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Katarina Sako ’24 Works to Help Older Adults Age Well
Growing up in Buffalo, New York, Katarina Sako ’24 was very close to her grandparents. “Spending time with my grandparents was really an important part of my childhood, and it helped me develop a lot of compassion and respect for…
Lender Center Student Fellows Named, Will Work on Public Health Research Project
Five students will soon begin a two-year research project examining the potential social justice and public health impacts of living in neighborhoods that have experienced the historical discriminatory practice of redlining. That is a practice where, for decades, financial institutions…
Unbreakable Bond Fuels Brothers Luke ’26 and Mark Radel ’28
When do children learn empathy? How do they know that someone is in pain or having a bad day? From an early age, Mark Radel ’28 always demonstrated compassion for his peers. As a precocious 9-year-old, Mark would rush onto…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, Upstate Collaborate to Bring Memory Screenings to Area Offices for the Aging
Residents over the age of 60 in seven Central New York counties—Cayuga, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Oswego and Tompkins—can receive free memory screenings from their local Office for the Aging (OFA) as part of a collaborative project between SUNY Upstate…
University and Community Partners Help WCNY Form New Spanish-Language Radio Station
An important resource never before available to the greater Central New York and Mohawk Valley region—a Spanish-language radio station—has come to fruition through an initiative shaped by PBS affiliate WCNY and a number of community members, including several faculty and…
Making Higher Education Accessible to All: The Global Impact of InclusiveU (Podcast)
The White House. Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The New York State Capitol building in Albany. These are just some of the places an enthusiastic delegation from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s InclusiveU program have traveled over the years, meeting with policymakers, politicians…
NSF Grant to Engage Refugee and Immigrant Youth in Immersive STEM Storytelling
School of Education Professor Xiaoxia “Silvie” Huang has been awarded a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for an Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project. With “Engaging Refugee and Immigrant Youth in STEM Through Culturally…
‘College of Opportunity’: Falk Connections Help Take Livia McQuade from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ to Paris
For sport management major Livia McQuade ’25, the path from the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics to Paris for the Paralympic Games went like this: After learning about an internship opportunity with the Olympus Sports Group (OSG) on…
Creating STEM Career Pathways for Local High Schoolers
Thanks to a new National Science Foundation grant, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s physics department doubles the number of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ-area high school participants in their paid summer internship program. STEM jobs are quickly becoming the backbone of America. By 2031, STEM occupations are projected…
Student Inventors Develop New Way to Secure Wheelchairs in Moving Vehicles
Former ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ student Jim DaRin is one of many wheelchair users who rely on adapted vehicles to drive. These vehicles are equipped with a docking system designed to secure the wheelchairs in place while users focus on the road. However, even…