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The new department is designed to create a system of information with digital content that makes learning more accessible for students and faculty.

The new department is designed to create a system of information with digital content that makes learning more accessible for students and faculty.

SU is currently at COVID-19 alert level of “RED” for mask-wearing, meaning that students and guests are required to wear masks at all times indoors and outdoors in the presence of others.

After being removed from app stores in 2017, Yik Yak is once again available for download and is being used by SU students.

DPS investigating anti-Asian bias incident Daily Orange File Photo This bias incident is the third reported on or near campus since the end of the spring 2021 semester. Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety is investigating a bias incident that occurred Sunday morning.  At around 8:45 a.m., an unknown man reportedly approached a student on East Genesee Street, made derogatory statements about Asian people and spat in the student’s dire...

Flyers containing derogatory language found in Bird Library Daily Orange File Photo Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. Flyers containing derogatory language directed towards Chinese and Black people were found in Bird Library on Tuesday.  Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety removed the flyers and is investigating the incident, according to the department’s most recent bias incident report. “My team and I are frustrated and disappointed that this kind o...

Thomas Shults writes on how and why he grew and changed over his four years at Syracuse.

Subscribe to our newsletter here. About a year ago, Stephen Kuusisto said “hello” to a professor in an elevator in a Syracuse University building. The professor didn’t acknowledge Kuusisto’s greeting. Kuusisto, who is blind, said “hello” a second time, and the professor still didn’t respond. But when some students stepped onto the elevator, the professor went on to talk to them. Kuusisto confronted the professor outside the elevator, where the professor said they didn’t have to ...

SU receives grants to digitize Oakwood Cemetery, Latinx community records Micaela Warren | Staff Photographer The grants come as SU Libraries faces its own battle to preserve rare materials in its Special Collections Research Center. Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. A pair of state grants will enable Syracuse University professors and staff to digitize valuable records pertaining to Oakwood Cemetery and Syracuse’s Latino community.  The grants, awarded by the Central New York Libra...

SU, SUNY-ESF students discuss history of anti-Asian racism at forum Screenshot Roughly 3,800 incidents of racial violence against Asian Americans have been reported during the pandemic, according to Stop AAPI Hate. Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF experts and students discussed the history of anti-Asian racism in the U.S. and how to combat it during a public forum on Monday. The forum included remarks from Asian students, staff and faculty concerning t...