Category: SOE in the Community
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
Human Rights Expert James Waller to Offer 2025 Atrocity Studies Lecture, Genocide Prevention Workshop
At the 2025 Atrocity Studies Lecture—presented by the Syracuse University School of Education’s minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice—human rights expert James Waller will explore “Becoming...Read More
Caring Gene Program Offers Financial Support to NYS Residents Seeking a M.S.W. Degree or M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Syracuse University
Syracuse University has entered a partnership with the Caring Gene® Career Pathways Training Program (CPT) to address healthcare workforce shortages in the hardest-hit areas of New York State, reduce barriers...Read More
InclusiveU Talks About Sex, Consent, Healthy Relationships, and More
Many high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are excluded from schools’ sex education curriculum. Receiving little to no guidance on healthy relationships, consent, self-pleasure, and how to...Read More
Carl Sanfilippo ’77: A Legendary Coach Retires, And Looks for His Next Big Play
After serving nearly five decades, legendary Central New York high school football coach Carl Sanfilippo ’77announced his retirement at the end of 2024. But despite hanging up his whistle, he...Read More
Science Beyond the Lab: Master’s Program Helps Mary Hillebrand G’23 Find Her Calling
As an undergraduate student, Mary Hillebrand G’23 ran into a problem that threatened to derail her career plans. But thanks to the M.S. in science education (grades 7-12) program at...Read More
Taishoff Center’s National Conference on Inclusive Higher Education Brings Record Number of Attendees to North Carolina
Across October 29-30, the Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education—part of the Syracuse University School of Education’s Center on Disability and Inclusion—held the State of the Art (SOTA)...Read More
“Very Much Needed”: Indigenous Educators Discuss School of Education’s New Indigenous Teacher Preparation Fund
“Zero,” answers middle school teacher Aaron Dorsey G’03, G’17, to the question: “As a student, how many Indigenous teachers have you had?” “Absolutely zero.” Over his entire educational career—kindergarten to...Read More
“Reflect the People Who Visit”: An Arts Education Alumna Helps Make the MOST More Inclusive
Since 2008, the Upstate Medical University Life Sciences exhibit at Syracuse’s Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) has fascinated millions of visitors. Thanks to giant reproductions of human body parts,...Read More
Guarding Against Cyberbullies: Instructional Design Students Offer Interventions for a Widespread Issue
With nearly half (46%) of US teens ages 13 to 17 reporting being targets of cyberbullying—according to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey—instructional design master’s degree students Tavish Van Skoik...Read More