DECEMBER 2023

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News for Syracuse University alumni, current students and parents, and friends in Asia

Alumnus Establishes Fund to Help Bandier Students’ Travel to Asia

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A new endowed fund established by Grant E. Palmer ’13 will help Bandier Program students pay for costs related to an annual immersion trip to emerging markets across the globe. This year’s Bandier immersion trip took students to southeast Asia, where they had about 40 meetings with industry leaders and professionals.

 

Nadia Lyngdoh-Sommer Joins Lender Center for Social Justice Fellowship Project

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Rising junior Nadia Lyngdoh-Sommer, is one of the three Maxwell students in the current 2022–24 Lender Center for Social Justice Fellowship Project. A native of Singapore, Nadia is concerned about the legal rights associated with AI surveillance.

Ruohan Xu ’23, G’24 Receives Undergraduate Research Prize

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Recent mechanical engineering and applied mathematics graduate Ruohan Xu has received the Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Prize for his research activities. Xu is currently serving as president of the Chinese Union Syracuse.

School of Education Joins Project for Inclusive Education in Uzbekistan

Doctoral Candidate Sara Jo Soldovieri ’18, G’19 with local school students in Uzbekistan.

Syracuse University School of Education and Center for Disability and Inclusion are honored to be a part of USAID grant to strengthen inclusive and equitable early-grade education in Uzbekistan.

 

Anish Shroff ’04 Hopes to Inspire Future Generations of South Asian Sportscasters

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Eternally proud of his South Asian heritage, Anish Shroff readily admits a sense of pride when he looks around the sportscasting landscape and sees a plethora of talented South Asian broadcasters working for national media outlets. Shroff is the only minority radio play-by-play voice of a National Football League team but noted that it is a trend that seems to be shifting. 

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