Dear Orange Friends:
Syracuse University has more than 1,000 students who are veterans or connected to the military. Each of our student veterans brings a life experience that enriches our campus, more so when we are able to hear and learn from their experiences. Continue Reading
Dear Orange Friends:
Lucky, our almost 18-year-old dog, passed away just before the holidays. She adopted my family after being abandoned in a parking lot in Hendersonville, Tennessee, in 1999. Many hundreds of Syracuse University students, faculty, staff, and friends have gotten to know her over the past three years in our house and in the neighborhood. She never met a person she did not like.
Dear Orange Friends:
Sometimes it takes moving away to fully appreciate what you’ve left behind. Certainly, that is true of Upstate New York and the holiday season.
Dear Orange Friends:
Today is Veterans Day, which Syracuse University marks each year with more content, and more purpose, than any university in America.
Dear Orange Friends:
In partnership with the Student Association, the University is working to ensure that students who are registered to vote locally know and understand where they can vote tomorrow. In addition, the Student Association is sponsoring buses to transport students from campus to their polling place and back.
Dear Orange Friends:
Recently, I met with several editors from the Daily Orange to discuss a number of important issues facing our campus. Their last question asked for my thoughts on what was accurately described as one “wild” presidential election.
Dear Orange Friends:
There are a lot of hidden treasures at Syracuse University. Often they are the people who make the University work for all of us, and who quietly do a great job without often being noticed or thanked.
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Dear Orange Friends:
Last week, I attended part of a daylong symposium on “Syria—Running for Cover: Politics, Justice, and Media in the Syrian Conflict.” Continue Reading
Dear Orange Friends:
This Monday is Indigenous People’s Day at Syracuse University. Our students are marking the day in various ways on campus, including some that are noted here. Continue Reading
Dear Orange Friends:
On Monday, the first day of fall semester classes, I attended an array of courses, as I do each semester. Continue Reading
