![A group performing at the Chinese Student Union's Mid-Autumn Festival on Sept. 10, 2022, at Goldstein Auditorium.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2022/Mid-Autumn-Festival/midautumn_festival_group-scaled-768x512.jpg)
A celebration of a traditional festival to create a sense of community for Syracuse University students.
![School of Design window display at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse in downtown Syracuse.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/Campus-Building-Mugs/cantor_warehouse_20220910_design-scaled-768x512.jpg)
Syracuse University School of Design and Public Safety consider the case resolved and no longer poses any danger to students at the downtown building.
![Students walk past Carnegie Library on their way to class on the first school day of the year on Monday, August 29th, 2022.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2022/First-Day-of-School/RG_FirstDayofClasses_02-scaled-768x512.jpg)
The first day of classes for the fall 2022 semester brings hot temperatures and a plethora of emotions among students.
![Marvin Druger, Professor Emeritus, Biology and Science Education, joins students from the College of Arts and Sciences for a photograph before they proceed to their seats.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Unorganized/Schlesinger_Commencement2018_051418_1-768x512.jpg)
Commencement traditions date back centuries. The colors of tassels and hoods have been designated to specific disciplines since the late 1800s.
![Illustration of a student in their cap and gown walking towards the Hall of Languages.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Covid_Class_graphic_no_text-768x512.png)
After COVID-19 marred the class of 2022’s college experience, fracturing it in half, seniors reflect on their four years at SU and consider what is to come.
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With missed opportunities such as study abroad and in-person internships, Syracuse’s Class of 2022 reimagines their future after their undergraduate studies.
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Graduating seniors reflect on their college experiences during the COVID-19 saga.
![Syracuse University Law School entrance](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Image-from-iOS-8-scaled-e1652292687453-768x512.jpg)
In the face of having to be remote during the pandemic for their junior and senior years, some students elected to return to SU for grad school to get that time back.
![Students attend their IST 195 class socially distanced and masked in fall 2020 in Carrier Dome.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2021/HerneL_009_IMG_3866_-768x512.jpg)
Starting Tuesday, SU will transition back to level “Blue” masking status which requires masks during academic instruction, regardless of vaccination status.
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The congressman spoke with SU Vice Chancellor Gretchen Ritter about working across the aisle in Washington, D.C.