Syracuse University
Syracuse University (SU) is a prestigous private American research university. The main campus is located in Syracuse, New York, and shares space with the nearby SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The University is set on a mostly residential campus with buildings ranging from the historic to the contemporary. As Syracuse University is situated on a hill overlooking downtown Syracuse, it is generally promoted that students can enjoy the traditional college feel, while realizing the social and recreational opportunities of a medium-sized city. The school also owns a Sheraton Hotel and a golf course near the campus, as well as properties in New York City and Washington, D.C It had a total 2004-2005 enrollment of 18,247 students: 12,268 undergraduates, 5,181 graduates, and 798 law students. Recently, 3 undergraduate students achieved national recognition by their selection as a Rhodes Scholar, Truman Scholar and Goldwater Scholar. Syracuse University is one of only 8 institutions in the country whose students have won all three of these honors in one year. Syracuse is also a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) - an organization comprised of the 62 leading research universities in North America.
History SU was chartered in 1870 as a Methodist-Episcopal institution, but loosened its ties in 1920 with a change to its charter, which now defines the institution as "nonsectarian." Its motto is "Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat," which is Latin for "Knowledge crowns those who seek her." The school's official color is orange, which was adopted in 1890.
Administration After the retirement of Chancellor Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw at the end of the 2003 school year, the university named Nancy Cantor as its 11th Chancellor and President. Cantor was also named as the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, and is the university's first female chancellor. Prior to coming to Syracuse, she was the chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Schools and colleges
to the Hall of Languages, the main building of the College of Arts and Sciences, and the oldest building on campus. The monument to the faculty and students lost on Pan Am Flight 103 is located in the foreground. - School of Architecture, Founded 1873
- College of Arts and Sciences, Founded 1870 (founding college)
- School of Education, Founded 1906
- L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, Founded 1901
- College of Human Services and Health Professions, Founded 1918
- School of Information Studies, Founded 1914
- College of Law, Founded 1895
- Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Founded 1919
- Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Founded 1924
- S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Founded 1934
- College of Visual and Performing Arts, Founded 1873
- University College
- The Graduate School, Founded 1911
- Medical School, Founded 1872 (sold to the State in 1950, now SUNY Upstate Medical University)
Campuses
Main Campus
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Also called "North Campus," the Main Campus contains nearly all academic buildings and residence halls. Its centerpiece is "The Quad" which is surrounded by academic buildings, especially those of the College of Arts and Sciences. Most of the roads of the Main Campus are traffic-restricted during weekdays. Some university buildings lie outside of this area, particularly in the urban area north of the campus, around Marshall Street. Approximately 5,000 students live in the sixteen residence halls on the Main Campus. All residence halls are co-ed by room and smoke-free. Some still have gender-specific floors. North campus housing includes singles, open doubles, split (wall-segmented) doubles, and multi-person suites. Residence hall height ranges from three to twenty-one floors.
The North Campus represents a large portion of the University Hill neighborhood. Busses run to the South Campus, buildings located in the periphery, as well as Downtown Syracuse and other locations in the city. OnTrack also provides service to Downtown and the Carousel Center mall from its station near the Carrier Dome. Map
South Campus
After World War II, a large undeveloped hill owned by the university was used to house returning veterans in military-style campus housing. During the 1970s this housing was replaced by permanent two-level townhouses for two or three students each, or for graduate family housing. There are also three small residence halls which feature large singles with a kitchen on every floor. South Campus is also home to the Institute for Sensory Research, Tennity Ice Pavilion, a Student Center, and the InnComplete Pub. Just north are the headquarters of SU Athletics. Approximately 2,500 students live on the South Campus, which is connected to the main campus by frequent bus service. Map
Downtown (Future)
In December 2004 the university announced that it had purchased or leased twelve buildings in Downtown Syracuse. Hundreds of students and faculty will be affected by the temporary move of the School of Architecture downtown for renovation purposes. The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems is scheduled for completion in 2006. The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company and the Community Folk Art Center will also be located downtown. In March of 2005 the university detailed plans for a lighted corridor featuring artwork and a 24-hour bus service into Downtown Syracuse. These projects are part of an effort by Chancellor Cantor to integrate downtown with the university. The separation of the university from downtown has been largely blamed on Interstate 81, which creates a virtual wall between the two.
Former Campuses Tri-Cities:
Located in Endicott, New York, this former campus of Syracuse University, founded in 1946, became SUNY Harpur College in 1950 and later moved across the Susquehanna River to Vestal and became the State University of New York at Binghamton, or Binghamton University. Utica:
Located in Utica, New York and also founded in 1946, this campus remained part of Syracuse University until 1995. Utica College still offers degrees conferred by Syracuse University and continues to have a very similar academic structure. It is officially mentioned in SU's charter and has one member on the SU Senate, its president, David Habbel. [1]
Student life The school's independent student newspaper is The Daily Orange, which was founded in 1903 and indepedent since 1971. It also has three radio stations: WAER-FM, a NPR affiliate, WERW-AM, a student-run station, and WJPZ-FM 89.1 a top 40 station, as well as the largest and oldest student-run television station in the country founded in 1971, HillTV. The Student Association oversees the spending of the university's student groups. University Union is the student entertainment board that puts on such events as the yearly Block Party and Quad Film. Students enjoy a variety of nightlife options, including the eateries and bars of Marshall Street, which borders the campus. Syracuse University is also home to the historical library of Leopold Von Ranke, one of the greatest German historians of the 19th century and often considered the founder of "scientific" history.
Pan Am Flight 103
On December 21, 1988, thirty-five SU students were killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The students were returning from a study-abroad program in Europe. That evening, Syracuse University went on with a basketball game. The university was severely criticized for going on with the game, just hours after the attack. After the September 11 attacks, the NCAA took no chances in cancelling all sports events, understanding the criticism mounted upon the university for going on with a sports event after the bombing of Flight 103. The school later dedicated a memorial to the students killed on Flight 103 in the center of the campus. Every year, during the fall semester, the university holds an event known as "Remembrance Week," to commemorate the students. Every December 21, a service is held in the university's chapel by the university's chaplains at 2:03 p.m. (19:03 UTC), marking the exact moment in 1988 the plane was bombed. The service features a procession to the memorial.
Athletics Main Article: Syracuse University Orange Syracuse University's sports teams are officially known as the Orange, although the former (until 2004) names of Orangemen and Orangewomen are still affectionately used. The school's mascot is Otto the Orange. The teams all participate in NCAA Division I in the Big East Conference. The men's basketball, football, and men's lacrosse teams play in the Carrier Dome. Other sports facilities are located at the nearby Manley Field House. - First recorded football game: 1884 vs. Medical College of Syracuse
- First intercollegiate football game: 1889 vs. University of Rochester
- First recorded basketball game: 1899 vs. Christian Association of Hamilton (Ontario)
- Rowing team founded: 1873
Archbold Stadium and the Carrier Dome
Thanks to a $600,000 gift by Syracuse University trustee and Standard Oil President, John D. Archbold, what was publicized as the “Greatest Athletic Arena in America” opened in 1907. Designed to resemble the Roman Coliseum and to never become outdated, Archbold Stadium became a trademark of Syracuse football. The stadium formed a massive oval, 670 feet long and 475 feet wide. It was 100 feet longer and only 22 feet thinner than the Carrier Dome and more than 6 million Orange football fans passed through its gates.
From 1907 to 1978, Archbold Stadium was the home of SU football. Archbold opened up with a bang when the Orange defeated Hobart 28-0. It went out in style 71 years later with an improbable victory over second-ranked Navy 20-17. Syracuse posted a record of 265-112-50 at Archbold and it housed many great teams. It was home of the 1915 squad who was invited to play in the prestigious Rose Bowl and outscored its opponents 331 to 16. The 1959 team also called Archbold home en route to SU’s only National Championship.
In 1978, SU fans said good-bye forever to the historic stadium. Archbold was demolished to make way for the new on-campus facility, the Carrier Dome, which opened in 1980. (Source: SU Athletics)
Athletic championships - 1959 - Crew (World Championship)
- 1959 - Football
- 1983 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1988 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1989 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1990 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1993 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1995 - Men's Lacrosse
- 2000 - Men's Lacrosse
- 2002 - Men's Lacrosse
- 2003 - Men's Basketball
- 2004 - Men's Lacrosse
Alma Mater
Where the vale of Onondaga
Meets the eastern sky
Proudly stands our Alma Mater
On her hilltop high.
Flag we love! Orange! Float for aye-
Old Syracuse, o'er thee,
Loyal be thy sons and daughters
To thy memory.
Historical Traditions - Boar's Head Society
- Kissing Bench
- Salt Rush
- Calculus Burial
- Crouse Chimes
- ATO Cannon
- Step Singing
- Goon Squad
- SU - Colgate Football
Notable Commencement Speakers & Honored Guests - 2003 - Bill Clinton
- 2002 - Rudolph Giuliani
- 1994 - Kurt Vonnegut
- 1969 - William F. Buckley
- 1967 - Nelson Rockefeller
- 1965 - Robert F. Kennedy
- 1960 - Harry S. Truman
- 1959 - Robert Frost
- 1957 - John F. Kennedy
- 1937 - Herbert Hoover
- 1930 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Notable Educators - Per Brinch Hansen
- Irene Sargent
- Tobias Wolff
- Raymond Carver
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- Ivan Mestrovic
- Sawyer Falk
Notable alumni - William F. Allyn - CEO, WelchAllyn, Inc.
- Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin AbdulAziz Alsaud- Founder and President, Kingdom Holding Co
- Carmelo Anthony - basketball player (never graduated)
- L. Kelly Atkinson, Jr - Director, NBC Sports
- Charles Baquet - Deputy director, the Peace Corps
- Steven Barnes - Managing Director, Bain Capital Inc
- Mark Begor - President & CEO, GE Card Services
- Craig Benson - businessman and former New Hampshire governor
- Bob Berenson - Vice Chairman and General Manager, Grey Global Group
- Joseph R. Biden - U.S. ُُُsenator from Delaware and fomer presidential candidate
- Molly Corbett Broad - President, The University of North Carolina
- William J. Brodsky - President and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- Jim Brown - Football Legend
- Kurt Busiek - comic creator
- Priscilla Chan - singer in Hong Kong
- John H. Chapple - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nextel Partners Inc.
- Dick Clark - entertainer
- Michael Cole - WWE Smackdown announcer, and award-winning journalist
- Eileen Collins - NASA astronaut and first female space shuttle commander
- Bob Costas - sportscaster
- John Couri - Co-Founder, Duty Free International
- Arthur Crames - Managing Director/Principal, Bear, Stearns and Co.
- Gerald B. Cramer - Chairman, Cramer Rosenthal & McGlynn
- Stephen Crane - Author
- Larry Csonka - football player
- Daniel D’Aniello - Co-founder and Partner, The Carlyle Group
- Richard Danzig - former Secretary of the Navy
- Ernie Davis - football player
- Taye Diggs - actor
- Bob Dotson - journalist
- Fred Dressler - Executive Vice President, Time Warner Cable
- David Falk - Chairman and CEO, SFX Sports Group
- Peter Falk - actor
- Bruce Fowle - Architect, Fox & Fowle Architects
- Alan Frank - President, Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc
- Ed Goren- Executive Producer, Fox Sports
- Paul Gordon -Managing Director, US Trust Corporation
- Louis Giuliano - Chairman, President & CEO , ITT Industries
- Adam Gross - Architect, Ayers Saint Gross
- Robert Halmi, Jr - President and CEO, Hallmark Entertainment
- Patrick J. Hennigan - Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
- Joanne Hill - Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Company
- Raymond Jansen - Publisher, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Newsday Inc.
- Robert Jarvik- inventor of the first permanently-implantable artificial heart
- Betsey Johnson - Fashion designer
- Richard Kirshenbaum - Chairman/Executive Creative Director, Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners
- Ted Koppel - journalist
- Larry Kramer - President, CBS Marketwatch.com
- Steve Kroft - journalist
- Randy Kuhl - Republican congressman from New York
- Kenneth Leibler - Chairman & CEO, Boston Stock Exchange
- Floyd Little - football player
- L. Ross Love - President and CEO, Blue Chip Broadcasting
- Robert Mankoff - cartoonist and Editor of The New Yorker
- Scott McCloud - comic creator
- Sean McDonough - sportscaster
- Christopher McGurk - Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc (MGM)
- Donovan McNabb - football player
- Robert Menschel - Senior Director & former Partner and founder of the Institutional Investment department, Goldman Sachs Group
- Bob Miron - Chairman & CEO, Advance/Newhouse Communications
- Art Monk - football player
- Walter G. Montgomery - Partner, Robinson Lerer and Montgomery
- Story Musgrave - astronaut
- Donald Newhouse - President, Advance Publications
- S.I. Newhouse, Jr - Chairman & CEO, Advance Publications/ Chairman, Conde Nast Publications
- Ronald P. O'Hanley - Vice Chairman, Mellon Financial Corporation
- Sean O'Keefe - NASA administrator
- Joyce Carol Oates - Author
- Susan C. Volcker Penny - Managing Partner, Associated Mezzanine Investors
- Michael Perlis - Managing Partner, SOFTBANK Capital Partners
- Howard Polskin - Vice President, Communications, Sony Corporation of America
- Phil Quartararo - Executive Vice-President, EMI Recorded Music North America
- Lou Reed - musician
- Bob Reichblum - CEO, WebFN
- Jonathan D. Resnick - Managing Director, Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc.
- Mark Robbins - Dean of the School of Architecture
- David Rockwell - Founder and CEO, Rockwell Group
- Steven Rothman- Congressman from 9th District of New Jersey
- William Safire - journalist
- Lexington Steele - pornographic film star
- Amartya Sen - economist and Nobel laureate
- Donna Shalala - Ex-Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services
- Eugen von Baden-Manners-Schleswig- Entrepeneur and Founder of DIY Enterprises. Baden, Germany
- Angel Collado-Schwarz - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NAZCA Saatchi & Saatchi
- Tom Everett Scott - Actor
- Werner Seligmann - Architect
- Bob Seltzer- President and CEO, Ogilvy PR Worldwide
- Tom Shear - musician and professional dic
- Arun Shourie - journalist
- Aaron Sorkin - television writer/creator, "The West Wing"
- Jerry Stiller - actor
- John Sykes - Chairman and CEO, Infinity Broadcasting (founder and former president of VH1)
- Mike Tirico - sportscaster
- Nick Trigony - President, Cox Broadcasting
- Mitchel Wallerstein- Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for counterproliferation policy
- George Warrington - NJ Transit president and former Amtrak president
- John P. White - Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense
- Martin Whitman - Founder and Chairman, Third Avenue Management
- Vanessa Williams - Singer and Miss America winner (never graduated)
- Pete Yorn - Musician
Interesting Trivia
In 1929, SU played the first night game in the east, beating Hobart College 77-0 A professor at Syracuse coined the word "sorority" especially for newly formed Gamma Phi Beta The school chose orange as its color in 1890 as a result of discovering no other American university had adopted the color. Orange replaced rose pink and pea green, which had not been popular.
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