Syracuse University’s commencement speaker this year will be announced some time this week, a 2015 class marshal said, making this the latest in five years that a speaker has been announced. Read more »
Editor’s note: With Student Association elections taking place this week, The Daily Orange is profiling each of the five candidates campaigning for president. Check back… Read more »
AJ Abell and Tatiana Cadet were the only Student Association presidential candidates present at the National Pan-Hellenic Council sponsored debate Monday night in Stolkin Auditorium. Read more »
Aysha Seedat and Jane Hong both know what it’s like to struggle with identity. As the first two women of color to ever run on… Read more »
Having grown up in an orphanage in Russia before moving to the U.S., AJ Abell’s life has taught him to value experience as much as result. And his past has loose connections to his campaign platform, which is centered on transparency and inclusiveness Read more »
Syracuse University’s Own the Dome event, held Sunday night, was attended by more accepted students than in the previous two years of the event. Read more »
The popular Marshall Street bar paid its $7,160.18 debt on April 3. The document certifying Chuck’s had paid its debt was not available online until April 7. The Pittston, Pennsylvania location of food distributor USA Foods Inc. sued Chuck’s on Jan. 16 over unpaid bills. Read more »
Only one student attended the official Student Association candidate forum Sunday night in Shaffer Auditorium Read more »
The 13th Annual Panasci Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises program in the Whitman School, allows students to pitch their fully developed business plans to judges well-versed in the art of starting a company and selling products. Read more »
Impact Week has been absent from the Syracuse University campus for the past couple semesters, but this year Student Association Director of Student Engagement Alejandra Avina is bringing it back in a different way. Read more »
A Utah-based development company has submitted its plan to construct a student-housing complex in the Outer Comstock neighborhood in Syracuse. Read more »
On Thursday around noon, members of THE General Body and the Graduate Student Organization held a rally in front of Hendricks Chapel regarding grievances about the recent health care plan changes. Read more »
Karam Jamal Al Hamad is wanted by the Syrian government for being outspoken against the Bashar al-Assad regime and is currently participating in the Leaders for Democracy Fellowship at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Read more »
Launched in January, Chat and Dine encourages engagement between students and faculty or staff members in a setting that’s not necessarily academic. SA President Boris Gresely said he discovered the idea from the University of Rochester, which is considered a peer institution of SU. Read more »
Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
Sara Eckhardt founded the “I Am Enough” movement at Syracuse University to help other students realize that there is power and strength in accepting who you are, just as you are. Read more »
The debate, which is sponsored by the NPHC, will take place at 8:30 p.m. in Lyman Hall, room 132. Doors for “The Great Debate” open at 8 p.m. It is unclear which of the five members running for SA president will take part in the debate. Read more »
The Women in Science and Engineering program at Syracuse University aims to increase the recruitment and retention of women faculty in sciences, mathematics, engineering and computer sciences. Read more »
The Student Association will host Impact Week to engage SU students on campus and in the community. Impact Week will take place from April 13 through April 19, culminating with The Cuse Conference, the first ever. Read more »
About two weeks after canceling the Paris Noir program due to low enrollment, the College of Arts and Sciences and SU Abroad announced the reopening of the program’s application period on Tuesday. 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 »
The 2015 Presidential Management Fellows Program named six students and alumni of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs as fellowship finalists on March 26. Read more »
One of the biggest complaints Syracuse University Libraries officials hear about Bird Library relates to its lack of outlets. A fundraising campaign is more than halfway to its goal of changing that. Read more »
Here's a breakdown of what Syracuse University's decision to divest from fossil fuels means, and how it compares to other institutions that have made the move to divest. Read more »
University Union announced on Sunday that The Knocks, Skizzy Mars, and Verite will perform at 2015's Mayfest. The Syracuse University community offered commentary on social media regarding the acts. Read more »
