering collaboration, intellectual curiosity and community.鈥�

鈥淚 am excited that our Libraries Advisory Board is expanding to include two new alumni members, Frank and Karen Iannella, who I know will be excellent new colleagues. They met at 黑料不打烊 and are keen to support the Libraries鈥� strategic initiatives,鈥� Seaman says. 鈥淚ndividually, they each bring a wealth of experience and knowledge that will benefit the Libraries. We are grateful that together they will be supporting the Libraries鈥� ability to convene, collaborate, connect and celebrate.鈥�

is a prestigious annual global competition that challenges student entrepreneurs to address the world鈥檚 most pressing social issues through innovative startups, aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Each year, students from over 120 countries participate, with finalists pitching their solutions to a panel of experts for a chance to win $1 million in funding to bring their idea to life, driving positive global change through social enterprise. Teams can choose the problem they want to solve and develop a business solution to tackle it,

Aditee Malviya will serve as the 黑料不打烊 campus director for the 2024-2025 Hult Prize competition.

As campus director, Malviya will organize the local campus qualifier competition on campus. Winners from the campus qualifiers advance to national competitions, followed by a digital incubator for further refinement. The best teams then join the global accelerator in London, with the top six startups competing in the global finals for the grand prize.

Malviya鈥檚 background is in web development, backend systems and process automation. Her work as a research assistant has led to improvements in data management and real-time analysis for financial research projects, while her role as an innovation nentor in the LaunchPad has helped guide numerous student startups to success. She has also served as the comptroller of the Graduate Student Organization at 黑料不打烊, managing significant financial responsibilities.

黑料不打烊鈥檚 Hult Prize campus qualifier will be held on Feb. 21 in the LaunchPad in Bird Library. Last year鈥檚 Hult Prize campus qualifier competition winner was Moody Magazine, founded by Emma Leuders 鈥�24 and Jennie Bull 鈥�24.

Traci Geisler

, director of (LaunchPad), presented a keynote address and served as an entrepreneurship competition judge at the first-ever Kenya-USA Global Launchpad Initiative (KUGLi) Innovation Summit, held at Kibabii University in Bungoma, Kenya, Aug. 15-16. The KUGLi Summit was the culmination of a technology innovation and entrepreneurship program focused on fostering multi-national ventures among science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) students to address global issues through entrepreneurship and creative opportunities.

The program was started in Winter 2023 by Churchill Saoke with support from the U.S. Embassy to promote entrepreneurialism and facilitate partnerships between Kenyan universities and 黑料不打烊. Throughout the Winter and Spring 2024, 131 students from Kenya and the United States participated in virtual and hybrid training sessions to identify unexploited areas for micro-multinational ventures using STEAM-focused solutions. 黑料不打烊 student entrepreneurs in the LaunchPad partnered with Kenyan student entrepreneurs to advance several Kenyan student ventures. The Kenyan entrepreneurs were also invited to participate in virtual support and services from 黑料不打烊鈥檚 LaunchPad, including one-on-one advisory sessions with Traci Geisler, participation in LaunchPad workshops and presentations, and entrepreneurship ideation classes offered by , professor of entrepreneurship in the School of Information Studies.

The culmination of that budding partnership resulted in the invitation to Geisler to deliver a keynote speech, at the Summit in Kenya, to student entrepreneurs from five Kenyan universities. The Summit was also attended by Drew Giblin, the USA cultural attach茅 in Nairobi; Bungoma County Deputy Governor Jannipher Mbatiany; university officials and faculty from Kabibii University, JKUAT University and Great Lakes University of Kisumu; and other business leaders. Geisler spoke to the entrepreneurs about how to avoid and address cash flow problems, market misalignment, and team communication challenges during the initial growth phase of a startup. Geisler and other Kenyan subject matter experts also participated in the judging panel for the 14 student teams鈥� business pitches.

鈥淭he project is an intensive experience training of U.S. and Kenyan university students to develop micro-multinational ventures that employ entrepreneurial solutions to address and resolve global issues,鈥� said Saoke.

The students鈥� business venture ideas addressed social impact initiatives and 鈥渨icked鈥� problems, such as infant malnutrition, financial illiteracy, plastic pollution, water scarcity, inadequate markets for local produce, teen pregnancy, food insecurity and crime, among others.

Group photo of KUGLi Innovation Summit participants, including Traci Geisler, at Kibabii University in Bungoma, Kenya on Aug. 16.

is an innovative, interdisciplinary initiative at 黑料不打烊 focused on inclusive entrepreneurship, design and community. It is a partnership between 黑料不打烊 Libraries, the School of Design and , a program of the听. Intelligence ++ is supported through a generous donation by Gianfranco Zaccai 鈥�70 H鈥�09 and the听.

Trey Augliano

Augliano is the founder of Flamingo Brands, a global e-commerce company. During the past academic year, he served as an Orange Innovation Scholar for 黑料不打烊 Libraries and worked with the and as a tech commercialization specialist. Augliano was a member of the student steering committee for the inaugural program. He previously interned as an angel investment portfolio manager at Shaw Harbor Holdings, a private equity and asset management firm, where he worked alongside the founder and CEO.

As the Intelligence ++ Innovation Scholar, Augliano will assist with , a funding program to help students across campus commercialize products, services and technologies that support people with intellectual disability or who are neurodivergent. The Intelligence ++ Scholar serves as a peer mentor to students from across all disciplines and academic units to help bring their ideas to life and engages with SU alumni who are innovators in this field who can serve as subject matter experts.

• Bird Library
  • Lower level to second floor:
    • Monday through Thursday: 24 hours
    • Friday: Closes at 10 p.m.
    • Saturday: Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    • Sunday: Reopens at 10 a.m.
  • Floors three to five:
    • Monday through Thursday: 8 a.m. to midnight
    • Friday: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    • Saturday: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    • Sunday: 10 a.m. to midnight
  • Sixth floor, including Special Collections Research Center:
    • Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours on Wednesdays to 7 p.m.
• Carnegie Library
  • Monday through Thursday: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  • Friday: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Saturday and Sunday: 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• King + King Architecture Library
  • Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  • Friday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Sunday: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• College of Law Library
  • Monday through Thursday: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Saturday and Sunday: Closed

The Libraries is participating in several Welcome Week activities as students return to campus, including:

• Family Lounge outside of Bird Library (Einhorn Walk side) and Carnegie Library (Shaw Quadrangle entrance) on Wednesday, Aug. 21, and Thursday, Aug. 22, from 12 to 4 p.m. each day. Students, their families and supporters are invited to take a break from moving into the residence halls to learn about the Libraries. Snacks and beverages will be provided, as well as Libraries information. Library tours will be available by request.

• Welcome Fest in Bird Library鈥檚 First Floor on Thursday, Aug. 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All students are invited to attend this open house-style event with tables highlighting the many offerings of the Libraries, several partners and other campus departments. Students can stop by to participate in raffles, snacks and a 鈥減assport鈥� activity encouraging participants to visit all tables.

黑料不打烊 Libraries has selected four students as the 2024-25 Orange Innovation Scholars. This prestigious recognition highlights their dedication to innovation and entrepreneurship. These four students exemplify the spirit of innovation and leadership that the Orange Innovation Scholars program seeks to promote. The four Orange Innovation Scholars are:

• Ava Lubkemann 鈥�27 (College of Engineering and Computer Science) is studying environmental engineering with a passion for sustainable construction, design and entrepreneurship. She founded “Sustainable Concepts,” a business that sells upcycled clothing to support environmentally conscious organizations. Additionally, Lubkemann volunteers with STEM Explorer, helping local middle-school students engage in hands-on STEM learning. At 黑料不打烊, she has been a researcher at the Dynamic Sustainability Lab, focusing on carbon capture sequestration. Lubkemann is a recent graduate of the summer accelerator program.
• Jair Espinoza 鈥�25 (College of Engineering and Computer Science) is actively involved in several student organizations, including the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, the Mexican Student Association, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity and the 黑料不打烊 Men’s Gymnastic Club. Espinoza brings a wealth of experience in organizing large-scale events, securing funding and promoting cultural understanding. As a software developer, his experiences have provided him with valuable insight in full stack development, artificial intelligence and mobile app development. He is a recent graduate of the summer accelerator program.
• Aidan Turner 鈥�25 (School of Architecture), a fifth-year architecture student, is also completing a minor in real estate from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. He is a licensed real estate salesperson in Massachusetts. Turner has been recognized as 黑料不打烊 Student Entrepreneur of the Year in both 2022 and 2024. He is the CEO and founder of Grater Things Threads, a premium garment design and supply company dedicated to crafting bespoke, sustainable garments with meaningful designs.
• Thomas O鈥橞rien 鈥�25 (College of Visual and Performing Arts) is an entrepreneur who combines the art of filmmaking with business and marketing. With experience in audience development for music artists and actors combined, O’Brien looks to revolutionize how narrative filmmaking is produced, shared and consumed in the new digital age. His work across all practices has generated millions of views on several social media platforms. He is an Invest in Success Scholar, a member of the ‘CUSE50 steering committee (where he was emcee for last fall鈥檚 gala) and a speaker at the ‘CUSE50 student summit.

Orange Innovation Scholars support commercialization programs offered through 黑料不打烊 Libraries, including the and the , along with Universitywide entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives such as . They will engage University faculty, post doctorates and Ph.D. students, graduate and undergraduate students engaged in research, technology commercialization, venture development, innovation and entrepreneurship. Orange Innovation Scholars will also engage with SU alumni who are founders and leaders at top innovation companies. Orange Innovation Scholars work across all disciplines and academic units to build a pipeline of innovation and tell success stories.

The students were part of the Significant Disabilities: Shifts in Paradigms and Practices (SPE 644) course taught by , associate professor in the School of Education, who was the Libraries鈥� 2023-24 Special Collections Research Center .

The students presented their findings at a public showcase in spring 2024 and their work is available online as a digital exhibition. 鈥溾€� explores disability as a cultural construction by examining historical developments in special and inclusive education, as well as the development and later closures of institutions and asylums for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The archives鈥攁nd exhibit鈥攕how details of how Americans in past decades regarded disability, including information about eugenics (the selective breeding of humans) as the basis for institutionalization; letters exchanged between institutions and individuals about certain individuals and situations; and striking images collected by those who advocated for disabled individuals and disability rights.

Graduate students held a public showcase last spring describing their research and capping their course, “Significant Disabilities: Shifts in Paradigms and Practices.” From left are Associate Professor Julia White and students Neil Boedicker, Kayla Cornelius and Raquell Carpenter. (Photo by Martin Walls)

White says the primary source materials provided the students with particularly rich and informative records, in part due to 黑料不打烊鈥檚 long history as a vanguard for disabled individuals and a leader in inclusive education and disability rights. Today, the Center on Disability and Inclusion continues the legacy of the , founded in 1971 by Dean Burton Blatt, a groundbreaking disability rights scholar. Blatt and other individuals at the University were involved in disability rights lawsuits during the 1970s and developed language surrounding the creation of special education law. All of that history鈥攁nd dozens of associated original documents and artifacts鈥攁re preserved for viewing and research.

Julia White

鈥淲e at 黑料不打烊 have really reconceptualized how to think about people with disabilities, especially intellectual disabilities. The University is known for its forefront advocacy on inclusive education and all that work is evident in the archives,鈥� White says. 鈥淭here are so many things to investigate and so many lessons we can get from this; it鈥檚 a gold mine waiting to be explored.鈥�

A former special education teacher, White now researches national and international special education policy and inclusive education as a human right. But she 鈥渨as always interested in how law and policies could be applied to different people under different circumstances. I noticed how some students could be placed in segregated or self-contained classrooms while others were in resource rooms and were more integrated. Very little was different about their learning profiles other than their race or socioeconomic profile. I wondered why, if some students had more significant disabilities, they were held to very few or no academic standards.鈥�

Based on her experience as both a doctoral student and a teacher, White says, 鈥淚 had a pretty strong sense of the racial and economic injustice inherent in U.S. society and always considered inclusive education a civil rights issue.鈥� Yet it was her experience in a Fulbright teacher exchange program in the Slovak Republic and later work for the Landmine Survivors Network for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, that cemented her perspective of inclusive education as a broader human rights issue.

Cover of “.” (Photo: Special Collections Research Center, 黑料不打烊 Libraries)

‘Fantastic’ SCRC Process

The time she spent examining materials and working with staff at SCRC 鈥渨as a fantastic process all around,鈥� White says. 鈥淪ometimes, an artifact had very little to do with what I was interested in鈥敽诹喜淮蜢肉€檚 role in deinstitutionalization, inclusive education and disability activism鈥攂ut there were many听 鈥榓ha鈥� moments that sent me down rabbit holes and that was a lot of fun. The discovery of so many amazing contributions of folks affiliated with the University was the best part of this fellowship. And the staff were phenomenal; they had great insights. I came into this knowing little about archival work and hadn鈥檛 done any myself, but they were so gracious and so helpful.鈥�

SCRC staff were also readily available to the , discussing their readings, helping them categorize materials and offering advice on how to formulate the exhibit, White says. , instruction and education librarian, was involved with the class almost every time they met. , humanities librarian and digital and open scholarship lead, helped them create the digital exhibit.

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The experience of using primary source documents and finding so much relevant information to work with was gratifying for the students, two of the class members say.

Sierra Eastman 鈥�20, G鈥�25 teaches math to seventh- and eighth-grade students in the 黑料不打烊 City School District. Her review of archive materials helped her gain a better understanding of the perspectives of people with disabilities, Eastman says. 鈥淚 have students with various disabilities in my classes and I wanted to get an understanding of them that I didn鈥檛 have as an able-bodied person. We tried to put ourselves in their shoes and see how we could make sense of how this [institutionalism] happened, how they were personally impacted and the larger societal reasons that it occurred.鈥�

A 鈥淔ight Handicapism鈥� poster provides a historic perspective about the word鈥檚 definition. (Photo: , Special Collections Research Center, 黑料不打烊 Libraries)

Kionna Morrison G鈥�24 is an algebraic reasoning teacher in the 黑料不打烊 City School District who completes the inclusive special education (grades 7-12) program this month as a scholar. She wanted to understand the experiences that people of color, especially Black children, had in institutions for the intellectually disabled. 鈥淚 could see how disability, institutionalization and racism can be traced to the pre-Civil War and Reconstruction eras. I gained insight on how certain bodies have been consistently institutionalized.听Now, I want to continue to learn about the intersectionality between race and special education and how people from multiple marginalized communities navigate their experiences with disability,鈥� she says.

White believes there has been a significant change in the public鈥檚 views on disability, and particularly on intellectual disability, in recent years. 鈥淭he U.S. has much farther to go in terms of changing society鈥檚 perception of disability, intellectual disability and breaking down barriers for any group of marginalized people,鈥� she says. 鈥淲e need to recognize how far we鈥檝e come in changing attitudes in society, making places accessible, and providing higher education opportunities for disabled people, such as 黑料不打烊鈥檚 program. That鈥檚 a good start to thinking differently. Although attitudes are something that we still have to change, the civil and human rights of people with intellectual disabilities are routinely denied in the U.S. and worldwide, and I hope that this project helps shed some light on the history of the continuing fight for disability rights.鈥�

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