Campus & Community
Chancellor Addresses University Senate for First Time in Spring Semester, Announces New Naming Gift for 119 Euclid
Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed University Senate at its meeting today. His remarks were as follows: Thank you, Professor Reed. I have some quick updates and a happy announcement I’ll conclude with, but first I’d like to acknowledge the loss of…
Chancellor Syverud Charges Working Group With Developing a ‘Syracuse Statement’ to Define Free Expression and Academic Freedom
Chancellor Kent Syverud announced today that he has charged a working group of University leaders, faculty, staff, students and trustees with developing a statement that clarifies and defines Syracuse University’s commitment to free expression and academic freedom. “There is a…
Trustee Sharon Barner’s ’79 Historic Gift Names 119 Euclid While Providing Support to Black, First-Generation and Underrepresented Students
Everywhere Sharon Barner ’79 has worked, she has achieved success at the highest levels of her field—as partner at a law firm, as deputy under secretary of commerce and deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in President…
Katherine McDonald Named Falk College Senior Associate Dean for Research and Administration
Katherine (Katie) McDonald, Ph.D., has been appointed senior associate dean for research and administration in the Falk College. As senior associate dean, McDonald is responsible for the oversight of research, administration and support for faculty; the supervision of the Falk…
Philosophy Professor Samuel Gorovitz Featured in Oral History Project About Founding of American Bioethics
Samuel Gorovitz, professor of philosophy and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for an oral history project on bioethics produced by Johns Hopkins University’s Berman Institute of Bioethics. Titled “Moral Histories,” the collection serves as…
39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in Photos
The University’s 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration was held on Sunday, Jan. 21, in the JMA Wireless Dome. This annual event, attended by nearly 2,000 people, is the largest of its kind on any college campus….
Blizzard Forecasted to Hit the JMA Wireless Dome on Jan. 27
Brace yourself, “The Blizzard” is coming this Saturday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. as the student section fills the JMA Wireless Dome dressed in white as the Orange men’s basketball team takes on N.C. State. This special effort from Otto’s…
SCRC to Feature Pop-Up Exhibition of Frederick Douglass Materials
In honor of Douglass Day, Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is hosting a pop-up exhibition, “I’m Still a Radical Abolitionist,” showcasing materials by and about Frederick Douglass on Wednesday, Feb. 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. in…
Sobczak Family Support Fund Now Available to Falk College Students
After David Sobczak ’23 enrolled at Syracuse University, he gravitated toward social work and helping others because of the time he had spent in hospitals as a child with cerebral palsy. “He was in and out of the hospital for…
Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hosts Series to Showcase DEIA Work at the University
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is hosting a Lunch and Learn Series this semester to showcase diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) work taking place across the University. The series will highlight workshops, scholarship, integrated/shared work and roundtable discussions…