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Campus & Community

Important Information for Students Quarantining on Campus

Monday, July 27, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: Later this week, you will officially join the Syracuse University family. I recognize the circumstances under which you are joining are not ideal, nor what you expected, but we are prepared to warmly welcome and help…

Media, Law & Policy

What shutdown of Dakota Access Pipeline means for Standing Rock Sioux tribe and environmental justice

Monday, July 27, 2020, By Lily Datz

Over the past three years, Native American tribes, indigenous rights groups, and environmental justice organizations have contested the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline runs from North Dakota to Illinois, carrying oil between the two states, and in turn threatening the…

Campus & Community

SummerStart Goes Virtual This Year to Support 100 Incoming Students

Monday, July 27, 2020, By Jennifer Russo

Like many other educators and student support professionals, the staff of the Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Program (HEOP) and Student Support Services (SSS) faced unique challenges this summer of 2020. All incoming HEOP and SSS students typically attend a…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Receives Mellon Foundation Grant for National Work on Housing Insecurity in the US

Monday, July 27, 2020, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage has received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of “Exiled in America,” an original work rooted in an examination of housing insecurity and homelessness in the United States. The project, originated by Los Angeles…

CBS Radio

“NYC Native Regis Philbin Remembered As ‘One Of The Last Of The True Broadcasters’.”

Saturday, July 25, 2020, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, trustee professor of radio, television and film ad director of the Bleier Center for Television and Pop Culture in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by CBS Radio for the story, “NYC Native Regis Philbin Remembered As ‘One Of…

Campus & Community

ICE Issues ‘New International Student’ Guidance

Friday, July 24, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued new guidance specific to new international students. We recognize these shifting polices continue to cause unnecessary anxiety, fear and frustration for our international student community. However, this directive…

Campus & Community

Planned Repairs for Carnegie Library Sidewalk

Friday, July 24, 2020, By News Staff

Facilities Services and a local contractor are planning to repair the concrete sidewalks north of Carnegie Library in preparation for students returning to campus. The work will begin the week of July 27 and be complete by Aug. 7. The…

The Washington Post

“In 2000, ‘Cribs’ became a phenomenon. 20 years later, we’re all living in a accidental reboot.”

Thursday, July 23, 2020, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, trustee professor of radio, television and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Pop Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Washington Post story, “In 2000, ‘Cribs’ became a phenomenon. 20 years later,…

Campus & Community

This Family Bleeds Orange

Thursday, July 23, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

Mary Welker ’20 is a mom, a role model to her four daughters, a full-time Syracuse University staff member, an Alumni Scholar and a recipient of the Nancy Gelling Award given to a student for high academic achievement. In May,…

Campus & Community

Call for Goon Squad Health Ambassador Volunteers

Wednesday, July 22, 2020, By Gabrielle Lake

Students interested in volunteering as a Goon Squad Health Ambassador Volunteer are asked to visit the  Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs (FYTP) Goon Squad webpage to register. Since 1944, the Goon Squad, a friendly group of returning students, have…