Recently elected Graduate Student Organization representatives want to make finding housing easier for international students and keep graduate student employees on the employee health care plan. Read more »
The subsidy program — which was originally piloted in 2015 — “addresses a need that graduate
students have expressed about the high costs of child care,” according to an SU News release. Read more »
SUPRA’s 3rd Annual Walking Tour will take 50 participants through the refugee community in Syracuse, with stops at refugee learning and resettlement centers and a shared meal at a restaurant run by a Pakistani refugee. Read more »
Amid Donald Trump's promises to reverse the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, college campuses across the United States have declared themselves sanctuaries for undocumented students. Read more »
The resolution states that for the university to uphold its commitment to diversity and inclusion, members of the campus community who are most at risk to anticipated mass deportation policies should receive protection from the university. Read more »
The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students Conference Bid and free speech policies were among the long-standing issues discussed at Wednesday's meeting of the Graduate Student Organization.
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At the Graduate Student Organization's Wednesday meeting, an offer to make an amendment to GSO's constitution was voted on and a bid to host the next NAGPS National Conference was presented. Read more »
Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization President Rajesh Kumar said it is working with SU to improve graduate students’ employment and benefits. Read more »
The Council of Graduate Schools recently released a study, published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, stating that, in 2015, 656,928 students applied for a doctoral program applications. This is a 4.3 percent decrease compared to 2014. Read more »
The National Labor Relations Board overturned a 2004 ruling which prevented graduate students working as research and teaching assistants at private universities from forming labor unions. Read more »
Syracuse University has announced some revisions to its free speech policies, according to an email sent to the SU community on Tuesday from Chancellor Kent Syverud. Read more »
Syracuse University student health insurance plan will go into effect for all students starting this academic year. But there have been some concerns raised over the insurance requirement. Read more »
Syracuse University’s Blue Light Alarm System is being abused instead of used by students, according to a report from the University Senate Committee on Student Life. Read more »
The Graduate Student Organization held its last meeting of the semester on Wednesday night. The meeting was broken up into three parts: a budget meeting, elections and a special meeting. Read more »
Michele Wheatly was approved by the Syracuse University Board of Trustees on Friday to be the university's vice chancellor and provost-designate. Wheatly will play a key role in many of SU's initiatives. Read more »
Syracuse University's Division of Student Affairs will be holding three student focus groups for students to discuss the student health insurance requirement. Read more »
A new vice president of external affairs and two University Senators were elected during the first Graduate Student Organization meeting of the semester. Read more »
At its Wednesday meeting, GSO heard proposals about what projects the organization could use its $100,000 budget surplus for. The proposals will be voted on at a later date. Read more »