More than 40 minutes of Wednesday’s University Senate meeting were spent discussing a revision to Syracuse University’s faculty policies, leaving little time to address a report covering free speech on campus. Read more »
The Senate Committee on Women's Concerns issued a report that said an Ombuds Office would help mitigate feelings of uncertainty and stress in the SU community. Read more »
Michele Wheatly was approved by the Syracuse University Board of Trustees on Friday to be the university's vice chancellor and provost-designate. Wheatly will play a key role in many of SU's initiatives. Read more »
Faculty members and Syracuse University officials weigh in on the search for the new vice chancellor and provost, who will serve as the university's chief academic officer. Read more »
A roundup of what happened this week in news. Read more »
A new report from a group in the Fast Forward Syracuse initiative details eight areas upon which Syracuse University may mold its mission and vision for students in the future. Read more »
Here's what happened in news in the last week. Read more »
The budget report was the last item on the agenda during the first University Senate meeting of the semester, which took place in Maxwell Auditorium. Read more »
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud discussed the employee buyout program and gave updates related to the Fast Forward initiative. Read more »
A new vice president of external affairs and two University Senators were elected during the first Graduate Student Organization meeting of the semester. Read more »
Chancellor Kent Syverud just announced who's going to be leading a search for the new dean of Hendricks Chapel as well as who's leading a comprehensive review of how the chapel operates. Read more »
SU will start providing 24/7 year-round health and wellness services to university employees through a third-party company. Some faculty and staff members are concerned about how a third-party company can protect confidentiality. Read more »
At its Wednesday meeting, GSO heard proposals about what projects the organization could use its $100,000 budget surplus for. The proposals will be voted on at a later date. Read more »
See what happened in news this past week. Read more »
A University Senate committee gave its first report after a 12-year hiatus, prompting faculty to raise concerns about shared governance and transparency in Syracuse University’s administration. Read more »
Gender and Sexuality columnist Caroline Colvin calls on Syracuse University to strengthen its efforts to create a better environment for LGBTQ athletes by incorporating a system for anonymous harassment reporting and mandatory diversity trainings. Read more »
The members of a committee to find a senior vice president of student affairs at Syracuse University have been announced. University College Dean Bea González will chair the committee. Read more »
A Syracuse University workgroup submitted a report to Chancellor Kent Syverud that details the private university's right to restrain freedom of speech on its campus. Read more »
Veteran-Focused Medical School
Sean O'Keefe, the chair of the faculty advisory committee that submitted its final report on the idea of the creation of a veteran-focused medical school at Syracuse University to Chancellor Kent Syverud on Oct. 23, discusses the input that went into the creation of the report. Read more »
Chancellor Kent Syverud talked about the economic benefits of a veteran-focused medical school or a National Veterans Resource Complex. Read more »
Total enrollment at Syracuse University increased from about 18,600 students in fiscal year 2003 to about 21,000 students in fiscal year 2013. Chancellor Kent Syverud said higher enrollment is due to a lower rate of admitted students who don’t end up attending SU. Read more »
Here are four takeaways from Student Association's Monday night meeting in the Hall of Languages. Read more »
Political science professors debate the implications of implementing the U.S. State Department's definition of anti-Semitism at Syracuse University. The university has not announced if it is considering adopting the State Department definition. Read more »
Chancellor Kent Syverud released a flood of updates at Wednesday’s University Senate meetingon last year’s budget, employee buyouts, student enrollment and other topics. Read more »
