SU to suspend any student who commits bias-related vandalism
Students will have the opportunity to appeal the suspension but will be removed from campus until the case is cleared. Read more »
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Racist graffiti reported in Day Hall
The graffiti was found on the back of a vending machine, according to a DPS bias incident report issued Tuesday. Read more »
Renegade Magazine establishes voice for black students on campus
Renegade Magazine sets out to make students “feel good” after last semester’s hate crimes and bias-related incidents. Read more »
Student of Color Advisory Committee says DPS lacks transparency
Members are calling for the Department of Public Safety and Chancellor Kent Syverud to allow the committee greater oversight of DPS protocol instead of operating solely as a liaison between students of color and DPS. Read more »
State budget calls for hate crime punishment, cannabis legalization
Gov. Cuomo announced spending directed toward combating hate crimes in New York in his budget proposal Tuesday. Read more »
Multiple universities experience racist, anti-Semitic incidents
Hate crimes and bias-related incidents have spread to many universities across the country in the past month, including anti-Semitic and racist graffiti, blackface and references to mass shootings. Read more »
SU to implement safety measures over break
The Department of Public Safety will deploy 19 new residential community safety officers in several residence halls, including those affected by the November hate crimes and bias incidents. Read more »
#NotAgainSU ends Barnes Center sit-in
Protest organizers announced the end of #NotAgainSU's sit-in at the Barnes Center on Thursday night. The occupation lasted eight days. Read more »
Student arrested on charge of making graffiti says they are justified
Syracuse University freshman Kym McGowan was arrested Wednesday for making graffiti speaking against the university. They said the graffiti was misinterpreted as bias-related. Read more »
Chancellor Kent Syverud denies cover-up of racist incidents
The chancellor said Thursday that he isn’t aware of intentional efforts to hide reports of racial graffiti in Day Hall. Read more »
Walsh orders investigation into racist, anti-Semitic city graffiti
The Syracuse Police Department has begun to investigate the vandalism, which includes a drawing of a swastika, Walsh said in a Wednesday press release. Read more »
Chancellor signs #NotAgainSU demands after calls for his resignation
The forum was held to address Syverud’s response to a list of 18 demands from #NotAgainSU and demands from international students. Protesters gave Syverud until Wednesday at 5 p.m. to sign the demands. Read more »
SU students leave campus early amid safety concerns
At least 12 racist, anti-Semitic and bias-related incidents — including racist graffiti, racial slurs and swastikas — have occurred since Nov. 7. Read more »
SU faculty member threatened by anonymous anti-Semitic email
The email, sent anonymously, referenced the Holocaust and used an anti-Semitic slur. Read more »
Board of Trustees chair addresses hate, bias incidents
The Board of Trustees, which oversees the university’s fiscal policies and institutional decisions, stands behind Chancellor Kent Syverud and SU students, Kathleen Walters said. Read more »
Syverud responds to #NotAgainSU demands
The chancellor sent his response in a campus-wide email on Tuesday afternoon. Read more »
Alpha Chi Rho denies involvement in racist incident as IFC expels fraternity
Syracuse University’s Interfraternity Council expelled the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity indefinitely from campus. Read more »
亚洲学生在种族歧视事件后为自己发声
中国学生学者联合会的学生领导及部分成员出席了15日的小型会议并向校长Syverud提交了一份包含九项具体要求的声明 Read more »
Asian, Asian American students grapple with hate crimes
Members of the Chinese Student and Scholars Association presented Chancellor Kent Syverud with a list of nine demands at a Friday meeting. Read more »
Syverud, SU officials provide updates in hate crime investigations
Syverud assured the Syracuse University community that the perpetrators of Saturday’s racist verbal attack against a black female student will face disciplinary action. Read more »
Gillibrand, Cuomo among NY-elected officials condemning recent hate crimes
Kirsten Gillibrand, a former 2020 presidential contender, said she was “horrified and saddened” that the country’s growing trend of hate crimes in the last few years has affected SU. Read more »
Student Association works to support #NotAgainstSU movement
SA expressed solidarity with the #NotAgainSU movement and criticized the university’s delayed response to the racist graffiti in Day Hall. Read more »
VPA transmedia department to hold forum on #NotAgainSU demands
The department will cancel classes on Tuesday from 2:15 p.m to 5 p.m. for all transmedia faculty and students to attend the forum. Read more »
Jim Boeheim clarifies earlier statement, answers questions at Barnes Center sit-in
Jim Boeheim visited the Barnes Center sit-in Saturday afternoon with Elijah Hughes and Buddy Boeheim. Read more »
