Louie Ortiz-Fonseca discussed the importance of building community through individual experiences during a lecture Wednesday evening. Ortiz-Fonseca, an advocate for LGBTQ rights, is best known for his project, The Gran Varones, which uses multiple social media platforms to allow members of the LGBTQ community to share their personal coming out stories and other experiences. Ortiz-Fonseca...Read More
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that Syracuse University will receive a federal Student Support Services (SSS) grant of $2,059,465 over five years to help more students succeed in and graduate from college. SSS at Syracuse University is one of the longest running SSS programs in the country and has been in existence since...Read More
Kenyona Chaney ’20 was attracted to Syracuse University from her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, by the top-ranked S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. In her four years, the aspiring public relations professional has made the most of her education, securing high-level internships to gain real-world professional experience. Click here to read the rest of Kenyona...Read More
Brothers Promote Pipeline for Bringing Underrepresented Students Into Their Professions When he set out to become a surgeon, Gezzer Ortega imagined helping patients, one procedure at a time. Today, Ortega is definitely helping patients, but on a much larger scale. Click here to read the rest of Gezzer Ortega and Oswaldo Ortego’s Alumni Profile (pages...Read More
Healthy Skin, Healthy Lives As a native of the Caribbean, Benardett Jno-Finn found that her most difficult transition coming to Syracuse University as an undergraduate was acclimating her skin to the harsh Syracuse winters. “I had extreme issues with dry patches on my face and arms,” she recalls. “At the same time, I had to...Read More
On May 10, Alexis Miranda ’20 was celebrating her Syracuse University graduation with a degree in film from the College of Visual and Performing Arts and making plans for her future. She had just signed a lease for a new apartment in Syracuse and was planning to transition to full-time employment at University College, where...Read More
LaTisha Habersham ’11 was recently honored for her commitment to education with Excellence in Education Awards from Success Academy charter school network in New York City. A community relations coordinator at Success Academy Harlem 1, Habersham also earned an Excellence Award for ETHOS. Habersham organizes school events, including class field trips and Black History month celebrations,...Read More
Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2020-21 Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships, now in their 31st year, were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Those students,...Read More
