Libraries Celebrates 2025 Alumni Homecoming Weekend
Syracuse University Libraries is celebrating Alumni Homecoming Weekend 2025 with a few planned events in Bird Library on October 17 and 18, 2025.
- On Friday, October 17 from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, the LaunchPad in Bird Library will host an Orange Central Student Startup Showcase. Alumni are invited to engage with Blackstone LaunchPad creative and innovative student entrepreneurs. (PLEASE NOTE NEW EVENT TIME)
- On Friday, October 17 at 1 pm, the Libraries will host a “Make Your Own Book” at Bird Library. The Preservation Librarian and staff and students from the Access & Resource Sharing department will instruct attendees on how to make a customized book. This event is by registration only and is currently at capacity.
- On Friday, October 17 from 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday, October 18 from 10 am to 1 pm, visitors can explore the Special Collections Research Center’s Fall 2025 exhibition “Architectural Origins: Syracuse University Buildings, 1870-1970,” on the 6th floor of Bird Library. The exhibition curator and University Archivist, Meg Mason, will be providing an exhibition tour on Friday, October 17 at 2 pm, but that event is by registration only and is currently at capacity.
- Visitors are invited to stop by Bird Library for a self-guided tour during open hours on Friday, October 17 from 8 am to 7 pm, Saturday, October 18 from 10 am to 7 pm, and Sunday, October 19 from 10 am to 7 pm.