Writer: Michael Burke
Syracuse University’s academic drop deadline isn’t compliant with federal law, experts say. It will change next semester.
SU’s use of its academic drop deadline has, for years, been noncompliant with federal regulations. The deadline will come several weeks earlier each semester beginning this spring. Read More »
Tracking and handling concussions in college football is left to schools. Doctors think that should change.
A current lack of NCAA and ACC oversight puts the onus on individual schools to handle concussion injuries to athletes. To avoid conflicts of interest, experts recommend the use of independent neurologists to assess players. Read More »
Accomplice in killing of Syracuse University student found not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of first-degree robbery
Ninimbe Mitchell, 20, was acquitted of a murder charge one day after his uncle, Cameron Isaac, was convicted on a first-degree murder charge. Read More »
‘A disgusting act’: How the murder of Syracuse University student Xiaopeng ‘Pippen’ Yuan unfolded
One day last fall, SU student Xiaopeng Yuan agreed to sell marijuana to a North Syracuse man. The drug deal turned fatal. Read More »
North Syracuse man convicted of murdering Syracuse University student Xiaopeng 'Pippen' Yuan
Cameron Isaac, 24, of North Syracuse was convicted of first-murder in connection to the death of SU student Xiaopeng “Pippen” Yuan. Read More »
Closing statements made in murder trial linked to Syracuse University student’s death
A jury of two men and ten women will begin deliberating Tuesday after closing statements were made on Monday. Read More »
Verdicts likely this week in murder trial concerning Syracuse University student Xiaopeng Yuan's death
A jury is likely to begin deliberating by Tuesday in the trial of two men charged with murdering a Syracuse University student last fall. Read More »
Expert: Bullet that killed Xiaopeng ‘Pippen’ Yuan was similar to bullets recovered from Cameron Isaac’s apartment
Matthew Kurimsky, a firearms examiner for Onondaga County, said Friday that he was struck by the similarities between bullets recovered from Cameron Isaac’s apartment and the bullet that killed an SU student. Read More »
Lead detective analyzes text messages sent by Cameron Isaac in month leading up to Xiaopeng 'Pippen' Yuan's death
On day four of the murder trial of two men accused of killing a Syracuse University student, the prosecution presented a series of text messages that Cameron Isaac sent to Xiaopeng "Pippen" Yuan and others in the month leading up to Yuan’s death. Read More »
Cellphone-mapping expert details locations of accused killers’ phones on day of Xiaopeng “Pippen” Yuan’s death
Rafal Dobrowolski, an expert in cell phone mapping and analysis, on Wednesday showed jurors his analysis that phones belonging to Isaac and Mitchell were located in the area where a Syracuse University student was killed at the time he was killed. Read More »
Opening statements in murder trial reveal alleged events leading to death of Syracuse University student Xiaopeng 'Pippen' Yuan
The prosecution and defense attorneys gave opening statements on Tuesday in the murder trial of two men accused of killing an SU student last fall. Read More »
Daily recaps from the murder trial concerning the death of a Syracuse University student
Here are day-by-day updates from the murder trial of two men accused of killing a Syracuse University student last fall. Read More »
8 jurors selected on day 1 of murder trial tied to killing of Syracuse University student
Dozens of potential jurors were considered Monday to serve on the jury in the trial of the two men accused of killing a Syracuse University student. Two men and six women were sworn in, leaving four spots to be filled Tuesday. Read More »
2 men accused of killing Syracuse University student to face trial Monday
Xiaoping “Pippen” Yuan, a Syracuse University student, died in Dewitt last September. Two men have been charged with first- and second-degree murder in connection to his death. Read More »
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Community members sign petition calling on Chancellor Kent Syverud to release contract terms of Koch grants
SU Chancellor Kent Syverud said in a recent interview that Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly is currently looking into the grants received from the Kochs. Read More »
PUBLIC CONSENSUS: How Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud is viewed 3 years into his tenure
The Daily Orange interviewed more than 50 faculty, staff and administrators about Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud. They described a chancellor who means well and has made progress on his projects, but who has also made several missteps in his time at SU. Read More »
Committee reviewing faculty salary data expects to release report by October
The committee has so far identified peer and aspirational institutions for comparisons in faculty salaries and has preliminary “statistical analyses of factors that correlate with salaries,” according to an SU News release. Read More »
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud doesn’t currently have stance on potential merger
In a recent interview with The Daily Orange, Syverud said he doesn’t have a position “on any particular proposal because I don’t know yet what the exact proposal is.” Read More »
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud ‘wasn’t bothered’ by Jim Boeheim's comments on retirement announcement
Last month, SU extended Boeheim’s contract past the 2017-18 season after he was previously scheduled to retire. Boeheim said he “did not want to make it public” in 2015 that he planned to retire in 2018, but Syverud overruled him. Read More »
James Franco, Angie Pati elected president and vice president of Student Association's 61st legislative session
Franco, a junior political science and history double major, and Pati, a junior neuroscience and psychology dual major, defeated Whitman School students Tyler Rossi and Roy Tin. Read More »
Syracuse University Senate Budget Committee address financial concerns in report
The committee — comprised of faculty, staff and administrators — spent “considerable time” during the current academic year on the report, which includes a section on SU’s 2017-18 budget plans in addition to highlighting several areas of concern related to SU’s finances. Read More »
More than 10 percent of student body has voted in SA elections; elections will end Thursday night
Janine Bogris, chair of the SA’s Board of Elections and Membership, said in an email Tuesday afternoon that the 10 percent threshold has been surpassed. If at least 10 percent of the student body had not voted as of Thursday at midnight, the elections would have been extended until Friday. Read More »
Elaine Chao brings extensive government experience to cabinet role
Chao has previously served in the administrations of other Republican presidents, including as the secretary of labor under President George W. Bush. Read More »