November 13, 2019 | November 14, 2019 | Physics Building | Graffiti using language that is derogatory to Asian individuals and vandalism were discovered in a bathroom stall in the Physics Building. | Closed - Graffiti determined to be dated |
November 14, 2019 | November 14, 2019 | Day Hall | Graffiti that maligns the Asian community was discovered on the third floor of Day Hall. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
November 16, 2019 | November 16, 2019 | Haven Hall | Graffiti contained racist language that is derogatory to Asian individuals. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
November 16, 2019 | November 16, 2019 | Sadler Hall | A student was loudly yelling a racial epithet that is derogatory to African Americans. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
November 16, 2019 | November 16, 2019 | Haven Hall | Anti-Semitic graffiti depicting a swastika was discovered. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
November 16, 2019 | November 16, 2019 | College Place | An African American female reported being verbally harassed by a large group of individuals who reportedly were yelling the “N-word” as she walked by. | Closed - Referral to OJA |
November 18, 2019 | November 18, 2019 | Day Hall | Racist graffiti using language that is derogatory to African Americans on the 5th floor in Day Hall. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
November 19, 2019 | November 19, 2019 | Online Post/Bird Library | A document purported to be a white supremacist manifesto being posted in an online forum and allegedly “air dropped” to several cell phones of individuals sitting at Bird Library. | Closed - Turned Over to SPD |
November 19, 2019 | November 20, 2019 | Fayetteville, NY | A faculty member reported a bias-related email delivered to her syr.edu account. The content contained anti-Semitic language and was threatening in nature. | Closed - Turned Over to SPD |
November 19, 2019 | November 21, 2019 | Comstock Art facility | Graffiti was found containing racist language that is derogatory to Asians. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
November 20, 2019 | November 21, 2019 | Flint Hall | A post-it note was found with anti-Native American language found on the 1st floor. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
November 20, 2019 | November 21, 2019 | Day Hall | Racist graffiti using language derogatory to African Americans found on the 6th floor. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
November 20, 2019 | November 21, 2019 | Day Hall | Racist graffiti using language derogatory to African Americans found on the 5th floor. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
November 20, 2019 | November 21, 2019 | Irving Garage/Bird Library | Four incidents of graffiti in and around the Irving Garage and Bird Library. | Closed - Turned Over to SPD |
November 26, 2019 | November 29, 2019 | Mail | A suspicious communication directed to a Syracuse University student organization that SPD has determined posed no physical threat to the campus community. | Closed - Turned Over to SPD |
November 27, 2019 | n/a | Day Hall | Graffiti found on the fourth floor of Day Hall that contained racist language derogatory to African Americans. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
December 4, 2019 | December 8, 2019 | Euclid Avenue, near Ostrom Avenue | A Latino male and female reported being verbally harassed by an individual driving on Euclid Avenue who reportedly yelled a racist comment out the window. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
December 14, 2019 | December 16, 2019 | 727 S Crouse Ave | A Syracuse University student reported he was outside a local bar when he was harassed and assaulted by an individual who reportedly called him a homophobic slur. | Closed - Turned Over to SPD |
January 21, 2020 | January 22, 2020 | Bird Library | Anti-Semitic graffiti depicting a swastika on a table in the lower level of Bird Library. | Closed - Referral to OSRR |
January 24, 2020 | January 26, 2020 | Marshall Square Mall | Anti-Semitic graffiti depicting a swastika in a bathroom stall of the men’s room on the second floor of Marshall Square Mall. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
January 28, 2020 | January 30, 2020 | Day Hall | Racist graffiti using language that is derogatory to African Americans and Asian individuals on the backside of a vending machine. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
January 30, 2020 | January 30, 2020 | Comstock Ave / Stratford St | An Asian American Syracuse University student reported being verbally harassed by individuals in a vehicle driving by. | Closed - Unfounded |
February 2, 2020 | February 3, 2020 | Day Hall | Racist graffiti using language that is derogatory to African Americans in the stairway of Day Hall. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
February 8, 2020 | February 8, 2020 | University Place | Two students reported being called a racial slur by a driver yelling out the window of their vehicle. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
February 20, 2020 | February 21, 2020 | Day Hall | Homophobic graffiti in a restroom on the fourth floor of Day Hall. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
February 22, 2020 | February 24, 2020 | Electronic | A screenshot that was sent to a student via cell phone containing racist comments about African Americans. | Closed - Unfounded |
March 7, 2020 | March 7, 2020 | Bird Library | A flyer providing guidance about how individuals can prevent the spread of coronavirus was vandalized with racist innuendo. The flyer, which was posted in Bird Library, includes a tip to avoid being around people who are sick. Next to this tip, the vandal wrote the word “Chinese.” | Closed - Pending Further Information |
May 1, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | Electronic | Greek life social media website containing bias comments about African Americans, Catholics and Hispanics. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
July 14, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | College Place Bus Stop | Graffiti using language that is derogatory to Caucasians. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
September 4, 2020 | September 4, 2020 | Day Hall | Anti-Black racial slur written on a package | Closed - Pending Further Information |
November 4, 2020 | November 10, 2020 | Walnut Place | An unknown male yelled a comment from his vehicle’s window that is derogatory towards the LGBTQ community | Closed - Pending Further Information |
January 27, 2021 | January 29, 2021 | 1000 block of Comstock Avenue | Graffiti using language that is derogatory to Caucasians | Closed - Pending Further Information |
February 17, 2021 | February 18, 2021 | Electronic | An unknown individual hacked the open session, repeatedly typed a racist epithet in the chat function and played offensive music. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
February 27, 2021 | February 28, 2021 | 800 blook of Comstock Avenue | A student was walking into the building when two unknown individuals reportedly used anti-Asian language. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
March 10, 2021 | March 11, 2021 | Eggers Hall, Huntington Hall and the Hall of Languages | Flyers posted in academic buildings on campus containing language derogatory to Chinese individuals. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
April 29, 2021 | May 1, 2021 | Electronic | An unknown subject who completed an online form using language that was derogatory to Asian individuals. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
May 2, 2021 | May 2, 2021 | 500 block of University Place | A student reported being called a racial slur by the occupant of a vehicle driving by. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
May 12, 2021 | May 14, 2021 | Einhorn family walk | A group of students, tabling on the Einhorn Family Walk, says an individual, unaffiliated with the University, stopped by the table and made bias comments about the subject of their student group. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
May 16, 2021 | May 18, 2021 | Corner of Westcott and Hawthorn Avenue; and University Avenue, near Madison Street | A vehicle drove by that also had the occupants shouting language that was derogatory and offensive to the LGBTQ community. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
July 10, 2021 | July 10, 2021 | Corner of Waverly and University Avenue | A group of students reported being approached by a silver SUV. The occupants reportedly threw an egg that struck one of the students and shouted anti-Semitic language. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
July 20, 2021 | July 21, 2021 | Bird Library | Flyers that contained language derogatory to Chinese and African American individuals. | Closed - Non-affiliated individual identified and was barred from the campus |
Aug. 1, 2021 | Aug. 2, 2021 | East Genesee Street | An unknown male reportedly approached them making derogatory statements about Asian individuals. | Closed - Non-affiliated individual identified and was barred from the campus |
Aug. 25, 2021 | Aug. 26, 2021 | Shaw Hall | Crude graffiti on a whiteboard. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Nov. 30, 2021 | Dec. 1, 2021 | Lawrinson Hall | Offensive language to the Jewish community on a bulletin board | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Feb. 4, 2022 | Feb. 4, 2022 | Electronic | Racist, threatening language directed toward the Asian community posted on the social media site, Discord, which markets itself as a virtual meeting and gathering space. | Closed - The individual believed to be responsible for the social media posts has been identified. The case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards. |
March 13, 2022 | March 14, 2022 | Shaffer Art Building | Graffiti that contained language, written in Russian, glorifying the invasion of Ukraine, along with a symbol reportedly displayed on some Russian military vehicles taking part in that invasion. That same symbol has been adopted as an instrument of propaganda by some outside Russia. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
March 28, 2022 | March 31, 2022 | Electronic | Hateful and threatening messages directed toward the Buddhist community on the social media site Discord. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
April 1, 2022 | April 2, 2022 | Brewster Hall | Individual shouting hateful language that is derogatory and offensive to the LGBTQ+ community. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
April 9, 2022 | April 11, 2022 | Corner of Lancaster and Euclid avenues | Individual in a moving vehicle shouted anti-LGBTQ+ language | Closed - Pending Further Information |
July 10, 2022 & July 13, 2022 | July 14, 2022 | One on the sidewalk near Shaw Hall and the other on the sidewalk on Euclid Avenue near the guard shack. | Those impacted reported being called a racial slur as they were walking by a group of individuals. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Sept. 13, 2022 | Sept. 16, 2022 | Day Hall | A group of male students reportedly made animal sounds and behaved in a rowdy manner in the overnight hours on the third floor of Day Hall. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Sept. 21, 2022 | Sept. 23, 2022 | Sheraton | An anonymous individual said they heard what they believed to be a racial slur coming from inside one of the rooms on their floor. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Oct. 7, 2022 | Oct. 10, 2022 | SU Soccer Stadium | An individual was overheard yelling “you should speak English” to our visitors with the opposing team. | Closed - Suspect identified and case turned over to the Office of Community Standards |
Oct. 18, 2022 | Oct. 20, 2022 | Flint Hall | A racial slur was written on a whiteboard hanging on the door of a student’s room. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Nov. 10, 2022 | Nov. 12, 2022 | Watson Theater | Antisemitic graffiti that was found on a desk in Watson Theater. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Nov. 30, 2022 | Dec. 2, 2022 | Slocum Hall | Racist graffiti was found written on a men’s bathroom wall at Slocum Hall. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Feb. 24, 2023 | Mar. 2, 2023 | Watson Hall | Homophobic/anti-LGBTQ+ graffiti was found written in the men's bathrooms on the third and fourth floors at Watson Hall. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Mar. 5, 2023 | Mar. 7, 2023 | Watson Hall | A Watson Hall resident reported overhearing the use of a homophobic/anti-LGBTQ+ slur. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Mar. 6, 2023 | Mar. 8, 2023 | Outside Link Hall | A university employee reported seeing an individual walking on campus wearing a winter hat with a confederate flag. | Closed - Suspect identified and directed to leave campus. |
Mar. 27, 2023 | Mar. 27, 2023 | Quad outside Hendricks Chapel | A university employee reported the theft of two flags – the Haudenosaunee flag and the LGBTQ+ flag. The flags were among those flown on flag poles on the Quad outside of Hendricks Chapel. | Closed - DPS followed a lead that resulted in the return of the flags and additional University banners from a non-affiliate. |
Mar. 26, 2023 | Mar. 28, 2023 | Watson Hall | A Watson Hall resident reported they heard the verbal use of a slur targeting sexual orientation. | Closed - Suspect identified and case turned over to the Office of Community Standards |
Mar. 27, 2023 | Mar. 28, 2023 | Hall of Languages | A student observed three individuals in a classroom in the Hall of Languages maligning marginalized communities through derogatory commentary and offensive drawings. | Closed - Suspects identified and case turned over to the Office of Community Standards |
Apr. 13, 2023 | Apr. 14, 2023 | Lawrinson Hall | A Lawrinson Hall resident advisor reported that a resident received a note that was slid under their door that included a homophobic/anti-LGBTQ+ slur. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
Apr. 21, 2023 | Apr. 23, 2023 | Online | A Syracuse University student reported receiving a hateful message from an unknown user via Facebook messenger. The message contained hateful language targeting the Hindu religion. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
May 19, 2023 | May 21, 2023 | Lawrinson Hall | A Syracuse University student reported on October 7, 2022, December 10, 2022 and May 3, 2023, the overhearing of hateful language that targeted the LGBTQ+ and Roma communities. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
May 23, 2023 | May 26, 2023 | Online | The Department of Public Safety (DPS) has identified an individual believed to be responsible for targeting students with harassing and biased messages in a Snapchat group chat. | Closed - Suspect identified and case turned over to the Office of Community Standards |
June 15, 2023 | June 16, 2023 | Corner of Marshall Street and University Avenue | A Syracuse University student reported being the target of anti-Asian language while walking near the corner of Marshall Street and University Avenue. | Closed - Individuals identified as non-affiliates and issued no trespass warnings. |
August 27, 2023 | August 30, 2023 | Outside Brewster Hall | A Syracuse University employee reported hearing an anti-semitic slur from a passing car. The driver was identified as a non-affiliate who claims he was misheard. | Closed - Inconclusive |
August 30, 2023 | August 31, 2023 | Flint Hall | Two Syracuse University students reported being called the N-word by an individual unknown to them. The reporting students said the slur was used by an individual in a group of four to five women. | Closed - Pending Further Information |
September 17, 2023 | September 18, 2023 | Brewster Hall | A resident on the tenth floor of Brewster Hall reported discovering antisemitic graffiti drawn on the whiteboard hanging on their door. | Open - No investigative update |
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