Writer: Sam Ogozalek
IVMF team expands veterans policy research, connects with powerful federal agencies
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families’ research team recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with high-ranking federal officials to discuss a project with the Office of Personnel Management. Read More »
Disability Day of Mourning vigil to be held at Schine Student Center
Syracuse University has participated in the national vigil every year since 2012, according to a press release issued Tuesday. Read More »
Mayor forms partnerships with Syracuse University, speaks at Le Moyne College
Ben Walsh received a master’s degree in public administration at Syracuse University in 2005. Read More »
SU Professor Dana Balter leads Democratic race to challenge Rep. John Katko
Balter is a visiting assistant teaching professor at the university. She’s also a Ph.D. candidate in public administration: Read More »
Man accused of videotaping women in Syracuse University bathroom arraigned
Garrett J. Monds, 27, was arrested and charged with unlawful surveillance in the second degree, police said. Read More »
Board works to free up more academic space for Syracuse University schools and colleges
The Campus Facilities Advisory Board is tasked with evaluating the major 20-year Campus Framework plan. Read More »
Syracuse University announces appointment of permanent LGBT Resource Center director
khristian kemp-delisser is currently Colgate University’s assistant dean and director of LGBTQ initiatives. Read More »
3 Syracuse stories you may have missed this weekend
SUNY-ESF President Quentin Wheeler responded to an Undergraduate Student Association resolution calling on increased communication between college administration and the campus community, among other things. Read More »
Syracuse University announces appointment of permanent Title IX officer
Sheila Johnson-Willis, the appointee, had served as interim chief equal opportunity and Title IX officer since 2015. Read More »
Some SU athletes said they were forced into majors ‘they did not want,’ following national trend
The university’s Faculty Oversight Committee released a report detailing those concerns last semester. Read More »
News briefs: 3 stories you may have missed
Syracuse University announced the launch of a new webpage to help support DACA/undocumented students, a Syracuse-area senator emerged as a the GOP governor’s race frontrunner and a local nonprofit announced that they would be seeking comment on how to better improve quality of life around the city. Read More »
Syracuse University appoints interim ADA coordinator amid transparency concerns
Aaron Hodukavich left his position at the university Friday to take a new job, SU confirmed Wednesday night. Read More »
Norwegian university hired Kavajecz with knowledge of arrest
Kenneth Kavajecz, the former dean of Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, pleaded guilty to attempted patronizing of a prostitute in November. Read More »
Former Whitman dean arrested on prostitution charges lands teaching job in Norway
Kenneth Kavajecz served as dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management until September 2016. Read More »
Syracuse University’s academic drop deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday
Under rules that had previously been in place at SU, students had until the ninth Monday of the semester to initiate a leave of absence. Read More »
Syracuse University announces ‘historic’ $20 million donation for veterans complex project
Daniel D’Aniello is a co-chair of the advisory board for the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, which was founded at Syracuse University. Read More »
Congressional candidate and SU professor Dana Balter details campaign fundraising
Balter is a visiting assistant teaching professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She’s challenging Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus) in the midterm elections this fall. Read More »
Councilors support Mayor Ben Walsh’s ‘Syracuse Build’ project
Mayor Ben Walsh, during his “state of the city” address Wednesday night, announced a new workforce development project called “Syracuse Build.” Read More »
Syracuse University announces appointment of Renée Crown honors program director
Danielle Taana Smith, professor of sociology and the Honors Program director at the Rochester Institute of Technology, will take over the program. Read More »
South Side entrepreneurship program to launch for women-, minority-owned businesses
The new program, called the Business Growth Accelerator, is expected to launch sometime during the week of Feb. 15. Read More »
Meet the key members of SU’s Office of Government and Community Relations
Tim Drumm is the university’s registered lobbyist. Eric Persons, who worked as the university’s lobbyist for several years, left his position at SU last year. Read More »
News briefs: What you might have missed this weekend
The Syracuse University campus community reacted to the death of a former Board of Trustees chair, Syracuse’s new mayor hosted an inaugural ball and Interstate 690 construction continued, among other things. Read More »
Police investigate multiple reported robberies near Syracuse University’s Main Campus
Two Syracuse University students and a SUNY-ESF student reported the robberies. Read More »
$2.28 million donation to help fund Link Hall research center, Invent@SU program
The funding was announced on Friday in a campus-wide email to the Syracuse University community. Read More »