Students should worry about Donald Trump’s proposed work-study cut, experts say
On March 16, the Trump administration released its 2018 budget proposal, which called for the federal work-study program’s funding to be cut “significantly.” Read more »
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SUNY-ESF researchers brace for possible EPA funding cuts
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry professors expressed concern in interviews that President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget would negatively affect their scientific research. Read more »
iSchool master’s program to focus on cloud computing
The program, set to launch this fall, will teach students how data is processed, stored and networked. Read more »
James Franco and Tyler Rossi clash during SA presidential debate
SA presidential candidates James Franco and Tyler Rossi went head-to-head Sunday night during a debate hosted by The Daily Orange and CitrusTV for SA's 2017-18 academic year election. Read more »
WATCH LIVE: SA presidential candidates square off in debate
Watch James Franco and Tyler Rossi duke it out in the Herg in The Daily Orange and Citrus TV's debate. Read more »
Career service improvement, health insurance policy among topics discussed at GSO meeting
Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization passed a resolution calling for revamping career services for graduate students. Read more »
Taking to the streets, SU students rally against sexual assault and rape culture during annual event
Roughly 600 students and Syracuse residents gathered Wednesday evening for SU’s annual Take Back the Night rally, an event aimed at eliminating sexual assault, abuse, violence and rape culture. Read more »
Professors who have been blacklisted should now be better protected at SU
Academic freedom was a theme at Wednesday’s USen meeting. A resolution was passed to protect blacklisted professors and the chancellor assured faculty their free speech was not being threatened. Read more »
David Stankiewicz’s friends remember him as a selfless, compassionate person
David Stankiewicz, a senior biology major at SU, died on Saturday. His friends remember only a happy, kind man. Read more »
SA president’s budget procedure violation was committed by previous president
The procedure – which violated SA’s constitution – was also committed by Aysha Seedat, president of SA’s 59th legislative session during the 2015-16 academic year, she said in a text message this week. Read more »
This student spiced up his dating game with a dating resume
Joe Adams, a student at Michigan State University, created a dating resume that quickly went viral. Read more »
The Daily Orange, CitrusTV to moderate SA presidential election debate
This is the first time The Daily Orange and CitrusTV will jointly organize Student Association presidential debate. Read more »
Cuomo announces new funding for New York state airports
Cuomo said that $20 million in new funding is available for improvements to airports in the state. This comes after he announced in January that the state will make renovations to the airport in Syracuse. Read more »
Syracuse University student reports attempted strong-arm robbery on campus
At approximately 4:25 p.m., the student reported, two men knocked on the door of a dorm room and attempted to rob him. Read more »
Syracuse residents see opportunity, risk in the upscale student housing boom
The increase in off-campus student housing developments in Syracuse has some university neighborhood residents concerned the projects will flood the local market due to a local student population that isn’t seeing any significant growth. Read more »
iSchool professors are concerned that Trump’s budget could be major blow to nation’s libraries
The Institute of Museum and Library Services, which President Donald Trump has proposed to cut, provides 20 percent of the iSchool’s sponsored funding. Read more »
Eric Schneiderman is leading a coalition of attorneys general in a fight against President Donald Trump
Schneiderman, elected attorney general in 2010, has a tumultuous past with the president. Once taking office in 2010, the attorney general began investigation Trump’s controversial and now-defunct Trump University. Read more »
Trump’s proposed budget cut would stress homelessness aid group in central New York
Proposed elimination of federal funding to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness is making homeless support groups in central New York anxious. Read more »
Committee to present resolution related to attacks on academic freedom Wednesday
The meeting will be held at 4 p.m., the Senate’s second meeting in two weeks in Maxwell Auditorium. Read more »
Officials condemn Trump’s planned elimination of the Clean Power Plan
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a joint statement with California Gov. Edmund Brown opposing the executive order, recently signed by Trump, that rolls back the Obama-era regulatory plan aimed at reducing carbon dioxide pollution from power plants. Read more »
Lawmakers question subsidies for nuclear power plants in New York
Subsidies for nuclear power plants in New York state are set to go into effect later this week, but they face opposition in court and from some lawmakers. Read more »
Syracuse University students Tyler Rossi, Roy Tin declare campaign for SA president, vice president
During Monday’s SA meeting, a second pair of candidates were announced for president and vice president of SA's 61st legislative session. Read more »
Expert weighs in on implications of laptop ban on certain airlines
Expert analyzes potential political and economic effects of the ban on larger electronic devices on certain airplane flights. Read more »
Syracuse federal funding threatened by AG’s commitment to ‘sanctuary city’ order
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has repeatedly declared Syracuse a sanctuary city and is outspoken in her opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Read more »
