Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences

06/03/2026

Have you ever wanted to run a marathon? 🏃

This , chemistry professor Jonathan French shares what to know about taking on 26.2 miles ➡️ https://go.syr.edu/as/Marathon

He's run the historic Boston course three times. His first marathon? He stepped in for an injured friend and finished in the top 15. He logs 70 to 80 miles a week, with two young kids at home who, after his 20-mile weekend run, still want to go to the zoo.

His advice: "You can fake your fitness in shorter races. You can not fake your way through a marathon."

06/02/2026

Where can a liberal arts degree take you?

Every spring, A&S | Maxwell students spend a week in New York City 🗽 for the Winston Fisher Seminar. This year, 16 of them met with leaders at companies like Bloomberg, the NBA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and more.

Students develop business plans and network with Syracuse University alumni. They leave the week with a much clearer sense of where their liberal arts degree can lead, and the assurance of this professional advantage.

Learn more ➡️ https://go.syr.edu/as/WFS26

05/28/2026

In sixth grade, a vocational aptitude test told Jack Graver he was best suited to be a teacher. That gave everyone who knew him a good laugh.

Graver was dyslexic before the word was widely known. His teachers thought he was lazy. He failed German four times. A Latin professor kindly asked him not to come back for the second semester.

After 60 years as a Syracuse Mathematics Department professor, Graver has now retired. The student who struggled to read authored five books and dozens of research papers across multiple fields. One paper, dismissed by its original referee as interesting but of no practical value, became foundational to algorithm design a decade later. He even received a standing ovation from a group of teachers who, after years of teaching long division to their own students, finally understood how it worked.

The aptitude test, it turns out, was right ➡️ https://bit.ly/JackGraver

05/25/2026

To those who made the ultimate sacrifice, we honor your service and your memory today 🇺🇸

05/19/2026

🌱 What's a class you wish you could take again?

05/18/2026

A HUGE congratulations to Prof. Berry and Project Mend! 🍊🎉

05/15/2026

We miss you already, Class of 2026... 😢 But we can't wait to see what you do next!

Take a look back at a Commencement Weekend full of celebration, reflection and Orange pride ➡️ https://go.syr.edu/as/SUGrad26

05/13/2026

After 40 years at A&S, Samuel Gorovitz has officially retired.

A pioneering figure of bioethics, former dean of the College and the founding director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, he spent his career asking the questions medicine and science can't answer alone: Who deserves a life-saving treatment when there isn't enough to go around? When does a physician's obligation end?

In a candid Q&A, he reflects on the conversations, colleagues and even the rejection letters that shaped a remarkable career ➡️ https://go.syr.edu/as/Gorovitz

05/11/2026

05/09/2026

Today, we welcomed our newest class of alumni 🎓

To the A&S | Maxwell Class of 2026: you leave here as artists, scientists, writers, researchers, performers and thinkers, and you carry an education that will open doors for the rest of your lives.

We are so proud of you, and we'll be cheering you on for everything that comes next 🍊