DPS should offer campus safety training for first-year students
Student Life columnist Christian Andreoil argues how DPS resources need to be more promoted to students in order to encourage crime prevention practices. Read more »
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Cuomo condemns racist graffiti at SUNY-ESF, grateful for ‘speedy response’
Gov. Cuomo previously criticized Chancellor Kent Syverud’s response to racist, anti-Semitic and bias-related incidents at Syracuse University. Read more »
DPS investigates racist graffiti found in Day Hall stairway
Day Hall has been the site of six reported incidents of racist graffiti. Read more »
DPS investigating bias incident targeting Asian American student
A student reported being verbally harassed by individuals in a passing vehicle at the corner of Comstock Avenue. and Stratford Street on Saturday, Jan. 25. Read more »
Racist graffiti reported in Day Hall
The graffiti was found on the back of a vending machine, according to a DPS bias incident report issued Tuesday. Read more »
Police investigate robbery reported at Huntington Hall
A public safety notice sent to the campus via email said officers were at Huntington Hall investigating reports of a robbery. Read more »
SU student reported missing
Allan Gonzalez, a senior in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was last seen Jan. 18 in the city of Syracuse. Read more »
100+ students describe returning to campus after hate crimes
Students varied in how safe they feel at SU, but many were unsure whether campus-wide change has been made. Read more »
Student of Color Advisory Committee says DPS lacks transparency
Members are calling for the Department of Public Safety and Chancellor Kent Syverud to allow the committee greater oversight of DPS protocol instead of operating solely as a liaison between students of color and DPS. Read more »
Anti-Semitic graffiti found in Bird Library
The graffiti depicted a swastika and was found on a table in the lower level of the library. Read more »
Current, former chancellors have both faced free speech criticism
Chancellor Kent Syverud and former chancellor Nancy Cantor have both faced criticism of their free speech stances. Read more »
SPD investigating series of off-campus burglaries
The Syracuse Police Department is investigating 13 break-ins reported between Dec. 15 and Jan. 15. Read more »
Additional safety officers placed in dorms, security initiatives ongoing
The change is part of a series of new safety initiatives launched by DPS this year in response to a string of hate crimes and bias-related incidents reported at SU. Read more »
SU student assaulted, called homophobic slur outside Syracuse bar, DPS says
The student told Syracuse Police Department officers that he got in an argument Thursday with another man in the rear alley of DJ’s On The Hill, a bar on Marshall Street. Read more »
Diversity initiatives show SU is committed to lasting change
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Keith Alford says SU’s diversity initiatives need to be acknowledged and that lasting change comes with time. Read more »
Racial slur reportedly yelled at Latino man and woman on Euclid Avenue
This incident is now one of 17 racist, anti-Semitic or bias-related incidents to occur on or near the Syracuse University campus since Nov. 7 Read more »
4 bias incidents reported to DPS this semester prior Day Hall vandalism, records show
A Syracuse University spokesperson released information about the incidents on Monday. Read more »
Here’s how Chancellor Syverud responded to #NotAgainSU demands
The chancellor first agreed to the students’ demands on Nov. 21. Read more »
SUNY-ESF students discuss safety concerns, demands to college president
Interim SUNY-ESF President David Amberg introduced initiatives the executive is working on in response to concerns from Tuesday’s forum. Read more »
Student arrested on charge of making graffiti says they are justified
Syracuse University freshman Kym McGowan was arrested Wednesday for making graffiti speaking against the university. They said the graffiti was misinterpreted as bias-related. Read more »
Syracuse police find no devices that received white supremacist manifesto so far
The manifesto was allegedly AirDropped to students at Bird Library on Monday night. Read more »
Syverud agrees to Jewish students' demands
The students presented a list of six demands. Read more »
Walsh orders investigation into racist, anti-Semitic city graffiti
The Syracuse Police Department has begun to investigate the vandalism, which includes a drawing of a swastika, Walsh said in a Wednesday press release. Read more »
SU officials respond to #NotAgainSU demands, questions at forum
Students, staff and administration gathered at Hendricks to discuss Chancellor Kent Syverud’s response to student demands aiming to protect minority students and change campus culture. Read more »
