The legacy of CORE: Syracuse’s Urban Renewal Protests, 60 years Later
Sixty years after the CORE movement shook SU's campus, Syracuse looks to undo the harms of urban renewal that sparked the 1963 protests. Read more »
Writer archives: Chris Hippensteel
SU Students vs. ‘The Deep North’: Syracuse’s Urban Renewal Protests, 60 years later
In 1963, dozens of SU students were jailed alongside professors and civil rights leaders in a fight against urban renewal. Decades on, their legacy endures. Read more »
Kristi Schoff has experienced food insecurity in the Northside. Now she helps fight it.
After experiencing food scarcity firsthand, Schoff operates a food pantry to help the Northside community dealing with a similar, frustrating situation. Read more »
Westcott pantry highlights food insecurity among SU international students
Local food pantries like Vineyard Church are vital for some of Syracuse University's international students, who deal with food insecurity and little money. Read more »
'JUST SURVIVING': The end of pandemic SNAP benefits has pushed Syracuse toward a hunger crisis
After the end of pandemic SNAP benefits, the food budgets of thousands of Syracuse residents vanished. Read more »
2 years into the pandemic, Syracuse houses of worship grapple with change
Religious organizations in Syracuse provided vital support to communities during the pandemic despite closed doors. Now, they’re navigating a gradual reopening process. Read more »
2 student organizations push for Giuliani's SU law degree to be rescinded
Giuliani’s degree drew protests from SU community members in 2002, when he was invited to the commencement ceremony, and in the past year following his attempts to undermine the 2020 presidential election. Read more »
NY is considering legislation to make phone, laptop repair more affordable
The Digital Fair Repair Act — a right to repair bill — passed in the New York State Senate in June 2021, making it the first legislation of its kind to clear a state’s legislative body. Read more »
Syracuse residents will use $25,000 grant to decorate space in front of City Hall
The art project will make the space into a colorful area that visually encourages public assembly and political engagement. Read more »
For Syracuse activists, Gillibrand’s new gun trafficking legislation is overdue
Activists in Syracuse said that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's new gun trafficking legislation, Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking & Crime Prevention Act, was a step in the right direction but long overdue. Read more »
30 years later, Rudy Giuliani's honorary doctorate from SU remains intact
The SU community protested Giuliani when he spoke at the university’s Commencement in 2002. Read more »
How will COVID-19 vaccine mandates affect Syracuse businesses?
President Joe Biden has announced plans to tie employment status to COVID-19 vaccination at private companies with 100 or more workers as part of nationwide mandates. Read more »
SU spent $12,000 to have Sen. Raphael Warnock speak at 2020 MLK celebration
Warnock’s visit to SU followed a series of more than 20 hate crimes and bias-related incidents that took place on and around campus during the fall 2019 semester and the #NotAgainSU occupation of the Barnes Center at The Arch that formed in response. Read more »
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SU finalizing plans for art installation honoring Onondaga Nation
The art installation, which will be designed by artist and muralist Brandon Lazore of the Onondaga Nation, is part of the university’s response to Indigenous students’ concerns about the visibility of Indigenous people on campus. Read more »
SU receives grants to digitize Oakwood Cemetery, Latinx community records
The grants will support converting decades-old death and burial records for Oakwood Cemetery into a searchable database and expanding digital access to cultural artifacts in the La Casita Cultural Center’s archives. Read more »
David Bruen and Darnelle Stinfort to become SA president, VP
Bruen and Stinfort ran unopposed, but still needed 10% of the SU student body to vote in the election for their victory to be legitimate. Read more »
SU political scientists weigh in on what U.S. census results mean for New York
The U.S. Census Bureau announced the change Monday, stating that the House seat instead went to Minnesota, which also came close to losing the seat. Read more »
John Goerner’s life, law ambitions centered around giving back
Goerner, a Syracuse University College of Law student, died from pancreatic cancer on March 30 at the age of 41. Read more »
Workshops will teach faculty to navigate cultural differences
Two professors in SU’s School of Education are launching a series of faculty workshops, titled “Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms,” to help instructors better understand the needs of students from different backgrounds. Read more »
SU launches search committee for new chief of campus safety
The chief of campus security and emergency management services will oversee SU’s Department of Public Safety, as well as its Emergency Management and Global Safety and Support departments. Read more »
SU College of Law student dies
Goerner was a member of the College of Law’s Class of 2023 and was studying remotely from his home in Mohnton, Pennsylvania. Read more »
What experts think about the growth of SU's administration
Some experts in higher education have criticized the growth of university administrations as unnecessary spending that raises costs for students. Read more »
Students disagree with committee’s proposal to remove South Campus housing
Students living in South Campus apartments disagree with the board’s recommendation to relocate all student residences to Main Campus. Read more »
