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Connect through our new Syracuse LaunchPad Discord platform

Posted on Aug. 17, 2020, noon

Connect through our new Syracuse LaunchPad Discord platform this semester.

Patrick Linehan ‘21 has always been a storyteller

Posted on Aug. 17, 2020, noon

Patrick Linehan joins the LaunchPad as a Global Fellow this academic year.

LaunchPad re-opens with expanded services

Posted on Aug. 17, 2020, noon

The LaunchPad re-opens Monday, August 24 following public health recommendations.

Local community innovation and entrepreneurship

Posted on Aug. 17, 2020, noon

Join CenterState CEO and The Tech Garden for these events over the next month.

What Then Shall We Say About Croton?: Attempts to Integrate Syracuse City Schools

Posted on Aug. 11, 2020, 3:26 p.m.

Crusade for Opportunity (CFO), an anti-poverty organization based in Syracuse, NY, that existed during the 1960s.

Welcome Bridget Lawson as Assistant Director of The Source

Posted on Aug. 11, 2020, noon

Bridget Lawson joins as Assistant Director of The SOURCE (Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement).

COVID-19 Research Informs Libraries Practices

Posted on Aug. 11, 2020, 7:59 a.m.

Due to the REALM project’s Test 4 Results, the Libraries has increased its materials quarantine period to six days.

An Unfinished End: Ying Li and the Marcel Breuer Digital Archive

Posted on Aug. 4, 2020, 5:18 p.m.

Marcel Breuer Digital Archive for SCRC. The Breuer Archive is the digital repository of archival materials relating to the twentieth-century architect, Marcel Breuer.

July 2020 Wrap Up

Posted on July 31, 2020, 3:04 p.m.

By Grace Wagner, Reading Room Access Services Supervisor

30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Posted on July 27, 2020, 1:26 p.m.

Petrina Jackson, Director of SCRC

SU alumni Caleb Obiagwu and Anthony Obas join us for a talk about NextGen

Posted on July 20, 2020, noon

Caleb Obiagwu and Anthony Obas headline this week’s Talk Tea, the LaunchPad’s summer series in partnership with The Republic of Tea.

Traces of a Movement

Posted on July 14, 2020, 5:16 p.m.

Irene Castle was as an internationally-recognized ballroom dancer, silent film star, and one of the first celebrities with an eponymous fashion line.

Quandary of being international

Posted on July 9, 2020, noon

SEVP’s modified exemptions hurt international students’ lives and careers.

Josh Jackson ’17 G’19 is making dental care affordable

Posted on July 8, 2020, noon

Josh Jackson ’17 G’19 is on a mission to make dental care affordable and accessible.

Accessibility and Discoverability: Describing Street and Smith Cover Art

Posted on July 7, 2020, 6:37 p.m.

Founded in 1855, Street & Smith was the largest publisher of pulp fiction and dime novels in the United States of its time.

Indaria Jones creates new #buyblack initiative through The Creators Lounge

Posted on July 7, 2020, 1:40 p.m.

University College alumnus Indaria Jones, founder and CEO of The Creators Lounge in downtown Syracuse is an award-winning marketing and business development executive.

Caleb Obiagwu ’19 creates a platform to support Black Lives Matter

Posted on July 7, 2020, 1:36 p.m.

Caleb Obiagwu ’19 actively supports the Black Lives Matter movement across the country, but he also noticed something alarming in some cities during the early days of protests.

Zheng Xiongworking on grant to develop 3D printing of microfluidic devices

Posted on July 7, 2020, 1:34 p.m.

Zheng Xiong is part of the SummerStart accelerator program at the LaunchPad, working on a business model for his concept for 3D printing of microfluidic devices.

June 2020 Wrap Up

Posted on June 30, 2020, 1:53 p.m.

By Grace Wagner, Reading Room Access Services Supervisor

Rehousing the American Book Company Illustrations

Posted on June 24, 2020, 1:35 p.m.

Massive preservation project of 17,000 plates used as textbook illustrations by the American Book Company.