On Wednesday at 8 a.m., members of the Special Olympics Club at Syracuse University spray-painted orange messages in the snow on the Quad to raise awareness of their “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign. Read more »
Aysha Seedat announced Wednesday her candidacy for Student Association president in front of a group of about 30 people, becoming the first student to announce a campaign for the presidency. She made the announcement at 5:30 p.m. outside of Maxwell Auditorium. Jane Hong will serve as Seedat’s running mate in the election, which will take place in April. Read more »
Members of the Syracuse University campus said they strongly supported President Barack Obama’s use of his veto power on Tuesday to reject a bill that… Read more »
The Parents Office and the Office of Housing, Meal Plan, and ID Card Services are collaborating to host a housing lottery overview and virtual open forum for parents and guardians Wednesday night. Read more »
Syracuse has set record-breaking cold low and high temperatures for several days this month, and the city is on track to record its coldest February yet based on average temperature, said Kelly Stevens, a research associate for the Center for Policy Research in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, in an email. Read more »
Computer labs 205a and 206 in Newhouse I were closed Tuesday night due to a sprinkler failure around 4 p.m. Read more »
With the help of an anonymous donation of $1 million, the biology department and the other hard sciences at SU have an opportunity to upgrade and modernize their equipment for the first time in years. Read more »
Manny’s, a popular T-shirt store on Marshall Street, has discontinued all sales of its “’Cuse Strong” T-shirts both online and in-store. The store “decided to stop selling the ‘Cuse Strong T-shirts” after the initial release of the shirts on Feb. 5, a Manny’s employee said. The T-shirts were being sold for $12.98 each. Read more »
The Roly Poly sandwich store located at 727 South Crouse Ave. recently reopened with new ownership and lower prices. Read more »
DPS held a forum Tuesday afternoon for SU College of Law students, faculty and staff that focused on personal safety. It was held in response to a report indicating the drugging of a female SU College of Law student at an off-campus house party in December 2014. Read more »
The Syracuse University Department of Public Safety is looking into a report that a female College of Law student was drugged at a house party in December 2014. Read more »
The 113-year-old house at 300 Comstock Ave., which was officially acquired by the university 100 years ago in January 1915, has housed nine SU chancellors as well as many memories. Read more »
Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
After two weeks of recruitment, potential new members of the 12 Panhellenic sororities at Syracuse University gathered together on Monday inside the Goldstein Auditorium for… Read more »
Members of Syracuse University’s Fast Forward Undergraduate Excellence Working Group covered academic and career advising, among other topics, at a retreat at the Goldstein Student… Read more »
Syracuse University’s Fast Forward program will have a two-day retreat on Thursday and Friday at the Goldstein Student Center on South Campus for its Undergraduate… Read more »
As part of its ongoing efforts to improve campus security, the Department of Public Safety has installed nearly 100 additional cameras in the past year… Read more »
Many of his colleagues remember Jeremy Blumenthal as an extraordinary scholar with a tremendously warm personality. Blumenthal was also remembered for accidentally setting off the… Read more »
Rainwater and melted snow from approximately one-third to one-half of the Carrier Dome’s 6.5-acre roof will be collected in tanks and used to flush toilets in the Dome. Read more »
An attempted strong-arm robbery happened on Thursday at approximately 12:30 p.m. near the intersection of Euclid and Ackerman avenues, according to a Department of Public Safety… Read more »
After serving as vice chancellor and provost for nearly eight years, Eric Spina will step down at the end of the month. Spina said he had been contemplating the decision for a couple years. Read more »
Starting next semester, 25 Syracuse University students will serve as representatives on the Division of Student Affairs Advisory Board to provide feedback and communicate student… Read more »
Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center
Starting in Spring 2015, Syracuse University students can have lunch with SU faculty and staff members for free. With $3,000 approved from the Student Advancement… Read more »
More than 200 Syracuse University students are predicted to enroll in classes over winter break through the Winterlude program this year, about double the number… Read more »
As the night progressed and more poll results came in, the voting margin increased, ending with Katko winning 60 percent of the votes to Maffei’s 40 percent. Read more »
