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Students Travel to Albany to Advocate for Student Aid
Hundreds of young people voiced their support of student funding during the recent New York Student Aid Alliance Advocacy Day in Albany. Anthony Obas ’20 made sure he was one of them. “Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to go last year,…
Pi Day 2018: Bite-Sized Pieces of Nerd Culture Highlight Larger Trend
Pi Day will be celebrated on March 14, 2018. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159….
Hendricks Chapel Receives Prestigious Award for Weekly Dean’s Convocations
Hendricks Chapel has been awarded the 2018 Outstanding Spiritual Initiatives Award from NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, an association of student affairs professionals in higher education. The Outstanding Spiritual Initiative Award is given annually to recognize a program that…
Law Expert Banks on Russian Indictments
In the New York Daily News, INSCT Founding Director William Banks spoke about the recent indictments that special counsel Robert Mueller filed against Russian nationals and businesses he called a wide-ranging effort to undermine the 2016 presidential election, “These indictments remind us that…
Newhouse Assistant Professor Jennifer Grygiel on Social Media’s Influence During Disaster
During the harrowing minutes of gunfire in a Parkland, Florida high school last week, many students captured the action via different social media sites. Now, those videos have jumped across the internet, being viewed by millions, with some unintentionally watching….
Sixth Annual SU Rising to Stop Sexual Abuse Will Be Held Friday
The Syracuse University community will come together on Friday, Feb. 16, at 5:30 p.m. for a candlelight vigil to stop sexual and gender violence locally and globally. This is the sixth consecutive year for the SU Rising: Stop Sexual Abuse…
Bringing Asia Home: Syracuse Architecture Plans Schoolwide Lunar New Year 2018 Celebration
It will be all about the “Year of the Dog” at the School of Architecture on Thursday, Feb. 15, as students, faculty and staff come together beginning at 5 p.m. for a special Asian cultural event to celebrate Lunar New…
University Hosts Second Annual Sexual Health Awareness Month
Syracuse University’s Sexual Health Awareness Month, called Frisky February, is back for the second year. The Office of Health Promotion (OHP), in collaboration with student organizations, University offices and departments, community partners and the OHP Peer Educators Encouraging Healthy Relationships…
Service of Commemoration Will be Held March 20
Syracuse University will hold its annual Service of Commemoration, honoring faculty, staff and students who passed away in 2017, on Tuesday, March 20, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The service will include prayer and music by University Organist Anne…
Campus Buildings to Glow Red for Women’s Health Awareness
The Hall of Languages and Hendricks Chapel will be aglow in red lights on the evenings of Thursday, Feb. 1, and Friday, Feb. 2, as part of the campus’s efforts to raise awareness for women’s health. Friday marks the 14th…