![Senior Harrison Stier sets the ball to his teammate in a game of beach volleyball outside the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house. "We only get this weather for a short amount of time, so we have to make the most of it," Stier said.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/VIS361-GITNER/fall21vis361/fall21_campus_images06-scaled-e1631683135180-768x512.jpg)
The school’s vaccination and mask mandates mean that students feel more comfortable hanging out in person, and coupled with the extra vitamin D of early fall weather, the Quad-goers are capitalizing on the warm weather and clear skies.
![Carmelo Anthony's book "Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised" on Syracuse's campus.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/84057BF9-311D-4E7D-AF40-88D7A495A870-scaled-e1631683298808-768x512.jpeg)
The Syracuse basketball legend hosted a virtual event to discuss his new book during SU’s Coming Back Together weekend.
![A flag garden stands outside Hendricks Chapel to honor the lives lost in the 9/11 attacks](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/img_9096-scaled-e1631470836346-768x512.jpg)
Syracuse University honors those who died on September 11, 2001
![9/11 20th Anniversary illustration of World Trade Center](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Image-from-iOS-62-scaled-768x512.jpg)
With Saturday’s 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, SU community members reflect on their own experiences with this tragedy.
![Dennis Murphy, a first year undecided student from Albany, NY, talks to his friend through FaceTime after class outside of S.I. Newshouse School of Public Communications on August 30, 2021. Dennis Murphy, a first year undecided student from Albany, NY, talks to his friend through FaceTime after class outside of S.I. Newshouse School of Public Communications on August 30, 2021.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2021/First-Day-2021/firstday_isaiah-768x512.jpg)
For the first time since March 2020, SU students returned to fully in-person classes amidst the ongoing pandemic.
![Rebecca Xu](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2021/Asia-to-Syracuse/RebeccaXu_006__ES_0032_-768x512.jpg)
As one of China’s first 3D animators, the associate professor attended SU for graduate school to advance her design skills.
![Gyu Leem speaking at SU's College of Law](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2021/Asia-to-Syracuse/gyu-leem-speaking-3x2-674x449.jpg)
The assistant SUNY-ESF chemistry professor wanted to study somewhere he could meet a diverse array of people, so he moved to one of the largest cities in the U.S.
![Eunkyu Lee](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2021/Asia-to-Syracuse/Lee_courtesy-768x513.jpg)
After studying at Seoul National University, Lee moved to the United States to push himself out of his comfort zone and expose himself to different cultures.
![Chang Yoo](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2021/Asia-to-Syracuse/ChangYoo_003__ES_0017_-768x512.jpg)
SUNY-ESF professor, Chang Geun Yoo, grew up near a trade port in South Korea, which sparked his desire to travel and later study biofuels in the U.S.
![Jian Qin](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2021/Asia-to-Syracuse/JianQinL_002__ES_0062_-768x512.jpg)
Before becoming an iSchool professor at Syracuse University, Qin received a degree in library science at Wuhan University.