In his inauguration address on April 11, 2014, Syverud declared that he wanted Syracuse University to become an institution that embraces change. Since then, Fast Forward has become the central vehicle for that change. But some SU faculty members have expressed concern over Fast Forward initiatives. Read more »
Syracuse University's Institute on Communication and Inclusion continues to promote and research facilitated communication, despite it having been widely discredited for more than 25 years. Read more »
Delaney Arias, a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major at Syracuse University, shares her personal story of taking a mental health leave of absence from school. Read more »
Syracuse University students who were visiting Paris the day of the terrorist attacks recall their experiences navigating the city in the midst of attacks that killed 132 people. Read more »
The number of SU’s non-academic administrators continues to skyrocket in size and salary, a trend that is mirrored nationwide at other colleges and universities. Read more »
While students have advocated for more psychiatric services, nearly three years after adding full-time psychiatric services for the first time, administrators said they’re not sure adding more staff is needed. Read more »
The SU Counseling Center has already had about 750 more appointments this school year than all of last year, and students have criticized the center for its long wait times, triage system and focus on short-term counseling. Read more »
Millions of college students arrive on campus each year with a mental illness or mental health concerns. In the 2014 National Survey of College Counseling Centers, 94 percent of directors reported an increase in students with severe psychological problems on their campuses. Read more »
Karam Jamal Al Hamad is wanted by the Syrian government for being outspoken against the Bashar al-Assad regime and is currently participating in the Leaders for Democracy Fellowship at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Read more »
The Daily Orange Crime Map is a data visualization created with the Department of Public Safety’s crime logs from the last five years. The logs… Read more »
The Physical Plant at Syracuse University uses an extensive operation to remove the large amounts of snow that fall on the SU campus each winter. Read more »
Luke Jensen resigned from his post as head coach of the Syracuse women's tennis team three matches into last season, which was his eighth season leading the Orange. Read more »
King-Eckersley’s journey to letting go of the pain of giving away her only child for adoption when she was 19 years old was not a simple or short one. Read more »
From events that pierce the national psyche to university-specific issues, SU boasts a rich history of student protests. Read more »
Kent Syverud doesn’t like his office. At least not in its current state. He has plans to change it, though. He’s already removed a small… Read more »
With a few weeks remaining in her last semester at Syracuse University, Nancy Cantor’s nine-year rapid of policy-making has settled into a quiet backwater. She… Read more »
It was an imposing ivory tower. It was a fading manufacturing town. It was the same city, worlds apart. “When you get away a distance… Read more »
He was just one face in the panicked crowd. One among swarms of people piling out of the second-floor Colorado theater’s exit, frantically making their… Read more »
