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Ongoing Efforts to Manage COVID-19
Dear Colleagues: I am writing this afternoon to call your attention to the message you recently received from Mike Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation, and to provide a few additional thoughts on our ongoing efforts to manage…
Message From Provost Gretchen Ritter
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: It is with great sadness that I write this morning to share the news of the passing of a member of the Office of Academic Affairs team. Megan Bruno was a faculty affairs specialist in…
Two Pieces of Advice Chancellor Syverud Shared with New Students at Convocation (With Video)
Before new students recited the charge to officially become part of the Orange family and swayed to the alma mater, Chancellor Kent Syverud offered two bits of advice to the incoming class during New Student Convocation. The first: Come as…
You’re Invited: Academic Strategic Plan Launch Forum—Sept. 1 at 9 a.m.
Editor’s note (9.2.22): This forum has been postponed to Thursday, Sept. 8. Provost Gretchen Ritter invites the campus community to the Academic Strategic Plan Launch Forum, where an overview of the strategic plan process, timeline, goals and ways to engage…
Refreshing Our Academic Strategic Plan
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As we look forward to the energy that comes with students returning to campus soon, I would like to recognize the important work so many individuals have accomplished this summer. I also want to give…
6 Faculty Members Elected to the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure
Six faculty members have been elected to serve two-year terms on the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure. Representatives are elected from across Syracuse University’s colleges and schools. The committee works in an advisory capacity to the provost to…
Search Committee Appointed to Identify University’s Next Vice President for Research
Update: On Feb. 23, 2022, Provost Ritter announced that Romita Ray, professor, College of Arts and Sciences, will join the search committee. Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Gretchen Ritter today announced the members of the search committee for the…
Women in Leadership Initiative Invites Campus Community to ‘A Conversation With Provost Ritter’
Syracuse University’s Women in Leadership Initiative welcomes the campus community to “A Conversation With Provost Ritter,” to be held on Feb. 17. The conversation will take place from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. via Zoom. Guests will gain insight from Provost…
Welcome Back, Responding to Challenges
Dear Colleagues, Next Monday, Jan. 24, we begin the spring semester. This will be the fifth semester that we will be doing our work under the frustration and exhaustion that comes from enduring this seemingly never-ending pandemic. While I think…