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Winston Fisher, a 1996 SU graduate and member of the Board of Trustees, speaks at the university's celebratory event in the Quad. The Fisher Center will have his namesake.

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Chancellor Nancy Cantor stands with Dick Thompson, head of the SU Board of Trustees, at the "What is it?" event in the Quad on Thursday.

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Winston Fisher, a 1996 SU graduate and member of the Board of Trustees, speaks at the university's celebratory event in the Quad. The Fisher Center will have his namesake.

Sam Maller | Staff Photographer

Dylan Lustig, Student Association president, speaks under a tent on the Quad Thursday. SU announced it surpassed its $1 billion goal in the Campaign for Syracuse University.

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Student Association President Dylan Lustig speaks on the Quad.

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Don Mitchell, a distinguished professor of geography in the Maxwell School, said SU has gone from 48 to 99 endowed chairs since the Campaign for Syracuse University began.

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Chelsea Damberg, a 2012 SU graduate who now works in New York City, speaks about Syracuse University's presence in NYC.

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Chelsea Damberg, a 2012 SU graduate, announces the establishment of the Fisher Center, a new hub in New York City that will provide opportunities for SU students to study there.

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Winston Fisher, a 1996 SU graduate and member of the Board of Trustees, speaks to media following the "What is it?" event in the Quad Thursday.

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Deryck Palmer, co-chair of the Campaign for Syracuse University, speaks to the crowd in the Quad that gathered for SU's announcement that it had surpassed its $1 billion goal.

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Signs and sidewalk imprints all over the SU campus asked the question: "What is it?" The question was answered Thursday as SU announced it surpassed its $1 billion goal in the Campaign for Syracuse University