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Advancing Diversity and Inclusion at Syracuse University: A Status Report on the Short Term Recommendations
In the fall of 2015, Chancellor Kent Syverud announced the creation of a new University-wide Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion. The Chancellor’s Workgroup, co-chaired by Francine D’Amico, associate professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and…
Syracuse University to Welcome More Than 4,000 First-Year and Transfer Students
University takes action to enhance its longstanding commitment to a diverse student body
Syracuse University Renews Commitment, Plans to Launch a Series of New Initiatives to Further Enhance Diversity Among Student Body, Faculty and Staff
Syracuse University will launch a series of new initiatives aimed at further enhancing diversity among the student body, faculty and staff. The renewed commitment comes on the heels of the diligent efforts of the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion,…
University Promenade Fully Opens
The University Promenade is fully opened, starting today, and will serve as a place of gathering, community and vitality.
Syracuse, Cal State Fullerton Awarded Grant to Enhance Diversity in Astrophysics
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are sharing a grant award with their colleagues at California State University, Fullerton, (CSUF) to recruit and expand the number of underrepresented students in gravitational-wave astronomy. Syracuse University professors Duncan Brown and…
University to Protect and Extend Current Benefit Status to Employees Affected by New Federal Labor Standards Act
In May, the U.S. Department of Labor released new regulations that employers, including academic institutions like Syracuse University, must adopt to comply with the updated Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The intent of the revised federal law is to provide greater clarity for…
Lillian Slutzker, Longtime Benefactor of Syracuse University, Passes Away
Lillian Slutzker, a longtime supporter of Syracuse University and the former owner of Manny’s athletic apparel store on Marshall Street, passed away on Thursday, August 18, at the age of 98. She is predeceased by her husband, Emanuel, who died…
University Prepares to Welcome Newest Students
Each year, the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs, in collaboration with a number of University departments, hosts Syracuse Welcome, the University’s new student orientation program for incoming, full-time, undergraduate students. Preparations to welcome the more than 4,000 first-year and…
Chancellor Syverud Concludes Service on CNY Regional Economic Development Council
After more than two years serving as Co-Chair of the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council (REDC), Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced that he has concluded his service with the REDC. “When I became Chancellor in 2014, I arrived…
Syracuse University, SEIU Confirm New Three-Year Agreement
Employees of Syracuse University represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 200United voted on Wednesday, Aug. 3, to ratify a three-year contract for 830 University employees, many of whom are food service providers, library technicians, skilled tradespeople, custodial…