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First Week of Classes COVID-19 Update

Wednesday, August 26, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: The Fall 2020 semester has officially begun, and we are halfway into the first week of academic coursework. While campus looks and feels different this year, what remains the same is the positive energy…

Campus & Community

Joint Statement from Karin Ruhlandt, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and John Liu, Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost

Tuesday, August 25, 2020, By News Staff

Syracuse University unequivocally condemns racism and xenophobia and rejects bigotry, hate and intolerance of any kind. The derogatory language used by a professor on his course syllabus is damaging to the learning environment for our students and offensive to Chinese,…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud’s Welcome Message for Fall 2020

Monday, August 24, 2020, By News Staff

Welcome back to Syracuse University and to our first day of the fall semester! I give thanks that we are again at the start of a new academic year. I know how hard so many people have worked to make…

NBC News

“College students serve as contact tracers as pandemic colors campus life.”

Saturday, August 22, 2020, By Lily Datz

David Larsen, associate professor in the Department of Public Health at Falk College, was quoted by NBC News for the story “College students serve as contact tracers as pandemic colors campus life.” Larsen, who specializes in epidemiology, is leading the…

STEM

SyracuseCoE Invites Innovation Fund Proposals that Address the COVID-19 Pandemic

Friday, August 21, 2020, By Kerrie Marshall

Proposals for up to $10,000 are invited from current SyracuseCoE Partner companies for round two of the 2020 Innovation Fund. The Innovation Fund is funded by SyracuseCoE’s Partner Program to help Partners overcome barriers in the process of commercializing potentially…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Establishes Team to Support and Engage Student Activists

Friday, August 21, 2020, By News Staff

Recognizing the important role student activism plays in bettering the campus community, Syracuse University has established the Student Activism Engagement Team (SAET) made up of academic leaders, student experience staff, faculty and student leadership to support and engage student activism….

Campus & Community

Loretta Lynch Review Update

Friday, August 21, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: In June, I shared with our community that I asked former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to conduct a review of Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety (DPS). Ms. Lynch, who served as…

Campus & Community

Additional Information About Last Night’s Quad Gathering

Thursday, August 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: By now you are aware of the incredibly reckless behavior that took place on the Quad last night. We assure you: anyone we are able to identify as attending that gathering will be…

Campus & Community

Last Night’s Selfish and Reckless Behavior

Thursday, August 20, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students: Last night, a large group of first-year students selfishly jeopardized the very thing that so many of you claim to want from Syracuse University—that is, a chance at a residential college experience. I say this because the students…

Campus & Community

‘Welcome Ambassadors’ to Share Important Public Health Information in the Off-campus Neighborhood

Wednesday, August 19, 2020, By Christine Grabowski

Beginning today through Sunday, Aug. 23, a team of welcome ambassadors from the Department of Public Safety Office of Emergency Management will be going door-to-door during the day, visiting our students in the off-campus neighborhoods. The ambassadors will share important…