Professor Emeritus Peter Knoblock (1934-2025), founder of Syracuse’s Jowonio School and a champion of the inclusive schools movement, has passed aged 91. Born in Passaic, NJ, Knoblock was among the first University of Michigan students to receive a combined Ph.D. in Education and Psychology. After a decade on the faculty at Michigan, in 1962 he...
Consider this story the third part in an ongoing series chronicling Nadia Morris-Mitchell’s ’24, G’26 educational journey through Syracuse University. As an undergraduate pursuing a part-time bachelor’s degree in creative leadership through the College of Professional Studies, the US Navy veteran was profiled by Syracuse Stories and the Office of Veterans and Military Affairs. Now...
A new book by School of Education Professor Qiu Wang and colleagues, including Dominick Fantacone G’21, Director of Research and Sponsored Programs at SUNY-Cortland, focuses on the educational experiences of the aging population worldwide. Lifelong Learning: The Education of the Aging Population (Emerald, 2025) unites expert researchers, educators, advocates, policymakers, and community leaders from various...
In the Reflections series, the School of Education asks alumni to look back on their distinguished and fascinating lives and careers. Teacher, professor, author, actor, and artist Walter Gill G’71, G’77 was born in Greenville, MS, and received his early schooling in Jefferson City, MO, and Baltimore, MD. He was the first African American to...
The School of Social Work—housed in Syracuse University’s School of Education—has received a $1.8 million gift to further support social work student scholarships through the Genovese Social Work Scholars Program. The scholarships are named for Jennifer Genovese, G’83, G’13, Associate Teaching Professor and Graduate Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) Director, in recognition of her teaching,...
Syracuse University students turned lived experience, empathy, and emerging technology into innovative and inclusive disability solutions at the Intelligence++ Innovation Showcase, hosted at Syracuse University’s Bird Library on Dec. 9, 2025. The event marked the culmination of a semester-long interdisciplinary design course offered through the School of Education’s Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education InclusiveU...
Tennessee religious charter school fight could tee up next Supreme Court showdown (The Hill | Dec. 14, 2025) A new religious charter school fight is brewing in Tennessee that has the potential to challenge a deadlock vote at the Supreme Court earlier this year that denied the creation of a similar institution in Oklahoma. A...
Calibri font banished as U.S. diplomacy returns to Times New Roman (The Washington Post | Dec. 11, 2025) A sans serif font, Secretary of State Marco Rubio just decreed, is simply inadequate for world-class diplomacy. Rubio on Tuesday ordered the agency to immediately cease using the Calibri font and go back to Times New Roman...
An Onondaga County district got students to school by offering something they really want: Gift cards (Syracuse.com | Dec. 15, 2025) A year ago, Liverpool High School officials were staring at a frustrating problem common among school districts: Far too few students were coming to class. Then, nearly one-third of Liverpool’s high school students were chronically absent, meaning they missed at least 10%...
Five students have been selected as Lender Fellows and will work with the Data Warriors project, an initiative that helps Syracuse City School District (SCSD) youth build math and data literacy skills to address pressing issues in their community. The fellows will work with Nicole Fonger, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education in the...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the educational landscape, creating new opportunities and complex challenges for teachers, students, and institutions. From supporting routine tasks, lesson planning, and research to providing personalized tutoring and performing data analysis, AI’s growing role in the classroom is reshaping how we define learning, access, and academic integrity. “People all see...
Enlisting in the US Navy reserves and receiving a scholarship to Syracuse University changed Roland Van Deusen’s ’67, G’75 life, having experienced an accident at birth, a period of homelessness as a very young person, and multiple schools. He took his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Syracuse University in 1967 before serving for the Navy...
Sitting in their home in Skaneateles, NY, Garry P’22 and Cindy ’88, P’22 Payne mention that they are looking forward to a weekend visit from their daughter, Chloe ’22, now that the InclusiveU graduate has returned from the inaugural, fully inclusive Syracuse Abroad immersion course in Italy, organized by the Center on Disability and Inclusion...
On a mid-October morning, the stately chambers of the Onondaga County Legislature were filled with students and faculty from Syracuse University’s School of Social Work mingling with lawmakers and community leaders. They were gathered for the James L. Stone Legislative Policy Day, an annual event founded 26 years ago by Professor Emeritus James L. Stone...
The Syracuse University School of Social Work Mourns Gerald M. Gross G’77, who passed away in Syracuse aged 82 on Oct. 18, 2025. Gross was born on Jan. 25, 1943, in Doylestown, PA. He earned his baccalaureate degree from Goshen College and master’s degrees from Case-Western University and Syracuse University (Instructional Technology, 1977). Originally a...
In the Reflections series, the School of Education asks alumni to look back on their distinguished and fascinating lives and careers. A business owner, marketer, visual artist, adult educator, writer/editor, and career coach, Nora Carrol holds both a B.F.A (1971) and M.S. in Adult Education (1991) from Syracuse University. She also has three professional certificates...
