Category: Feature Story
Innovative Student Group Designs Inclusive Clothing for Neurodivergent Community
Carolyn Fernandes ’25 remembers walking out of an interview for a design internship that she ended up not getting. She wondered if fidgeting with her nails—a common, repetitive expression of...Read More
Neal Powless G’08 Inducted Into American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame
You could say that lacrosse is in Neal Powless’s blood. Powless G’08, the University ombuds, is a school counseling master’s program alum and a member of the Onondaga Nation Eel...Read More
Lab THRIVE: Advancing Student Mental Health and Resilience
Lab THRIVE, short for The Health and Resilience Interdisciplinary collaboratiVE, is making significant strides in collegiate mental health research. Launched by an interdisciplinary Syracuse University team in 2023, the lab...Read More
A Toolkit and a Mindset: The Impact of Intelligence++
The Intelligence++ program is an innovative, interdisciplinary initiative among Syracuse University Libraries, the Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education’s InclusiveU, which is housed in the School of Education, and the...Read More
Rebecca (Luyao) Kang ’23: Past, Present, and Future
A 2023 Selected Studies in Education (SSE) and Sociology double major, Rebecca (Luyao) Kang ‘23 is currently studying for an Education Policy master’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania. During...Read More
InclusiveU’s Peer2Peer Program: Together We Learn, Together We Thrive
Between a frigid polar plunge in Oneida Lake, girl-powered workout sessions with Girl Gains and late nights at Orange After Dark, Syracuse University InclusiveU student Michaela Skye Mazur ’28 is...Read More
SOURCE Enables School of Education Undergraduates to Research, Explore Profession
Through a Syracuse University funded research project, undergraduate School of Education (SOE) seniors Denaysha Macklin ’25 and Emma Wareing ’25 are continuing research to investigate barriers women of color face...Read More
Five Questions for Michele Haiken ’96
Michele Haiken ’96 graduated from Syracuse University in 1996 with a B.A. in English Education and Women’s Studies. She later earned her Ed.M. and Ed.D. in English Education at Teachers...Read More
Shedding Light on Inequities: Professor Heather Lavender Discusses STEM Ed and Building a High-Tech Workforce
As Central New York gears up as an advanced manufacturing hub, local and state government, development organizations, educators, unions, and tech companies are collaborating on plans to educate and train...Read More
“Lasting Impact”: Sergeants Major on Giving Back Through Instructional Design
In January 2025, Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation professors Moon-Heum Cho and Rob Pusch visited the latest cohort of students in the IDDE Fellowship Program. The program is offered by...Read More