Dear Orange Friends,
This week, Syracuse University reached a new milestone in faculty achievement. Eight of our professors earned a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award in 2022. This represents the largest number of NSF CAREER awards earned in a single year by our faculty.
Dear Orange Friends,
Last week, for the first time in Syracuse University history, three of our students were selected to receive the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship in a single year. They are Cordiana Cozier ’23, a chemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S); Matthew Cufari ’23, a double major in physics in A&S and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science; and Ellen Jorgensen ’23, a double major in Earth sciences in A&S and environment, sustainability and policy in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Dear Orange Friends,
On Saturday, the Syracuse women’s hockey team won the College Hockey America (CHA) league championship in front of a sold-out crowd at Tennity Ice Pavilion. For the first time ever, the Orange won both the regular season and CHA titles. This team is used to making history. In January, they won the program’s 200th game. Later this month they head to the NCAA tournament for the second time since the team’s inaugural season in 2008.
Dear Orange Friends,
Today is the national observance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. It’s a day when the Syracuse University community traditionally comes together to reflect on his life and legacy. This year, because of the pandemic, the University will hold a virtual event on Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. ET, featuring civil rights activist Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of Dr. King.
Dear Orange Friends:
On this first official day of winter, I am grateful for the blessings that have revealed themselves over the past semester. There are a lot of them, some obvious, others less so.
Dear Orange Friends,
In what has been a tough year for so many in our Orange community, I have learned to treasure small everyday graces, and not to take them for granted. One of those graces for me has been a smile, wave and friendly greeting as I pass the booth entering campus from South Crouse Avenue. Inside that booth is Ed Rother, who has been showing kindness to visitors to Syracuse University for many years.
Dear Orange Friends:
Today, Syracuse University celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It’s an opportunity to honor and recognize the history, culture, values and continued contributions of Indigenous peoples. This day inspires our acknowledgement of ancestral lands.
Dear Orange Friends:
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and aboard Flight 93. Some of our students weren’t yet born on Sept. 11, 2001. Many are too young to remember how that day changed how we viewed ourselves, our country and our world. As I do, others will always remember exactly where they were when the attacks happened. I remember watching the towers fall. I remember the fear, the anger and the grief.
Dear Orange Friends:
In July I spent a lot of time on the road and in airports, and a lot of time talking with Syracuse folks from all over. Two things have impressed me from this experience: First, it is going to be a fairly long time before we really come out of COVID and all the things it has changed for us as a community. And second, by and large, people at Syracuse were amazing in how they coped and kept going throughout the past 18 months.
