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Community Review Board Soliciting Feedback From the University Community on DPS Policies

Tuesday, January 24, 2023, By News Staff

The University’s Community Review Board (CRB), responsible for reviewing and commenting on prospective new Department of Public Safety (DPS) policies, procedures and trainings is seeking feedback on two community facing standard operating procedures from the DPS. The first is a…

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Balloting for Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure Underway

Monday, January 23, 2023, By Diane Stirling

The electronic balloting process for Syracuse University faculty to select candidates to serve on the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure began on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Ballots will be distributed to all eligible voters. This includes tenured and tenure-track…

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Prominent Higher Education Leader, Alumna Molly Corbett Broad ’62, H’09 Remembered

Thursday, January 5, 2023, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Molly Corbett Broad ’62, H’09, a Syracuse University alumna who became a nationally renowned higher education leader and advocate, died Jan. 2. She was 81. A memorial service to celebrate her life and legacy will be held in the coming…

Campus & Community

Statement From Chancellor Kent Syverud on New Development in Bombing of Pan Am 103

Sunday, December 11, 2022, By News Staff

This year marks the 34th anniversary of the Pan Am 103 bombing, which claimed 270 lives, including 35 Syracuse University students returning from studying abroad. Today’s news is a significant milestone in a decades-long process to bring those responsible for…

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Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence Shares Findings From Student Survey

Thursday, December 8, 2022, By Shannon Andre

Supporting the University’s ongoing efforts to raise awareness about, respond to, and address sexual and relationship violence, the Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence conducts the Sexual and Relationship Violence Survey, with the support of the Office of…

Media Tip Sheets

Old politics from the 80s won’t solve the homeless crisis

Thursday, December 1, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

Recently, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a new plan to involuntarily hospitalize homeless people in psychiatric crises. Syracuse University Professor of Law Arlene Kanter said these policies have never been an adequate solution. “In the 1980s when homelessness…

Media, Law & Policy

Democracy Was on the Ballot, Candidates Matter and Other Lessons From the Midterm Elections

Thursday, December 1, 2022, By John Boccacino

The contentious 2022 midterm elections are not quite finished—next week’s runoff in the race for the Georgia Senate seat pits Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock against Republican Herschel Walker—but following a grueling campaign season, the American people went out and cast…

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Helping Ranchers Learn From the Wild

Monday, November 28, 2022, By News Staff

Tropical forests garner headlines as greenhouse gas storehouses. But wild grasslands are crucial, lesser-known candidates as climate heroes. Wild grasslands—from the African savanna to the North American prairie—have the potential to soak up vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the…

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Message From Chief Student Experience Officer Allen Groves

Saturday, November 19, 2022, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: I am deeply saddened to share heartbreaking news about the passing of one of our students, Boburmirzo Sharipov, a junior majoring in human development and family science in the Falk College of Sport and Human…

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Chancellor Reports to University Senate on Highlights From November Full Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, By News Staff

On Nov. 16, Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed the University Senate, providing an update on the recent full Board of Trustees meeting and other topics. The full text of his remarks appears below. “The full Board of Trustees had its November…