Gallery: The Daily Orange’s best photos from 2025-26 academic year
Gallery: The D.O best photos from 2025-26 academic year
August 31, 2025: The Superman Ferris wheel at the yearly Great New York State Fair. Let’s take a look back at the best photos from this academic year.
Ike Wood | Senior Staff Photographer
September 6, 2025: Carmelo Anthony speaks during the Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts. Anthony’s induction cemented his legacy as one of Syracuse University’s most decorated athletes.
Leonardo Eriman | Daily Orange File Photo
September 13, 2025: A “performative male” competition contestant throws tampons into the audience. The competition took place outside of Carnegie Library in September.
Avery Magee | Development Editor
Oct. 1, 2025: At Harvey’s Garden’s Oktoberfest race, dachshunds compete in a competition. Thirty-four wiener dogs faced each other.
Madison Cox | Staff Photographer
October 1, 2025: Early stages of Chris Murray’s “Legacy” mural. The mural honors former SU men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim.
Zabdyl Koffa | Staff Photographer
November 4, 2025: Democratic candidate Sharon Owens becomes the first Black mayor of Syracuse. After working under former Mayor Ben Walsh as deputy mayor, Owens won against Republican candidate Thomas Babilon.
Ike Wood | Senior Staff Photographer
December 1, 2025: Sporting quarter zips and positive energy, Syracuse Motivates sparks motivational messages on social media. The group regularly posts on Instagram, centering videos around a weekly theme.
Eli Schwartz | Asst. Photo Editor
December 2, 2025: Syracuse men’s basketball fans surround SU guard Kiyan Anthony on the JMA Wireless Dome floor after the Orange upset then-No. 13 Tennessee 62-60. The win was Syracuse’s lone Quad 1 victory of the season.
Eli Schwartz | Asst. Photo Editor
December 3, 2025: Students sled down the hill near Crouse College. This is one of the many ways students bear Syracuse winters.
Eli Schwartz | Asst. Photo Editor
January 13, 2026: Syracuse guard J.J. Starling celebrates during SU’s 94-86 win over Florida State. The victory was the Orange’s last of a three-game winning streak, one of Syracuse’s most dominant stretches of the season.
Zoe Xixis | Asst. Photo Editor
January 27, 2026: Susan Chase works with a child at her daycare, which is widely known to the community as Sue’s Daycare. She opened the center in 1992.
Cassie Roshu | Daily Orange File Photo
January 31, 2026: Syracuse’s Nate Kingz finishes a jam in SU’s 86-72 win over Notre Dame. Kingz finished the afternoon with a game-high 28 points, also a career-best for the senior guard.
Tara Deluca | Photo Editor
February 7, 2026: Participants at The Hot Dog Hop bar crawl that stopped in Syracuse in February. The hot dog suits came with the purchase of a ticket.
Joe Zhao | Daily Orange File Photo
March 23, 2026: Syracuse women’s basketball exits the Gampel Pavilion court after a 98-45 loss to top-ranked UConn in the NCAA Tournament Second Round. The defeat ended SU’s magical season that featured 24 wins.
Tara Deluca | Photo Editor
March 28, 2026: Syracuse attack Joey Spallina looks toward the sky in SU’s nail-biting 16-15 win over Duke. Twenty-one days later, against Colgate, Spallina recorded his 308th-career point, becoming the Orange’s all-time leader.
Eli Schwartz | Asst. Photo Editor
April 1, 2026: Mike Haynie was announced as SU’s 13th chancellor on March 3. The Daily Orange conducted an exclusive interview with Haynie four weeks later.
Avery Magee | Development Editor
April 11, 2026: Syracuse women’s lacrosse players rejoice after the Orange’s quadruple-overtime win over Notre Dame. The 10-9 victory was SU’s longest in program history and extended its winning streak to 12 games.
Eli Schwartz | Asst. Photo Editor
April 14, 2026: Former President Joe Biden visits the College of Law for a portrait unveiling honoring his legacy at his alma mater. Bill Brodsky, a friend and former classmate of Biden while in law school, commissioned the painting.
Avery Magee | Development Editor
April 14, 2026: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jodi Kantor visits SU’s Newhouse School of Public Communications to talk with students about her new book “How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work.” Kantor worked alongside other reporters at The New York Times to investigate sexual misconduct in Hollywood.
Cassie Roshu | Daily Orange File Photo
April 22, 2026: A SUNY ESF woodsman prepares for the “cookie-cut” event. The woodsman is part of the ESF Timbersports team.
Avery Magee | Development Editor
April 24, 2026: Snow Strippers lead singer Tatiana Schwaninger dances onstage at the JMA Wireless Dome. Snow Strippers performed at this year’s Block Party.
Eli Schwartz | Asst. Photo Editor
April 28, 2026: Current and former Student Government Association executives, alongside Otto the Orange, lead a walk in support of outgoing Chancellor Kent Syverud’s recent brain cancer diagnosis. Student organizations represented their respective groups, with over 60 organizations appearing throughout the crowd.
Tara Deluca | Photo Editor
May 3, 2026: SU senior Jake Warcaba pops open a champagne bottle at Faegan’s Cafe & Pub’s annual Senior Blow-Out. This year, Warcaba delivered a speech.
Ike Wood | Senior Staff Photographer
