In wake of the recent crime, DPS redirected officers to areas that have been affected by off-campus crimes. It did not increase the number of officers dispatched around the off-campus community. 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 »
Syracuse University is in the process of designing a button that would lock all outside doors on more than 90 academic buildings and residence halls with just one click. Read more »
The Daily Orange Editorial Board discusses the possibility of a "check in" system in which students would be able to notify their families of their safety in emergency situations. Read more »
Here are some photos from Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Syracuse University as part of the national "It's On Us" campaign to end sexual assault and relationship violence on college campuses. Read more »
The Daily Orange Editorial Board suggests that the Department of Public Safety should consider taking Yik Yak, an anonymous social media app, into account when it comes to student safety. Read more »
Waverly Avenue between South Crouse and Walnut avenues is scheduled to be closed between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to accommodate Biden’s arrival to and departure from Syracuse. Read more »
SU professor of architecture Lori Brown has taught ARC 552: "Politics of Public Space" and has overseen public projects since the early 2000s. Read more »
The Department of Public Safety has not sent public safety notices following a weekend that saw eight burglaries and one attempted burglary near the Syracuse University campus. Read more »
The Daily Orange Editorial Board argues that vague descriptions are not helpful in identifying a suspect and should be left out of safety notices from the Department of Public Safety. Read more »
SA members expressed mixed feelings about whether or not DPS should include a suspect's race in public safety notices. The assembly also decided to officially take a stance and support bringing Uber to Syracuse. Read more »
DPS will not increase the number of officers dispatched around the off-campus community in light of two off-campus sexual assaults that occurred Sunday between 1 and 1:30 a.m. Read more »
Organizers of the (In)Justice For All panel, which will include the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown, talk about police brutality, race and what caused them to bring the event to Syracuse University. Read more »
Students in the School of Architecture used more than 4,000 glow sticks to light up Comstock and Euclid avenues to raise awareness for campus safety. Read more »
DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado and Chief Law Enforcement Officer Tony Callisto held a press conference for student media on Thursday to discuss the Orange Alert system and how it was handled as a result of the shooting near the Syracuse University campus. Read more »
DPS held a press conference Thursday and shared details on the Orange Alert that put the SU campus under lockdown for about two hours on Wednesday night. Read more »
Students, faculty and staff of Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry got tickets to a discussion panel at SU that will feature the mothers of Mike Brown and Trayvon Martin. Read more »