Tag: Chancellor Kent Syverud
Gallery: Images from SU's 37th Annual Remembrance Week
Gallery: This week SU hosted its 37th Annual Remembrance Week to honor Pan Am Flight 103 victims, 35 of whom were SU students. The week’s events included a candlelit vigil, the Rose Laying Ceremony and the “Sitting in Solidarity” event. Read More »
SU Community Review Board announces new leadership, members for 2025-26
SU’s Community Review Board announced its 2025-26 leadership, including law student Lindsey Oliver as chair and professor Stefanie Pilkay as vice chair. Read More »
DPS investigation into anti-LGBTQ+ language, racial slurs in Newhouse continues
Department of Public Safety is continuing an investigation into offensive language found at the Newhouse School of Public Communications. Read More »
Remembrance Scholars present plans to ‘move forward’ at Rose Laying Ceremony
Friday’s Rose Ceremony was one of Remembrance Week's final events. Each scholar recognized the victim they represent and shared lessons. Read More »
Syverud declines Trump ‘compact,’ senators pass portfolio review resolution
Syracuse’s University Senate questioned Chancellor Syverud and Provost Agnew about the Trump administration’s ‘compact’ for universities. Read More »
Africa Initiative, SU’s Young Democratic Socialists denounce Project 2025
SU's African Initiative and the Young Democratic Socialists of America called Project 2025 a threat to minorities and freedom of speech. Read More »
Delta Phi Epsilon plans to honor Pan Am Flight 103 victim with scholarship
Delta Phi Epsilon will work to endow a scholarship to memorialize Cynthia J. Smith after she died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Read More »
SU’s 10 visiting Lockerbie Scholars reflect on Pan Am Flight 103
Ten students chosen as Lockerbie Scholars from Lockerbie, Scotland, visited SU and note the school’s connection remains despite program changes. Read More »
Letter to the Editor: Paused majors bear burden of unsolved systemic issues
The impacted programs now under pause are instead being forced to bear the burden of large, systemic failures and mismanaged institutional priorities that plague modern universities. Read More »
Guest Essay: I had to shave my head in 3rd grade. Now, I shape my own narrative.
Not just the ability to speak, but the ability to name what we’re feeling, reclaim our image, laugh at what once embarrassed us and find power in the stories that once made us feel small. Read More »
SU community questions steer mayoral conversations on poverty, public safety
Questions from the SU community steered conversations on various issues at Monday’s on-campus mayoral debate hosted by CitrusTV. Read More »
SGA Board of Trustees report details post-COVID finances, expanded health resources
Syracuse University’s SGA shared its Board of Trustees report Monday, detailing the post-COVID financial transition and health resources. Read More »
Artistic Noise helps at-risk youth express themselves through art
Artistic Noise helps at-risk youth create art. Staff and alumni reflected at a central New York incarceration group event at SU Monday. Read More »
Opinion: Non-scholars should be more involved in Remembrance Week events
Bringing awareness to this tragedy should be the point of Remembrance Week, and more year-round reminders could be the window to this. It’s obvious SU cares about keeping the tradition of Remembrance Week, so it should provide more long-term, easily accessible but tangible resources. Read More »
DPS investigating racial slur, anti-LGBTQ+ writing on whiteboard in Newhouse
SU’s Department of Public Safety is investigating “hateful comments,” including a racial slur and anti-LGBTQ+ language, written in Newhouse. Read More »
Candlelit vigil honors Pan Am Flight 103 victims, 37th Remembrance Week
Students gathered outside Hendricks Chapel Sunday for a vigil honoring the victims of the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing, 35 being SU students. Read More »
Upcoming events: SU hosts 37th annual Remembrance Week
SU hosts its 37th annual Remembrance Week from Oct. 19–25, honoring those lost in the Pan Am 103 flight bombing, including 35 SU students. Read More »
Opinion: The college experience isn’t just on campus. We need to bridge the gap.
To alleviate that disconnect, SU needs to better provide and advertise to its students more opportunities to become acclimated with the city which it calls home. Read More »
Students, faculty praise Department of Religion's size, hope for admission reinstatement
Students and faculty in the Department of Religion advocated for the religion major, hoping to regain its admission status. Read More »
‘Pushed to the side’: SU cultural orgs say diversity rollbacks threaten belonging
Several leaders of multicultural organizations said they feel their sense of belonging is being threatened by administrative decisions and adherence to federal policy. Read More »
100-member Cuse AI draws from over 40 SU majors to examine emerging tech
Cuse AI is the first registered student organization focused on artificial intelligence at Syracuse University. Read More »
Student group combats period poverty with local advocacy, education efforts
PERIOD.'s SU chapter works to combat period poverty through education and service with initiatives to make menstrual product care packages. Read More »
Opinion: Outpace seasonal depression this winter with changed perspective
If we just bunker down and stay on campus just because it’s cold out, we negate some of what our college experience can be. We have a finite time at SU, and it would be a disservice to yourself to just sit at home when the weather gets cold. Read More »
Personal Essay: How I took advantage of campus facilities this fall break
But now reflecting on the break, I’m noticing it was exactly the opposite – staying on campus ended up feeling less like a period of isolation and more like a much-needed mental reset. With no essays or exams hanging over my head, I finally had the chance to explore everything SU has to offer beyond the classroom. Read More »