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Senior Profile: Katie Piston ’22 Solves Biomedical Engineering Challenges
Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Katie Piston didn’t imagine herself looking to settle down in Central New York. After earning an undergraduate degree from Purdue University in biomedical engineering, Piston landed a job with Indiana-based medical technology company Zimmer…
Office of Veteran and Military Affairs Announces Spring 2022 Military-Connected Scholarship Recipients
The Office of Veterans and Military Affairs (OVMA) is pleased to announce the following awardees of military-connected student spring 2022 scholarships. These awards provide meaningful financial assistance to military-connected students as part of the University’s commitment to being the best…
IVMF Digital Library Launched
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Libraries and the School of Information Studies (iSchool) partnered to create and launch the IVMF Digital Library at divmflibrary.syr.edu. It includes IVMF-authored publications and research, as well as…
Sean Branagan Awarded Fulbright Specialist Grant for Estonia Digital Media Innovation Project
What’s next in the digital media entrepreneurship space? Answers to that question are what Sean Branagan ’80, director of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship and an adjunct faculty member in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, hopes to…
Campus Community Invited to the 2022 Student Veteran Commencement Ceremony and Army and Air Force ROTC Commissioning Celebration
Time-honored traditions at the end of each spring semester, the annual student veteran ceremony and the ROTC commissioning celebration will take place on Friday, May 13. Both events are open to the public to enjoy the pomp and circumstance of…
University Senior Leaders Earn Central New York Recognition for Serving Veterans
J. Michael Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and founder and executive director of the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), and Maureen Casey, IVMF’s chief operating officer, each recently received awards recognizing their leadership and…
Annual Chancellor’s Review Ceremony Returns to In-Person Pageantry
For the past two years, the University’s ROTC cadets have had to celebrate their accomplishments and receive their scholarship awards virtually. Due to the COVID pandemic, the annual Pass in Review event where cadets perform drill and ceremony in formation…
‘The Possibility of Yes’: Jennifer Pluta Helps Student Veterans and Military Service Members Thrive
Jennifer Pluta G’15 has exactly the right mix of experience for her work at as the director of Veteran Career Services. A native of the Binghamton, New York area, Pluta has served in the Army Reserve for 23 years, where…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Honors NCAA Division I Winningest Basketball Coach on Final Trip to the Stadium, Recognizes Fiserv CEO for Commitment to the University
It was a busy weekend filled with anticipation as ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ welcomed top-ranked Duke University for another historic rival matchup, along with some special pregame activities this time around. The game was the last time that Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski would coach…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Ranked Among the Nation’s Best Online Bachelor’s Programs by U.S. News & World Report
In only its second year of eligibility, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has ranked as one of the top universities in the nation when it comes to online undergraduate education, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Online Programs rankings. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ…