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What are FOIA Lawsuits and Who’s Filing Them?
Roy Gutterman, associate professor of newspaper and online journalism at the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, authored an op-ed for the Columbia Journal Review titled “A battered FOIA collides with the $2 trillion bailout.”…
Transforming the First-Generation Student Experience: University to Welcome First Kessler Scholars
What started as a scholarship to support students with financial need has evolved into a transformative model to support first-generation college students. The Irene and Morris B. Kessler Presidential Scholars Program was first established by Fred and Judy Wilpon in…
Syracuse University Graduates Over 200 Military-Connected Students
This semester, a total of 208 students with military ties representing all branches of the U.S. military earned their Syracuse University diplomas. The graduates include 99 veterans, 35 currently serving military members, and 59 family members and dependents. Forty-six students…
Graduating Student Veteran: Peggy Trujillo
With her graduation this month, Peggy Trujillo will have both a 20-year journalism career and her Syracuse University diploma. As the child of a U.S. Air Force master sergeant, Trujillo spent her childhood moving from place to place for her…
Early Education Child Care Center Brings Smiles to Children (and Relief to Parents) Stuck at Home
Like many other facilities on campus, the Syracuse University Early Education Child Care Center (EECCC) has been closed since March to adhere to COVID-19 guidance and social distancing protocols. With the children they provide care for safely at home with…
Hendricks Chapel, Chaplains Find Virtual Ways to Provide Spiritual Nourishment and Connection
Hendricks Chapel launched a new ministry, Music and Message, last year. The popular weekly gatherings feature musical performances and spoken reflections from a diversity of religious and spiritual perspectives. When on-campus activities were suspended in March due to the COVID-19…
School of Architecture Student Composes Original Song Supporting Fight Against COVID-19
When Chengdu native Yajie (Lannie) Lan ’24 (B.Arch) heard about the wide-spreading coronavirus outbreak affecting her home country, she was deeply concerned and wanted to support the fight against the epidemic in her own way. Lan reached out to two…
Keeping Students Engaged the Virtual Way
“It’s a whole new way of thinking about the virtual world,” states Dave Sargalski, director of student engagement in the Office of Student Activities in describing what it means to engage students in social activities when they are sheltering in…
C. Cora True-Frost G’01, L’01
Bond, Schoeneck and King Distinguished Professor; Associate Professor of LawChancellor Syverud Addresses University Senate in April 22 Zoom Conference
The University Senate meeting on Wednesday, April 22, was held virtually. Chancellor Kent Syverud made brief remarks and referred senators to his written report, submitted in advance. Both his remarks and written report are included below. Chancellor’s Zoom remarks Good afternoon. I’m…