Bandier Program will move from VPA to the Newhouse School
By Ellen Meyers
April 3, 2017 - 2:58pm
The famous music business program will also receive additional funding from its benefactor and namesake Martin N. Bandier.

Syracuse University's famous music business program is getting a makeover with a new name, a new home college and additional funding.

Batman franchise producer Michael Uslan to speak on April 21
By Ellen Meyers
April 2, 2017 - 7:26pm
The film producer will participate in a Q&A followed by a screening of his latest film, The Lego Batman Movie. Tickets go on sale Monday.

Michael Uslan, the creator and producer behind the Batman movie franchise, will speak at Syracuse University later this month following a screening of The Lego Batman Movie.

Civil rights activist Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. will deliver Syracuse University's 2017 Commencement Address
By Ellen Meyers
March 22, 2017 - 1:38pm
In 1992, Jordan served as chairman of then-US President Bill Clinton's transition team. He was also an active participant in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Civil rights activist and businessman Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. will give Syracuse University's 2017 Commencement address at the ceremony on May 14 in the Carrier Dome, SU announced Wednesday.

Actress Issa Rae to speak at Syracuse University on March 31
By Ellen Meyers
March 19, 2017 - 8:03pm
Tickets to see Rae, who created and stars in the HBO show “Insecure,” will go on sale on Monday at 9 a.m.

YouTube star Issa Rae is coming to Syracuse University at the end of the month, University Union announced Sunday night.

Rae will speak at Goldstein Auditorium on March 31 at 8 p.m., with E! News on-air correspondent Zuri Hall moderating the event. Tickets will go on sale on Monday at 9 a.m. at the Schine Box Office, and can also be bought online. 

"The Vagina Monologues" stands against sexism through intersectional narratives
By Jason Chen
February 18, 2017 - 1:15pm
“A collective story is very powerful, especially for the feminist movement and for women to be out there and tell their stories,” the play's director Amy Quichiz said.

Twenty-five people performed various skits from the episodic play "The Vagina Monologues" Friday night in Hendricks Chapel to talk about women’s often-taboo experiences, from gender violence to positive sexual experiences. 

Students Advocating Sexual Safety and Empowerment produce the play every spring semester to promote self-love and raise public’s attention to misogyny, according to the student organization’s bio.

Syracuse University student reported harassment for being Muslim
By Ellen Meyers
February 13, 2017 - 10:15am
The student's roommate allegedly tore up a Koran and played KKK speeches, forcing her to leave campus.

A Syracuse University student reported being harassed by her roommate for being Muslim to the point where she had to leave campus. 

Fired Whitman dean arrested on prostitution charges
By Samantha Mendoza
September 16, 2016 - 12:32pm
SU dismissed Kenneth Kavajecz from his administrator position he's held since 2013 after Tuesday's arrest.

Whitman School dean Kenneth Kavajecz was removed from his position after being arrested on prostitution charges earlier this week, according to several media reports. WSYR was the first to report the story. 

Poet Mary Karr to speak at SU, SUNY-ESF 2015 commencement
By Christine Rushton
April 17, 2015 - 9:03am
Mary Karr, an award-winning poet and memoirist, will deliver the commencement address for the SU and SUNY-ESF commencement May 10.

University officials announced Friday that award-winning poet and memoirist Mary Karr will speak at the 2015 commencement ceremony on May 10.

Karr, the Jesse Truesdell Peck professor of Literature in the SU College of Arts and Sciences, will give the address at the joint SU and SUNY-ESF 161st ceremony in the Carrier Dome. She will also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

SOBS or So BS?
By Dianna Bell
April 1, 2015 - 7:11pm
How Syracuse's popular black squirrels inspired us to create a fictitious student organization. Oh, yeah. And April Fool's played a part, too.

On April 1, The NewsHouse broke the story about a student organization that evolved over a common cause: saving our black squirrels, SOBS. Or when you really break it down, So BS.

Yes. That's right. We got you! 

We may have had you believing that the curiously cute, and kind of rare, acorn-loving creatures were becoming endangered. The idea was a collaborative effort amongst all of the lead producers here at The NewsHouse.

Questions remain after death of SU senior track runner
By Christine Rushton
March 9, 2015 - 3:01pm
The New York City medical examiner will conduct further tests to determine Sabrina Cammock's cause of death as the autopsy came back inconclusive.

New York City's Chief Medical Examiner does not yet know the cause of SU student-athlete and senior Sabrina Marsha-Gaye Cammock's death.

Cammock, 21, was found dead in her hotel room at the Hotel Edison in Times Square on Saturday around 9:20 a.m. She and friends had returned to the room March 6 after a night out during their spring break. Cammock didn't wake up the following morning.