The subsidy program — which was originally piloted in 2015 — “addresses a need that graduate students have expressed about the high costs of child care,” according to an SU News release. Read more »
SUPRA’s 3rd Annual Walking Tour will take 50 participants through the refugee community in Syracuse, with stops at refugee learning and resettlement centers and a shared meal at a restaurant run by a Pakistani refugee. Read more »
SA approved over $2,000,000 in funding for fall 2017 programming. Read more »
Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization passed a resolution calling for revamping career services for graduate students. Read more »
During SA’s assembly meeting Monday night in Maxwell Auditorium, Evangelista said the board is supposed to be comprised of SA’s president and comptroller, the Graduate Student Organization’s president and SLS’s comptroller. Read more »
The conference is a non-profit student run organization that focuses on improving the quality of life and graduate and professional students across the U.S. Read more »
Concerns regarding the safety of undocumented students at Syracuse University are growing under President Donald Trump's administration. Chancellor Kent Syverud has twice declined to declare SU a sanctuary campus, but has expressed support for undocumented students. Read more »
GSO President Kumar also announced that Syracuse University has agreed to increase the stipend for graduate assistants. Read more »
Vice Chancellor Michele Wheatly announced a Campus Facilities Advisory Board will be formed during the Wednesday University Senate meeting. Read more »
The new academic integrity policy reflects input from students and faculty who are overwhelmed with reporting requirements. Read more »
Syracuse University's Graduate Student Organization, its members and current initiatives, explained. Read more »
Amid Donald Trump's promises to reverse the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, college campuses across the United States have declared themselves sanctuaries for undocumented students. Read more »
The resolution states that for the university to uphold its commitment to diversity and inclusion, members of the campus community who are most at risk to anticipated mass deportation policies should receive protection from the university. Read more »
The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students Conference Bid and free speech policies were among the long-standing issues discussed at Wednesday's meeting of the Graduate Student Organization. Read more »
At the Graduate Student Organization's Wednesday meeting, an offer to make an amendment to GSO's constitution was voted on and a bid to host the next NAGPS National Conference was presented. Read more »
Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization President Rajesh Kumar said it is working with SU to improve graduate students’ employment and benefits. Read more »
The Council of Graduate Schools recently released a study, published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, stating that, in 2015, 656,928 students applied for a doctoral program applications. This is a 4.3 percent decrease compared to 2014. Read more »
Free speech experts weigh in on Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud's recent announcement on the free speech revision. Read more »
In the first Graduate Student Organization Senate meeting for the semester, officers report their respective reports and new officers were elected. Read more »
The National Labor Relations Board overturned a 2004 ruling which prevented graduate students working as research and teaching assistants at private universities from forming labor unions. Read more »
Syracuse University has announced some revisions to its free speech policies, according to an email sent to the SU community on Tuesday from Chancellor Kent Syverud. Read more »
Syracuse University student health insurance plan will go into effect for all students starting this academic year. But there have been some concerns raised over the insurance requirement. Read more »
Many feel that SU's graduate student population is forgotten when it comes to thinking about crime against students. Read more »
Syracuse University’s Blue Light Alarm System is being abused instead of used by students, according to a report from the University Senate Committee on Student Life. Read more »
