Steven Barnes, a managing director at Bain Capital, is chair of SU’s Board of Trustees. He’s served in that role as SU’s institutional decisions have been informed by a Bain & Company assessment. Read more »
Barnes and his wife, Deborah, have donated more than $650,000 in elections, including more than $450,000 to Mitt Romney and Romney-affiliated organizations. Barnes worked under Romney at Bain Capital. Read more »
As Syracuse University’s endowment has grown during Chancellor Kent Syverud’s time at the college, so have its investments in Central America and the Caribbean islands. Read more »
Nearly four years after Syracuse University students staged an 18-day sit-in to protest an array of campus issues, student activists say the problems that existed then still remain. Read more »
Like other universities, Syracuse University in recent years has shifted to a more corporate mindset. Some community members say that is at odds with academic freedom. Read more »
The former Rutgers professor maintained she received consent from a man who could not speak by using facilitated communication. Read more »
Details about the investigation and the allegations were not immediately available. On Thursday, the university announced the appointment of a permanent Title IX officer. Read more »
Across most ranks of the Syracuse University faculty, women generally make less than men. Their average salaries range from about 77 percent to 94 percent of what men earn. Read more »
SU expects to have revenues of about $1.39 billion in 2018 and expenses of about $1.388 billion, according to a report presented at Wednesday’s Senate meeting. Read more »
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud announced two upcoming reviews of university policies in his address to the University Senate on Wednesday. Read more »
SU has proposed several major infrastructure projects, including renovations to the Carrier Dome and construction of the National Veterans Resource Complex. The Republican tax reform plan could make those projects more costly for the university. Read more »
SU Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly said Wednesday that a forthcoming report highlights issues of gender pay inequity across faculty positions at SU schools and colleges. Read more »
The study, published by the university Monday, does not reveal SU’s specific plans, making it unclear exactly which initiatives will be affected. Read more »
The Syracuse mayor, who will deliver a farewell address at Syracuse University on Friday, tweeted twice last week in support of college athletes being paid. Read more »
The report revealed that Department of Public Safety officers are not required to participate in LGBTQ bias training and that the LGBT Resource Center was not invited to participate in accepted students and student recruitment programming events last year. Read more »
Wheatly and Syverud on Wednesday provided details about a committee reviewing faculty salary data and an assessment of the university’s local community investments. Read more »
Under the plea agreement, the former defensive end for Syracuse will be sentenced to 10 years of probation but avoid jail time. Read more »
Campus protests like recent ones on Cornell University’s campus are likely to continue in coming years given the country’s racial climate under President Donald Trump, scholars said. Read more »
The launch of Invest Syracuse, SU’s $100 million academic investment plan, came as SU also discontinued Operational Excellence, the branch of Fast Forward Syracuse concerned with creating investment plans. Read more »
Based on what is known publicly about Invest Syracuse, it appears the plan could be at odds with the goals of internationalization and of attracting a more diverse student population. Read more »
SU’s Faculty Oversight Committee conducted the interviews with athletes finishing their eligibility at the university in December 2016 and May 2017. Read more »
In his report to the University Senate on Wednesday, Syverud said the university currently has no plans to conduct staff layoffs as part of administrative cuts required for Invest Syracuse. Read more »
Cameron Isaac was scheduled to appear in front of a judge Wednesday morning to be sentenced for a first-degree murder conviction in connection to the death of Xiaopeng "Pippen" Yuan, but the sentencing was adjourned. Read more »
Cameron Isaac and Ninimbe Mitchell, the men convicted of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery, respectively, in connection to the death of Xiaopeng “Pippen” Yuan, will be sentenced for their convictions Wednesday. Read more »
