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Sandra Appiah Babu-Boateng ’10, Techstars Boston, partners with the LaunchPad to beta test her mentor matching platform

Posted on Nov. 1, 2022, 1:54 p.m.

Hours of studying, networking, writing cover letters, and practicing interviews is something college students work tirelessly at to get their first job.

Nick Barba ’20 and Sam Hollander ’21 featured at the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization global conference

Posted on Nov. 1, 2022, 12:21 p.m.

Former LaunchPad Program Managers Nick Barba and Sam Hollander spoke as part of the annual Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEOORG) Global Conference.

Native Heritage Month Display

Posted on Nov. 1, 2022, 9 a.m.

Featuring books and films selected by native students on the themes of oral histories, literature by native authors, decolonization, and Indian residential schools and Hawaiian Sovereignty.

Collection Spotlight: Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA)

Posted on Oct. 27, 2022, 2 p.m.

LISTA, an EBSCO-provided database covering topics across the library science, information science and technology landscape.

New Libraries' Collections: July through September 2022

Posted on Oct. 20, 2022, noon

New resources added to the collections.

Kai Patricio G’23 takes on a graduate degree and creating Design Led No Code

Posted on Oct. 17, 2022, 2:17 p.m.

Kai Patricio is an extraordinary thinker who has taken a small idea and turned it into an idea that may be untouchable.

Collection Spotlight: SBRnet - featuring Sports Market Analytics

Posted on Oct. 13, 2022, 5 p.m.

Your one stop shop for sports business industry data, news and analysis.

Samadhi Aviv ’14 on democratizing energy for underrepresented communities

Posted on Oct. 11, 2022, 12:12 p.m.

“We are democratizing energy,” says Sama Aviv, an alum of Syracuse University’s Falk College.

Collection Spotlight: Dimensions

Posted on Oct. 7, 2022, 5 a.m.

Dimensions will be an important tool for understanding and reporting on the research and scholarship produced at Syracuse University.

Music History Students Receive Hands-On Lessons

Posted on Oct. 6, 2022, 9 a.m.

Students in the Department of Art and Music Histories’ European Music Before 1800 class visited Special Collections Research Center

Open Access 101, SU Libraries and You

Posted on Oct. 3, 2022, noon

An open access primer and an overview of campus author, publishing and research services.

“We have that here?!”: Students Meet Special Collections at the Libraries’ Welcome Fest

Posted on Sept. 30, 2022, noon

SCRC tabled at Welcome Fest, highlighting the full range of resources, services and spaces available to students.

SU Libraries’ Instruction Support for Faculty, Instructors and Teaching Assistants (TA’s)

Posted on Sept. 27, 2022, 4 p.m.

Tips for putting items on course reserve, exploring digital resources, showing videos and more.

Vanessa Lora G ’23 on embracing her Hispanic heritage, identity and creative artistry

Posted on Sept. 26, 2022, 12:35 p.m.

When musician, videographer, recorder, and producer Vannessa Lora is asked who she is, she answers simply: “I’m just an artist.”

Meeting Your Printing Needs

Posted on Sept. 26, 2022, 11 a.m.

Whether you are printing a paper or a large poster, the Libraries offers printing equipment as well as in-person assistance with the process.

The future of protein supplementation: Tyrin Fernandes ‘20 and Fauna

Posted on Sept. 26, 2022, 10:35 a.m.

Tyrin graduated from Syracuse University in 2020 with his B.S. in computer science and has been working in the LaunchPad for the past three months, brainstorming different ideas.

Collection Spotlight: On the Cover of the Rolling Stone…

Posted on Sept. 23, 2022, 3 p.m.

Do you know who’s on the cover of the Rolling Stone this month?

Teaching Representation: K-12 Educator Perspectives on Banned Books

Posted on Sept. 21, 2022, 8 a.m.

K-12 educators (both teachers and librarians) in the eastern United States were surveyed about perceptions around banned books.

Book Bans are Newsworthy... But They’re Not New

Posted on Sept. 19, 2022, 9 a.m.

September 18-24, 2022, Syracuse University Libraries is celebrating Banned Books Week.

Collection Spotlight: Engineering Village and Techstreet

Posted on Sept. 16, 2022, 10 a.m.

Engineering Village offers access to 14 databases covering a range of STEM subjects, and TechStreet is the preferred purchase platform for standards and technical books.