An agreement has been made on legislation to combat sexual assault on college campuses in New York. SU joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign for the legislation in May. Read more »
Sgt. William Shemin, a 1924 SU alumnus, became the first SU alumnus to be awarded the Medal of Honor, doing so at a White House ceremony on Tuesday. Read more »
Beau Biden, the son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, died Saturday of brain cancer. He spoke at the 2011 SU College of Law commencement ceremony. Read more »
The son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Beau Biden, died Saturday. He was 46. Read more »
A Syracuse University alumnus is set to be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honor on June 2 at the White House. Read more »
Graduates of Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF will enter a job market that is seeking young employees. Read more »
Morrison Bonpasse is running on a campaign based on three primary goals: putting an end to and correcting wrongful convictions in the U.S., adopting a single global currency and ending global population growth. Read more »
“Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” was released on Friday as the most recent documentary of the life of Nirvana front man, Kurt Cobain. Read more »
The Board of Regents at the University of Colorado has recently voted not to divest from the school’s use of fossil fuels in a 7-2 vote. Read more »
Millions of college students arrive on campus each year with a mental illness or mental health concerns. In the 2014 National Survey of College Counseling Centers, 94 percent of directors reported an increase in students with severe psychological problems on their campuses. Read more »
With three Republican candidates and one Democratic contender announcing their involvement in the presidential race more than a year-and-a-half before the general elections in November 2016, the analysis on all of the candidates has just begun. Read more »
The core focus of this project at the moment is perfecting a sound-to-touch sensory substitution device, and they have the theoretical framework in place behind the conversions that go into such technology. Read more »
Syracuse University was not granted a new college focused on emergency management and homeland security, but rather was passed over by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the University at Albany, State University of New York. Read more »
The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it is calling for an end to conversion, or reparative, therapy for children in response to a petition created after trans* teenager Leelah Alcorn’s suicide in December 2014. Read more »
Duke University students and faculty arranged protests last week following an incident at the school in which a noose was hung from a tree overnight, which then caused an outrage on campus by the morning. Read more »
Donald Siegel, chair and professor in the Earth sciences department, said his research group has found “no statistically significant relationship between dissolved methane concentration in groundwater from domestic water wells and proximity to pre-existing oil or gas wells.” Read more »
Less than a day after Rolling Stone retracted its article that vividly depicted a woman being sexually assaulted by members of a fraternity at the University of Virginia, members of the Syracuse University community reacted to the fallout of the decision for all parties involved. Read more »
Syracuse University professors James Abbott and David Rezak weighed in on what sets Tidal apart from heavyweights like Spotify and Google Play, and what its chances of success are. Read more »
If passed, the bill would invalidate the current Nevada System of Higher Education policy in place, which makes it a requirement for any person that does have a concealed carry permit to first obtain approval by the institution before they carry a weapon at that institution. Read more »
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) became the first person to formally announce his candidacy for president at Liberty University last Monday, which some experts said has both positive and negative consequences. Read more »
The NCAA did not discuss changing venues for the NCAA Tournament East Regional following the organization’s report released in early March regarding Syracuse University’s athletic program. Read more »
The University of Toronto and striking teaching assistants reached a tentative agreement on issues surrounding teaching assistants on campus on March 18, but the deal was struck down by a small margin after being put to vote by the participants in the strike. Read more »
Partnering up with The Schultz Family Foundation and the U.S. Department of Defense, the IVMF helped to establish the Onward to Opportunity program, which assists service members and active duty spouses on military bases by offering industry-specific training and certifications. Read more »
Members of Greek life from many different fraternities and sororities have committed various forms of misconduct in the past couple of weeks. Read more »
