ICE detained two SUNY Upstate Medical University employees in Syracuse on October 29. Their unions, United University Professions (UUP) and the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) have publicly denounced the detentions. The president of the SUNY University Faculty Senate (UFS) issued a statement in support of the two workers.

Our fall NYSC AAUP conference focused on solidarity and organizing. The strategy of organizing Mutual Academic Defense Compacts was raised. Read more about these strategies and the SUNY University Faculty Senate's April 2025 resolution here.

Over twenty chapter leaders and members from across NYS as well as Lena Solow, one of the new lead organizers at National AAUP, joined the August 20 Zoom meeting.

Inside Higher Ed reports that “Columbia University has agreed to (an over) $200 million settlement with the federal government after months of scrutiny over how it handled pro-Palestinian student protests and campus antisemitism.”

It has come to our attention that the four adjunct faculty members recently non-renewed or fired from Brooklyn College may not have been informed of the exact reasons for their terminations.