The Graduate Student Organization Senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning the hate crimes and bias-related incidents at SU in November. The resolution also supports future student protest movements. Read more »
The vigil was meant to help overcome the hate and pain of at least 16 racist, anti-Semitic and bias-related incidents reported on or near SU from Nov. 7 to Nov. 21. Read more »
Hate crimes and bias-related incidents have spread to many universities across the country in the past month, including anti-Semitic and racist graffiti, blackface and references to mass shootings. Read more »
Racist graffiti sparked protests, forums and the creation of the #NotAgainSU movement. As Syracuse University continued to experience hate crimes, the movement only grew stronger. Read more »
SU graduate says their wish for the university’s the leader would be one who is an empathetic person, who provides help and support for all students, not one who merely sweeps hate crimes under the rug. Read more »
SPD spokesperson Sgt. Matthew Malinowski said that SPD does not have any updates on investigations into bias-related incidents near SU campus. Read more »
The Department of Public Safety will deploy 19 new residential community safety officers in several residence halls, including those affected by the November hate crimes and bias incidents. Read more »
On Tuesday morning, professors and students would find the Comstock Art Facility vandalized with racist graffiti toward Asian people. By Thursday afternoon, SU’s art community came together and painted over the off-white wall where the graffiti used to be. Read more »
Emeritus professors of history David H. Bennett and James Roger Sharp say that Gov. Cuomo’s comments about chancellor inexplicable and disgraceful. Read more »
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 »
“We are truly in a battle for the soul of this nation, and it requires all of us to stand up together as a country against racism and bigotry,” Biden said on Twitter. Read more »
DPS released a statement at 8:22 p.m. stating that two students reported separate incidents of a man in his early 20s leaving his vehicle naked at around 1 a.m. Tuesday. Read more »
Students, faculty and administrators gathered in Marshall Auditorium Tuesday to discuss how to make the college a more culturally sensitive environment. Read more »
The Syracuse Police Department is deploying additional resources to help with two investigations and to patrol the SU campus, Walsh said in a statement released on Tuesday evening. Read more »
Cuomo said he directed the state’s Hate Crimes Task Force to expand their investigation to include recent reports of a white supremacist manifesto being allegedly airdropped to students in Bird Library. Read more »
Syverud assured the Syracuse University community that the perpetrators of Saturday’s racist verbal attack against a black female student will face disciplinary action. Read more »