Tag: kent syverud
#NotAgainSU to continue sit-in until negotiations finish
Students pushed administration Wednesday night to set a concrete date for their next negotiation meeting. Read More »
SU gives progress update on #NotAgainSU demands
Therapists who represent multiple identities and speak multiple languages will provide teletherapy to students at the Barnes Center at The Arch. Read More »
GSO urges University Senate to investigate SU’s response to protesters
GSO passed a resolution Wednesday night urging the University Senate to create an ad hoc committee to investigate the treatment of #NotAgainSU organizers in Crouse-Hinds Hall. Read More »
#NotAgainSU releases 10 more demands, including exemption for absences
These additions are as a result of the administration’s treatment of students occupying Crouse-Hinds Hall, the statement said. Read More »
Parents of #NotAgainSU students say SU failed to inform them of protest
The parents said the university did not fully inform them about the circumstances surrounding their children’s suspension. Read More »
#NotAgainSU disputes SU’s depiction of Crouse-Hinds closure
#NotAgainSU alleges that SU used food as leverage over protesters inside Crouse-Hinds on Tuesday and Wednesday. Read More »
#NotAgainSU plans to negotiate demands with SU
Organizers plan to occupy the building until the movement’s 24 demands are met, protesters said Wednesday. Read More »
New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb expresses support for #NotAgainSU
Cobb delivered a lecture at SU two weeks ago about the ways politicians and journalists can portray ethnicity and racism leading up to the 2020 presidential election. Read More »
#NotAgainSU enters fourth day of Crouse-Hinds Hall sit-in
Once the building reopened Thursday morning, faculty and staff entered the building to speak and provide support to organizers. Read More »
Syverud lifts #NotAgainSU protesters' interim suspensions
The Chancellor announced his decision at the University Senate’s meeting late Wednesday afternoon. Read More »
Crouse-Hinds #NotAgainSU protest proves that SU is committed to status quo
Liberal columnist Patrick McCarthy argues that SU administration’s insistence not to accept some of #NotAgainSU’s demands proves that they are not capable of effective leadership Read More »
Here's how SU has implemented demands from student groups so far
Chancellor Kent Syverud signed demands from #NotAgainSU and other student groups in November. Here’s how the university has implemented the demands so far. Read More »
SU expands multicultural learning communities
The Upperclass Multicultural Living Learning Community will open in Ernie Davis Hall in fall 2020. Read More »
SU to increase faculty diversity through new hiring initiative
The Diversity Opportunity Hires initiative will support the university’s efforts to hire teaching and research faculty from diverse backgrounds through its signature and cluster hires initiatives. Read More »
Chancellor provides updates about diversity, security in Winter Message
Syverud focused his speech on four key topics that he said will make SU “a world-class model of an academic powerhouse that truly embraces, welcomes and values all people.” Read More »
No arrests made in hate crimes investigations
The Syracuse Police Department and Department of Public Safety are investigating bias-related incidents that took place at and near Syracuse University in recent months. Read More »
Cuomo references racism, hate at SU in State of the State address
Gov. Andrew Cuomo referenced the series of racist, anti-Semitic and bias-related incidents that have occurred at Syracuse University in his State of the State address Wednesday. Read More »
Nearly 80 sexual assault, stalking, other incidents reported to SU’s Title IX officer
The incidents were detailed in data published by New York state’s Department of Education on Thursday. Read More »
Board of Trustees forms special committee, advisory panel on campus climate
The special committee and Independent Advisory Panel were formed in response to student demands for the Board of Trustees to expand efforts on diversity. Read More »
‘I do not intend to walk away’: Syverud responds to calls for resignation
Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke briefly at the University Senate’s meeting on Wednesday. Read More »
Faculty call for more university-wide diversity courses
The letter calls for the creation of liberal arts core curriculum to educate students about issues of diversity. Read More »
Indigenous students present concerns, solutions to Syverud
Students met with the chancellor on Dec. 3, about two weeks after the Department of Public Safety announced Nov. 21 that an anti-indigenous message was found on a post-it note in Flint Hall. Read More »
SU launches committees to implement #NotAgainSU demands
Members of committees will provide feedback for implementing changes to various aspects of student life. Read More »